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“Hey!” her s to do tonight that don’t include sitting in this dump!”

“It’s fine,” Saxon told her “Clier door “I’ll be out in a minute,” he told her then shut the door

Heit into the crook of his elbow She was too surprised to protest or pull back Old-fashionedshe’d noticed the other men in Haven had as well She’d never had a man open a car door for her before she’d come here

She was pulled out of her shocked state when they reached the front door He held out an ar for her to

go first Embarrassment welled, but she pushed it back So what if she lived in a run-down cottage filled with old, worn furniture? It was nothing to be ashaht?

Although the“Sorry about thecare of two small boys kind of takes up all her ti on the floor and over the puke-green couch Luckily this place came furnished Unfortunately, the furniture was nearly as old as the cottage itself The velvet sofa had probably once been the height of fashion, noas faded and rubbed co table was scratched and partly covered in stickers from a previous tenant She’d tried to relue

The small kitchen wasn’t any better with its apricot-colored cabinets and ancient oven she was too scared to even use Arms filled with dirty laundry, she walked out to the porch where the washing machine sat

When she returned to the living room, Saxon still stood there He looked like an expensive, exotic plant that had found its way into a forest filled with dying pine trees Completely out of place

“I’m sorry about my mom I’m sure you don’t really want to drive her—”

“Stop”

She looked up at him, surprised by his firm voice “Sorry?”

“Stop saying sorry There is no reason to apologize For your mom or any mess If I didn’t want to take her, then I wouldn’t have offered And we both know I invited myself inside”

“Still, I can go tell her you have better things to do than drive her around—”

“Aspen, stop” This ti i

“I’m not sure what you’re so worried about I’m happy to take her”