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“Are you sure you don’t want to wait for her to wake up? Elijah won’t mind.”

He won’t, he’ll be the bigger man, because he loves her. That’s why he came to see me the other day; it’s why he does everything he has to do to make her happy.

“And Aiden has been caught?”

“He’s going to jail, Dan. It’s all on CCTV and it proves her case.”

"That’s good. That’s good." I nod and stare out of the window.

“Go and see her; she’s asleep, but at least go and see her.”

I turn and look at the woman with the brightest green eyes and shake my head. “I want to go home with you.”

Leaning forward, I catch her face in my hands, pressing my lips against hers. “I’m sorry for earlier, but I don’t want to keep saying it, because it sounds like I’m setting a precedent.”

“I know. I shouldn’t have said what I did.”

“No. You did right. After everything you’ve been through, you had every right.” My lips find hers, eating up her kisses. “Let’s go home.”

“Sure?”

“One hundred percent.”

Eighteen

Sienna

I can only thank the heavens it’s Saturday the following day and I’ve got nowhere to be. We didn’t sleep and not because we were too busy devouring each other alive like other nights together. Mainly because we were both wound up after Faith’s attack. Dan’s sleep when he dropped off was restless; nightmares seemed to chase him like they did the first night we slept together. When he woke, his skin hot and damp, he wrapped me in a tight embrace until he slept again. I just held him, because in truth I didn’t know what else to do.

I stretch, rubbing my bare skin against his, pushing my foot between his calves.

“Morning.” He smiles and it’s beautiful.

“Morning to you too.” Reaching up, I plant a kiss on his lips; it's warm and delicious. “You were having horrible dreams again.”

He rubs at his face. “Just the past haunting me.” Flashing me a dazzling smile, he rolls me so I’m on top, his morning erection pressing against my thigh. “It can’t chase me here though.”

“It shouldn’t be chasing you anywhere.”

“Make me forget about it then.” His eyes fix on my lips, and my pulse spikes in response. I can’t get enough of him. I want him all the time, even when I think I don’t.

“I don’t know why I ever thought this would be a temporary fling. I can’t imagine waking up without you.”

“Just as well I don’t plan to go anywhere.”

He rolls us again, caging me within his firm muscles. “I think this could become a forever thing.”

I lift an eyebrow. “Even with my parents and all the shit that comes with them?”

“Hey, at least you have parents to introduce your bad boy boyfriend too. Who can I show off my socialite girlfriend to?”

“Abi and her husband?” I’m part teasing, but also, would he?

“They think I’m in Ibiza.”

“So you were going to Ibiza?”

“Depended on whether you opened the door.”