CHAPTER 38 | Parker
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After we come down, I don’t give myself any time to linger against him. I can’t. It’s not just the whole ‘I promised Ellie we would hang out tonight’—well, not entirely. It’s Aiden and me. This thing between us is way more than it was ever supposed to be. I need more of it. I need more of...him.
I need a bit of space.
I kiss Aiden until we’re both breathless and go straight home, parking by Ellie’s truck and sliding out of the Bronco still feeling totally and deliciously boneless. The lit-up windows cast huge wedges of golden light across the cobblestones and through the open curtains, I can see Ellie feeding Wookie something from her dinner plate.
“Oh my God,” she says as I let myself into the kitchen. “He’s always hungry. What do you feed this d
