14 Aurora “So how old are you?” I asked, feigning nonchalance as I stirred my iced matcha tea with a straw. “21,” Aiden answered with a smile. “What do you do?” I asked. “I’m a student at Crawford University.” He answered, taking a sip of his coffee. “So, why were those three afraid of you?” I asked. “Let’s just say I can get them in big trouble.” He said with a smile as he cut a piece of pancake covered in syrup and pushed a fork of it into his mouth. Refusing to focus on his sexy thin lips that were stained with vanilla syrup and reminded me so much of Caden’s, I focused on my matcha tea again. “Why are you eating here instead of going home to eat?” In a smooth movement, he dropped his fork, dabbed his lips elegantly with a napkin, chewed all the food in his mouth, and swallowe

