" I didn't expect you to cry for him," Aiden said as he walked into her room later that night and found her leaning against the wall with her face buried in her knees. She didn't want to raise her head and look at him because she still had dried tears on her cheeks. No doubt her eyes were also puffy and red, she must look terrible.
" He got hurt, all because of me"
" No, he got hurt because he was stupid. It wasn't his job to protect you, and now because of his actions everybody thinks it was him the assassin was after"
" How can you say that!" She raised her head to glare at him only to flinch back when she saw how close he was to her. She hadn't even heard his footsteps and wasn't aware when he had walked over to her. Aiden bent forward once more to maintain the close distance betwee
