Safe Place

“Let me go,” he orders again, pushing my shoulders with the strength of a kindergartener, “Seriously, Lily. I have to go negotiate with that idiot.”

“I’ll only let you go if you promise to come back and take a nap here with me,” I offer, lifting my head to look at him. Aiden rolls his eyes and growls as if he’s annoyed, “If you say no, we’ll just stay here all day.”

Because apparently, he’s lost all of his strength, even though I know he could lift me and throw me three states away if he wanted to. I guess he doesn’t want to.

“Fine,” he finally agrees in a groan, like I’m holding a gun to his head, “I’ll come back when it’s done.”

I release my grip on him, studying his face. He’s completely open to me today. His desire is written in there very clearly, along with a bunch of mixed feelings that I understand perfectly. Aiden sighs a couple of seconds later and shakes his head at himself before leaving.

As soon as my door closes behind him, I let out a stupid excited squeal an