Chapter 10
Darren wasn’t stupid. He might not be at Cambridge, but he wasn’t stupid, and he watched the slow sag and relax of Jayden’s shoulders with every mile the train tore them away from Cambridge. The bustle of their connection in London was loud and distracting, and he pulled faces at kids in buggies to make Jayden laugh while they waited for their next train out, and it was like watching Jayden come back, watching the new, outer layer peel away.
Jayden had always had an outer layer, but never such a deliberate one, and Darren didn’t know what to make of it. He’d always been shy and easily embarrassed, and sometimes he still flushed and got himself in a snit if Darren talked dirty to him, but this…this was more of a front, like a shield¸ and Darren didn’t like it. He hadn’t liked t
