Chapter 32
FREYA
I twisted and turned till I finally gave up. Sleep wouldn’t come anytime soon. With that realisation, I kicked off the comforter.
Carlos hadn’t seemed very enthusiastic about my presence in this house for that matter. So I hadn’t actually gotten a home tour yet. Hopefully
Somehow I still managed to find my way to the terrace and fuck me The view was magnificent. Stepping out, the air felt a little chilly. Before I could let myself take that view in for a few more seconds, a voice startled me
“Can’t sleep?”
My head snapped to the right to find Aiden. I probably had missed him in the dark. He covered the distance between us in lazy, large strides till he was standing right in front of me. He was tall, really tall, I didn’t know how I felt about him towering over me. He tilted his head slightly to the left.
Like I told you, make changes to your room, whatever gets you to be comfortable.
“Oh no, it’s not that!” I was possibly least bothered by the paint on the wall or the lamp on the bedside table. A whole lot of other things had me
stressed out.
“What is it then?”
I shook my head once. “It’s just there’s a lot on my head.
He took a drag of the cigarette and looked ahead into the distance. The air touched his hair, tousting it up further. He extended the cigarette
towards me.
“No. I don’t, I don’t smoke.” He spared a side glance before retracting his hand and placing the butt of the cigarene between his lips. How the fuck did he manage to make that simple action look so hot? And why the fuck couldn’t I pull my gaze away from his lips? –
“So, what’s on your mind?”
His words cut through whatever daze I was in. Took me a few seconds to actually remember what we were talking about.
“If I ask you something, are you going to answer me
The corner of his mouth lifted ever so slightly that almost thought I had imagined it. He disposed off the cigarette before looking at my face.
“Depends on what y
you ask-
Aiden scrutinized my face while I remained quiet. He turned around, his full body angled towards me.
“You want to ask about what happened today”
I inhaled. Throughout the day, this was what had kept me restless. I couldn’t help but think about what might have happened today. Aiden had left the house extremely angry and the dark look on his face when he came back. I had been imagining all kinds of scenarios in my head.
Aiden’s eyes narrowed with curiosity and if I wasn’t wrong, a hint of anger
“Freya, are you still worried about him?”
I blinked. “No. No it’s not about him”
“Then what is it aloud?“.
Being subjected to his intense scrutinizing stare was unnerving. It felt like he could see right into my soul. I nervously licked my lips.
“Violence and bloodied over me, I just can’t stomach it.”
We fell ulent. I kept staring at anywhere that wasn’t his face. Sanchow I wasn’t ready to see pity in his eyes. He probably thought I was wrak or something before I could well mage on that thought, strong fingers came under my chin and lifted my face till I was looking right into the depth
shed was over the disrespect he caused you. He had this coming the
Treya Uudentand this. Whatever violence happened, whatever blood was si
to raŭr a hand on you”
Säden Knight was a gorgeous man. And I might sound a linde derang
deranges saying this fat the dangerous glint in his eyes, the promise of brutal
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violence made him even more beautiful.
I didn’t know why his works affected me the way it did. I should be running far way after what he said. Instead it made me feel safe. For the first time in a really long time I felt protected
The scariest part was that 1 had no business feeling like that. After everything life taught me, I couldn’t let myself put my trust on Every man in my life has failed me and how
Aiden’s gaze shifted to my forehead. “How’s it healing
another man
“Doesn’t hurt.” Threathed out, stepping hack a foot before turing my attention towards the night city. Once again silence prevailed between us. Į was the one to break i..
“Gia was asking about you. He turned his head to the side to stare at me quietly. “You didn’t talk to her”
He exhaled. I didn’t want her to see me today
I understood what he meant. He didn’t want to bring that energy, that darkness to touch Gia
Aiden was nothing like may dad. He was a good father. He cared. His actions constantly reminded me how stupid I had been in the past,
1 think we should tell Gia1 blurted out my mind and watched Aiden go still for a few seconds. He thrust his hands inside his pockets and studied my face. I knew he understood what I was talking about
“I think it’s too early for that
I let out a tense chuckle. “Early? She lost six years already”
“Stop. He roughly commanded. “Stop blaming yourself all the danin time. And about telling Ga, she had gone through a lot of changes recently We should let her get a little adjusted before we tell hier.”
Maybe he was right. In the rush to make things right I was probably hurrying things up
“Okay”
“Get some sleep. We’ll talk about this later. His eyes softened as he gently tucked a luair behind my ear. I on the other hand had stopped breathing. His one simple couch had the power to fire up my nerves like I was an inexperienced teenager. One touch and I was reminded of that night from six years back
God, I needed help!
I swallowed and stepped back before excusing myself back to my room. If there was one thing I was sure of, it would be that I wasn’t getting any sleep for the night
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