The next afternoon, Gabi was watching from the sofa as Aidan finished his coffee. She was pale and biting her full lip and shaking a bit, and he hated to see any of it.
He came over to her now. “You’re going to be OK here.”
“I know.” She tried to smile. “I know I’ll be safe with Curtis.”
“Yeah, you will.” He pulled her into a tight hug. “He won’t let anything happen to you. Not ever.”
She nodded into his chest and tried to calm down. She knew that Aidan had to go to work, and she trusted Curtis without question… but still. Being with Aidan brought her such a sense of peace and calm, it was amazing. The thought that he was actually going to walk out the door, and take his golden warmth with him, was incomprehensible. She felt like her world was going to go darker and colder just by not
