Aria's Pov
He had clearly sprinted back upstairs and he hadn't been expecting this sight. Time stretched, thick and unbearable and all I could do was stare back. I was almost completely naked. Panties low on my hips and nothing covering my chest. The small bump of my stomach suddenly felt huge under his stare and my arms were half-raised, trapped in fabric and too shocked to move.
He looked like he’d been tonguetied and every ounce of control he’d been clinging to just snapped. “Get out.”
He didn’t move. His hands flexed at his sides, knuckles white. His gaze flicked back up to my face, and for the first time I saw something raw and wrecked in his eyes.
“I thought…” His voice came out hoarse and his throat bulged as he swallowed hard. “I am sorry, I have been looking for you, I thought
