Penelope POV
The comparison makes me flinch and Aaron notices.
"I know," he says softly. "And I hate it. I spent my whole life swearing I would never be like Graham.
Then the moment I had power, I started making his mistakes." He says and something stabs my heart at his admission.
"You are nothing like your father," I say, and I mean it. He might have had a poor judgement that day but Aaron is nothing compared to Graham, that old geezer.
"Graham would never apologize. He would never admit he was wrong. Would never…"
Aaron kisses me again, cutting off my words.
This time it's different.
The kiss is still intense and demanding but there's something more to it.
It's something that feels like promise and plea all mixed together.
I kiss him back without thinking, without the anger an
