CANDICE.
He was still there.
Leaning against the wall with his arms crossed, watching me the second I pulled the door shut behind me. The hallway felt too narrow all of a sudden. Too quiet. Just the two of us and all this stuff we weren’t saying.
I walked over anyway, even though my legs felt like lead.
“They’re asleep,” I mumbled.
“Good.” His voice was low. He didn’t move.
I stopped in front of him and just stood there, not sure what to do with my hands. My heart was beating too hard.
“Leo asked me something earlier,” he said. “When you were in the bathroom with them.”
My stomach flipped. “What?”
Killian rubbed the back of his neck. “He asked if I lived here. I said yeah. He told me that was good.” He let out a breath. “Then he asked if I was going to stay.”
I didn’t say anythin
