~Ayden~
Mia curled up on the sofa and sipped on some tea as she stared at the fireplace The wood crackled as the flame around it wavered toward the chimney. I sat near her feet and took the blanket off the back of the sofa. As soon as I covered her with it and smoothed it over her legs, she clasped my hand.
“Thank you.”
“You look cold.”
She shook her head and stared at me. “That’s not what I meant. Thank you for taking care of me.”
I brought her hand to my lips and kissed the back of it. “I’d do anything for you, Mia. Don’t ever forget that.”
Nodding at me, her eyes trailed to the end of the couch. “Tell me about the song you were playing earlier.”
My face grew hot. I wasn’t sure how much of the song she heard. It came to me while we were at my parents’ house. I’d jotted down the ly
