I look down as Sia bends to pick them up. One of me… one of us…My eyes prickle and I turn away as Sia gently places them on top of the open frame.“To think I’d never have thought to open them; you really know him well,” Kaia says, placing her arm around me. “I don’t know why you guys broke up, but
~ MILENA ~“Xander, take Milena’s bags up to Zion’s room.”I look up, surprised at Zaia’s words. Zion’s room, where he’s been staying for the last seven-plus years?She smiles at me. “I don’t think he’d like me giving you any other room,” she says.“Thank you. This was really sudden. I’m sorry for i
“Sure thing.” He doesn’t ask questions. He’ll do that later, I know that, but right now he’s listening. I know I can always rely on him.I hang up, not missing the quiet vibration of fingers padding along keys on a phone behind me whilst I was talking to Xander. I’ve learned you can never be too car
~ ZION ~I turn in my chair, staring out at the bright sunlight through the windows of my office, pondering on Milena’s words.Milena’s final words on the discussion still ringing in my mind.‘If they know… then maybe I should tell them. It’s the only way they’ll trust me, and when I tell them that
I have just carried them over to the table when the bedroom door opens and a pleasant waft of scents accompany him. He’s got a towel flung over his shoulder and he’s only wearing a pair of grey sweatpants that I think even God would consider a product of the devil. Damn, they are so distracting.I l
~ MILENA ~My heart is hammering as I remain still in his arms. Right now, he is at his most vulnerable. I’ve seen him like this a rare few times in the past, but never did I think he’d resort to this because I left.Those moments when all he wanted was to hold me, sometimes I wondered what worried