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I willed my gaze up, back to his blue eyes. They were still studying me,
that something still locked in. Hidden behind them. A heartbeat passed, and I
could have sworn that his body inched in my direction, just the splinter of a
hair. But maybe it was just my imagination.
It didn’t really matter.
“I was serious.” His voice was low and hushed, the quality of it almost
raspy, hearing it this closely.
Every rational thought was long-lost, but I knew what he was talking
about. Of course I did.
He exhaled softly, and I smelled the mint on his breath. “I wouldn’t
retaliate in any way. I know how important your sister’s wedding is.”
The truth behind his words hit me harder than the lack of distance
between our bodies. My lips parted, and my stomach dropped to my feet.
“I won’t go back on my word. I never do.”
Was Aaron Blackford really reassuring me? Guaranteeing me that no
matter what was or had been between us, this was safe ground? That he
would keep his word, fair and square? That he wouldn’t go back on it? Was
he doing all that? It certainly sounded like it. Which told me that either he
read minds—which I honestly hoped he didn’t—or that perhaps Rosie hadn’t
been wrong about him.
Maybe Aaron wasn’t all that bad.
Maybe I had been wrong about him. I … I didn’t know what to say to
him. What to do with any of this, frankly. And the longer I spent in silence,
with him radiating this openness right on me, the more he made me warmer
and dizzier, and the harder it was for me to complete thoughts.
“Do you understand me, Catalina?” he pressed, that warmth coating my
whole body.
No, I wanted to say. I don’t understand a single thing that’s going on
here.
My throat moved, my vocal cords somehow failing at voicing an answer.
A strange sound left my lips, making me clear my throat right after. “I should
go,” I finally managed out. “If you don’t mind, I should change. We will be
late otherwise.”
With a motion surprisingly smooth for someone his size, Aaron moved
out of my way. He placed his body to one side, still too large and wide for my
cramped apartment. Still taking up too much space and still making me feel
itchy and tingly. Especially when I walked past him and my robe-clad