Page 109 of When The Night Falls

‘William treat you well?’ Jason asked as he turned for the kitchen.

‘Brought me coffee, actually, so yes.’

Aaron tensed beneath me, and it confused me.

Jason halted and turned around. ‘What?’ he asked, puzzled. ‘Isn’t he your boss?’

‘Yes?’

He looked stumped. ‘Then aren’t you supposed to bring coffees forhim?’

‘Oh, don’t be so conventional.’ I rolled my eyes.

He chuckled. ‘Right.’

‘I think he was just trying to make me feel welcome, or maybe he wanted to apologise for yesterday.’

‘Yeah, you’re probably right,’ Jason said and disappeared into the kitchen.

‘What happened yesterday?’ Aaron asked.

‘I’d rather not talk about it,’ I murmured with a pout.

He hesitated. ‘Is it related to him walking in on us that time?’

I shook my head. ‘No, of course not. Why would it be?’

He looked sideways, and it roused some alarm in me. I wished I could hear his thoughts. Was he suspicious of William? Had he sensed something that awful day? Sensed my past with William?

‘I was just making sure,’ he finally said. ‘I’ve been worried that incident would make things awkward for you once you started work.’

Touched by his concern, I smiled fondly at him. ‘You’re very sweet for worrying about that, but you don’t have to. He’s acting like it never happened.’

‘Good.’ He rubbed my back. ‘I’m here if you want to talk about it, though –whatever it is.’

I hugged him tightly and drew his soothing scent deep into my lungs. ‘Thanks, but it’s really nothing. He just did something a bit insensitive, but it wasn’t on purpose.’

‘Was he too hard on you?’

‘Aaron.’

He chuckled. ‘Sorry, I’ll stop.’

‘Thanks.’

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Something tilted me to the side. When I opened my eyes, Aaron was smiling tenderly at me, and it was infectious.

‘Morning,’ he cooed and swept a lock of my hair behind my ear.

‘Morning.’ I rubbed my face. ‘What time is it?’ I rolled onto my back, spread my arms apart and relished how refreshed I felt. Sex last night had been exactly what I needed, and it had beengood.

‘Half six. I woke up half an hour ago. Made you breakfast.’

‘Aw, Aaron.’ I lunged forward and hugged his naked back. ‘Thank you,’ I said and covered his neck with soft kisses.

‘Why don’t you have a shower while I set the table for us?’

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