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And if time could stop, this would be the perfect moment.
“You should tell Gwen what you just told me,” I say after a while. “She’d understand.”
“I’d rather not.”
“You don’t have to be strong all the time, Aspen. There are people, your flesh and blood included, who should see you for who you are. Flaws, weaknesses, and all. Someone as empathetic as Gwen will appreciate it.”
“I…will think about it.” She releases a breath. “It just feels so weird after all these years. A lot of things do.”
“Like what?”
“Like how I found you, Caroline, and Gwen. It’s like that sudden surge of life dying patients get before they die.”
“That’s a depressing analogy.”
“I know. I just can’t help thinking about it.”
“What I can’t help thinking about is how your aunt and uncle found me.”
She lifts her head, frowning. “Me either. All these years, I thought Caroline helped them, but she swore it wasn’t the case.”
I don’t like this. It’s a missing piece in a puzzle and a black hole that disrupts the whole picture. The worst part is that the only links to this theory, Aspen’s aunt and uncle, are gone.
As if it was all planned.
My phone beeps on the floor beside us, but I pay it no attention.
Aspen stiffens a little before she subtly pulls away. “I’m going to get back to work.”
I clutch her wrist before she’s out of view. “Why?”
“What do you mean why? I have a meeting with a client.”
“That’s not what I’m wondering about. Why did you pull away from me just now?”
“I…did not.”
“You’re not even meeting my gaze.” I tilt her head up to be greeted by her muted eyes.
All light has vanished from them as if she’s in battle mode. She has this mode sometimes where she escapes into a deeper part of herself, where it’s impossible to find her.
“I have work, Kingsley. Not all of us have billions to fall back on.”
“Your social discrimination bitterness is not only pathetic but holds no logic.”
“Then I’m pathetic.” She forcibly pushes me away, grabs her clothes from the floor, and slams the bathroom door shut.
I’m about to haul her out of there and see what the fuck got her nonexistent panties in a twist, but that would only lead to a fight.
Considering our equally headstrong personalities, it’s better to just let things cool off sometimes.
I grab my phone and pause when I see a text on the screen from one of my previous side pieces.
Hey, sexy.
I narrow my eyes on it, then on the bathroom door. Aspen couldn’t have seen it.
If she did, she would’ve raised hell about it.
