Why not?
I’m mad and disappointed and relieved. All at once. We can’tnottalk to each other this entire time, so I try to take a mature and non-emotional position.
My eyes lift and I slowly turn, taking in Aidan’s tight jaw as he stares ahead. Like the trained US Marine he is. I only know he joined the Marine Corps because of Savannah. She knows all of Ryder’s friends and seems to adore Aidan.
I get it.
I used to love him.
His skin is more tanned than the last time I saw him, and his black T-shirt is straining against his biceps. I lick my lips before I can stop myself, and his eyes flick over to me.
I snap my head back.
Damn it.
My eyes press closed, hoping and praying he doesn’t read anything into it. I can desire this man all I want, but there is nothing on this earth that can change what happened.
Nothing.
The doors open and I quickly step out into the parking garage.
“This way,” Aidan says, and the headlights of a large black Porsche SUV flash.
He opens the passenger door for me, and I climb in. He was always a gentleman.
Outside the bedroom.
Do not think about that.
I glance around the luxury car, impressed with how well he’s done for himself. His name is on the front of the building along with Josh’s.
Black Hawke Security.
I’m more surprised that Aidan left the Marine Corps than joined it. He always said he wanted to be in the armed forces, and he had the physical size and strength for it.
Now, he’s even bigger.
His arms are thicker, his chest enormous. With his jacket off, I can see tattoos that weren’t there when he was twenty-three.
One was.
Not that it’s visible with his shirt on, but I know it’s there. Just as he knows that I know it’s there.
I blink away those thoughts and clutch my handbag on my lap.
Aidan climbs in and glances at me. “Okay?”
“Yes.” I nod and clutch it tighter.
The powerful engine roars as he starts it up, and as I glance over at his thick denim clad thighs, unwanted arousal shoots through me.
Great.
I remember how I touched myself with him in mind and suddenly feel naked and raw, like he knows.
Has he done the same?
God, no, stop it. Do not think like that.