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As I couldn’t get Tara to change her mind about leaving the house I bought for them. I settled on the next best thing to living in the same house with
ich was seeing them at every chance that I could get.
I planned to spend as much time as I could catching up on all the things I’d missed with Tara and Nadia, and nothing beat the excited look on Tara’s for when I showed up to her diner the next day, or the squeal that erupted from Nadia’s throat when she saw me.
We were making some real progress that was more than happy with.
“Aidan,” “Tara called as soon as Nadia let go of me, disappearing to the back of the diner to go feast on the snacks I picked up for her on my way over. Youll spoil her if you keep up with that.”
1 chuckled as I took in Tara’s gorgeous face. Her small pouty lips were tweaking, fighting a smile, and her eyes pulled me in. A memory of how dark those siren eyes went when she fitted under me that night flashed in my mind, and I swallowed thickly.
A few more seconds of these impute thoughts and Tara would know exactly what I was up to from the bulge threatening to show in my pant
“Would I get scolded if I told you that was exactly what I wanted?“
Nadia’s father was well–to–do, so it was only natural that everything I had went into spoiling her and her mother.
Tara shook her head in defeat, and I watched her hips away away to the back of the counter. “I’m getting a coffee. Do you want one?” She asked, and I nodded.
The warm gesture shook me, but if Tara was offering to serve me wolfshane in a glass, I wouldn’t have hesitated to accept that either.
took my seat on a free table since it was slow in the diner, and I accepted the cup from her, making sure that I felt her finger lightly brush mine as 1
“Thank you.”
She sat down with me, sipping from her cup.
Everything Tara did mesmerized me, even down to something as mundane as drinking a cup of coffee.
“I’m suspecting that you were the one responsible for the things I found in front of the diner today, Aldan,” she said after a few sips. “How did you get them so fast?” She shook her head, waving her hand a little. ‘How did you get thèm at all?–
Well, for one, I only slept for two hours since I spent half of the night on the road, and cramped myself up in the car since dear Paulo wouldn’t let me have the items till he opened up in the morning,
I didn’t need to say that though, so I settled with another honest fact.
“I copied his details from your phone when I helped you take the call,” I admitted, scratching the back of my neck as discomfort prickled at me. “I hope you’re not going to be too mad at me.”
Tara’s eyes widened. “Mad? What? I was going to say I owed you. Heaven knows it was a fifty–fifty chance for me to get those, and it meant a lot to me that I was finally able to, thanks to you.”
I sighed in relief. All I wanted to do was ease a little of Tara’s stress. It was even better that I could do more
re of that, and that she didn’t get mad at me for doing it behind her back.
Thank you, Aidan.”
I nodded, feeling my heart expand in my chest with pride.
in this recipe,” I began, shifting the topic to something
“Do I get a supply every time it’s on the menu, or at least get to taste it?”
Tara smiled, drumming her hands on the table in a
a playful rhythm. “You k know what? I think that’s a good way for me to pay you back ”
Even though I would have preferred other personal ways, I nodded. It was no surprise that I couldn’t think straight since the night Tara let me touch her. as constantly thinking about her and home I could make her permanently mine.
replied, shoving the thoughts into a corner of my mind.
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Tara hesitated before she spoke again. “I was actually about to make some syrup to try out the recipe before you came in. I’m trying to make sure I still got my mom’s talent, Want to watch?”
Without thinking, I responded, “Yes.”
Soon, me and Tara were in her kitchen, and I watched as her focus trained on the mixture before her, her delicate fingers gently stirring
“So your Mom taught you this back home?” I dared to ask, breaking the serenity of
of the atmosphere around us.
Tara nodded. I could see how hard it was for her to think back to anything related to Attica pack, making me question just how I was going to pull off my stunt of getting them to return there with me.
“We would bake these from moming until night time, and my father would always complain at how much we loved sugary foods, only for my mother to come into the kitchen later, and take a big cut to their room because he requested for it.” Tara said, laughing at the memory.
ber.
Guilt snaked around my neck, choking me. Tara had this life before she met a curse like me that forced her into early adulthood and took that life from
I forced myself to form words, but Tars spoke before me.
“It’s just funny how things can change in the twinkle of an eye
new ones.”
sorry.” I admitted. “If I hadn’t shown up in your life, you would still have these memories and many new
Tara’s smile was bittersweet. “And I wouldn’t have had any memories with Nadia if that hadn’t happened. In the end, it was all worth it, Aidan.” Tar sniffed, considering her next words. “And it wasn’t all betrayal to the end. My mother still stuck with me.”
1 was about to say something else when Tara’s next words stole mine right from my threat.
“Do you…do you know if she’s still alive? My Mom?”
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