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Aiden

“Are you fucking kidding me?” I asked as we shut the door of the cabin behind us I had pulled the truck all the way around the back of the place, hiding it behind the cabin and also ai it so it was pointed deeper down the road toward Brett’s place and the driver’s door was facing the back door in the bedrooood at tactical decisions

“I’ onto the bed

I probably should have been angry that she seely claimed the bed already, but really, what other choice was there I wasn’t going to let her get hurt The cabin was the safest place we could be She and I weren’t a couple, no matter how intense our kiss was

But when she heard that knock on her door, the fear in her eyes… The things it did toI had ever experienced I knew in that oing to have to go through oing to have an ass-kicking waiting on hi to keep her safe Anything

No one followed us back to the cabin I was pretty sure of that I didn’t like how close to the cabin I hen I thought about tossing her phone but diving deep down into the gorgeas to where ould have gone after There were dozens of side roads splitting off the mountain Not to mention the trails We should be safe in the cabin, at least for a while Long enough for me to have a plan

The next stor wasn’t due to hit just yet, and that ather o into town at the moment Whoever that person was knee both looked like He also had at least a decent idea of what my truck looked like too I was stuck in the cabin asin a favor from Brett If there was ever a way to test the loyalty of a new friend, this was going to be it

I gathered up the sleeping bags and a pillow and brought the roo up I was already testing myself with this much stress; if I didn’t sleep soon, I just wouldn’t Not for a long, long time

I got a fire going in the furnace as well as the one in the living rooht, and I wanted her to be as comfortable as I could ot into bed, and I knew from where she was, she could probably see s

A few hours of rest were all I got, and when the sun rose, I was already up Not wanting to make too much noise and rustle her, I made a pot of coffee and texted Brett I didn’t expect hiht back I told him I had a situation and could use his help, that I would call hiht he would

Anything you need, boss, his text read

Desiree stumbled into the kitchen a little later I had created a cook station tountil she was up She walked right over to the stove and stared at the ingredients all laid out

“I can make breakfast,” she said “Since you did all the prep work”

“If you’d like” I didn’t want her to feel obligated, but I knew she probably felt that way anyway Here she was aton me for the second time She probably felt terrible about that on top of the terror of e ended up here If she wanted to oing to let her

She began to cook, rubbing her eyes and yawning occasionally I got up and brought her aof coffee, which she accepted appreciatively

“I’er “I’ you into my bullshit”

“Stop apologizing, please” She turned to look at me, a mixture of confusion and hurt on her face “I don’t mean to be rude I just, I don’t want you to feel like you need to apologize any ure it out I just wish I had known prior to now I could have helped”