Chapter 16
After the game we walked Brownie one last time then returned to my apartment. A heaviness settled over us when we got back inside, like the moment had changed and we needed to deal with it.
I turned to face Aidan and saw the same uncomfortable expression on his face. We planned for him to stay the night with me and after everything I’d shared with him about BJ, I wanted him with me. I couldn’t imagine watching him walk away and being alone with so many memories still swirling through my head.
“Let’s go to sleep,” Aidan said. His voice was heavy with sleep, or maybe desire. It didn’t matter. He was tired. I could see it in the way he carried himself, in the way his eyes drooped as he looked at me.
I nodded and led the way to my bedroom. It struck me that Aidan had never seen
