Chapter 9
By the time work ended I talked myself out of talking to Aidan. I wasn’t ready for it. His declaration kept bouncing around in my head. I had to ask myself more than once if I’d let something pass that I shouldn’t have. It wasn’t a good day with him by my side and me wondering if he was telling the truth about the woman he wanted.
I grabbed my stuff and headed for the door, hoping to make it out of there without facing anyone. I knew Jenn or Nicole would push for more details about Aidan, Bob would leave me alone, but Aidan would corner me.
Too bad the one I was desperately trying to avoid was leaning against my car when I got to it. “How did you get out here so fast?” I asked, almost to myself.
Aidan smiled and ducked his head, looking down at his shoes for a second then bac
