Chapter 101

Chapter 101

Brooklyn

I nearly spill my milk all over the hallway as I spin around to stare up at Aden.

"What are you..." he starts to ask.

"Shut up!" I whisper hastily, glancing back at the door. "They'll hear you!"

"They?" Aden raises an eyebrow and looks again at Hudson's door.

"Come on!" I hiss, throwing my shoulder against his side, trying to herd him towards my room before Hudson's door opens and he and his lover find us both standing there.

Aden chuckles at my wasted effort to get him to move-we both know I couldn't budge him an inch if he didn't want to go.

After a moment, though, he allows himself to be shepherded out of the hall and through my open door, which I press my back against to close.

I flinch as my lock clicks shut, desperately hoping that Hudson and Lucas didn't hear us.

"Well, little one." Aden smirks at me. "I didn't think you'd be so eager to get me alone."

"Would you shut up," I murmur, turning my head back to the door to listen, my milk and box of cookies still clutched in my hands. "I don't want Hudson to know I was listening."

"Listening, is it?" Aden says, not bothering to lower his voice. "Looked like you were doing more than that

I give him a dirty look, alluding to murder and torture and every horrible thing he can imagine if he doesn't shut his mouth right now.

I can see the laugher cross his face, but he puts his hands up, complying with my demand for silence. Suddenly, I hear someone open Hudson's door, take a few steps outside.

Silence for a moment, and then murmured voices.

Then, someone passes by my door.

hall goes quiet again, I

I murmur.

Brooklyn," Aden says evenly. "I don't like it when there are people in my home whom I'm

allowing me to finish the sentence for

hold his gaze and slowly shake my head. "You're getting

purses his lips, cocking his

is...entertaining someone? In his room? At night? While you..."

I think about the implications

to my bedside table, placing my snack

I your midnight visitor?" Aden asks, his voice taking on a sensual note

just...exhausted by

to my forehead, closing my

I'm hiding in my room from my fiancé and his lover,

thought he liked me!

It's all just...too much.

Aden," I sigh. Then I look up at him blandly. "Visit all you want. Do you want

grab the box off the table and shove it towards him. "We can have a real sleepover, just like I did

cookies from my hand and tosses them on the bed, taking a step closer to

me, Brooklyn," he murmurs, his eyes on my mouth again. "This will be nothing like

this is sexy. It's all just so

him as

takes a moment to

his eyes over my tired face, my rumpled hair, my lips still swollen from

if you think this is over between us..."

steps out into the hall, closing

staring at the door. Then I slump down onto

***

next morning I push through the door to the kitchen rubbing my

knock came to the door at six thirty-a housekeeper delivering my fresh clothes for the day. There was no

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