All Chapters of The Girl Who Loved Two Princes: The Her Before You : Chapter 121 - Chapter 130

2019, December 24thAaron almost sat straight up when he awoke to her next to him playing with his hair. Instead, he closed his eyes right back and paid attention to her touch. She hadn't touched him in weeks, and it felt incredible.“I know you're awake, you know,” said Aria. Aaron smiled and took her other hand in both of his and kissed it.“Well, I don't. This is what my dreams are like, so I can't be sure.” Aria rolled her eyes, but she gave him her hand willingly. When was the last time she did that? “If you don't get up now, I'm leaving.”Aaron grabbed her, pinned her down onto the bed and said, “Stay,” before jumping out of the bed and going to lock the door. She sat up and laughed. “Are you expecting someone?” “Bart, Emily, Troy. It's anyone's guess who it might be this time.” Her smile fell. “I can't speak for your houseguest, but he's not coming this time.”

She was right, though. He was flexing. Aaron had yet to meet someone who was a better shooter than himself. All those math classes he took while at university had some purpose, after all. He used his brain to make crazy, impossible shots. It wasn't often that he showed that off when he wasn't in a fight for his life, though. “You're good,” he said, coming up behind her, putting his hands around her waist. “I watched you in Sartis Est. I'm well aware that you're better, maybe even better than Keira.” “Let's hope we never have to find out.” Aria put the gun down, clearly more afraid than he was that she might shoot him by accident, and turned around in his arms. She looked down, unable to meet his eye. “Being around me almost definitely means you will, Aaron,” she said, taking his hands off of her waist and leaving him behind. He blew out his cheeks. He'd meant to reassure her that he could t

Aria watched Troy’s eyes go to the chessboard. She smiled, like she always did when he managed to slip a personal question past her. Troy was sweetness itself. The perfect prince nickname was deserved through and through. They never quite got personal exactly, or rather he didn’t, but Troy listened to Aria. He was the voice of reason in her head when she felt like losing her shit. He got into her head somehow, had been working on her for months before she finally broke and told him. About the grief, about the way she wanted to feel Dean’s warm blood on her hands, but mostly about how much she missed her mom’s warmth, Ethan’s stupid grin and her father’s easygoing but strict demeanor. If it really did come down to it, she could do worse than Troy for a king, a partner. “Regretfully, I do not. I always meant to learn, but I never could quite make myself.” The truth she was burying, even from herself, was that Aria and Aaron had talked about playing together many, m

2019, December 24th & 25th It was the early morning hours when Troy went back into the nursery with a jug of cold water. He was completely over this now. Maybe it was the way CC had pushed his buttons or finding his girlfriend, the woman he meant to propose to for a second time, next to another man, but he had had enough. Troy watched as Bart's sleeping body came to life. “Maybe you're not so harmless after all, huh, Barry?” he said. Bart didn't say anything. He only glared at Troy. “If you still intend to marry CC, I suggest you get out and go home. And stop showing up here. You're messing with Caroline’s head and she deserves better, deserves more.” “This coming from the man who all but forced this night on her,” Bart growled. Troy laughed bitterly. “Is that what you think happened? Despite what you think of me, Lord Bartholomew, I'm not in the habit of making women do any

Troy was making his way through the base, following the trail of dead bodies, when he finally came upon a live one. “Pierce,” James greeted as they backed up against each other. “Thanks for coming, Beaumont,” said Troy.“Been a while since I heard that name,” James grinned. “Oh, for fuck's sake! Really?! Your first order of business is coming to see him?!” Aaron yelled from behind a wall adjacent to them. “Because of course you two know each other!”They were taking heavy fire now from the floor above theirs. It appeared their attacker had taken out everyone else and was now moving onto them. “I'll bring you a tissue for your lady problems after you take out the supermodel shooting at us!” James yelled back. “Supermodel?” Troy asked. “Yup. Dark hair, dark eyes. Tall. Crazy. Still shooting at us,” James answered as he watched Troy lower his gun. Aaron saw it too. He knew enough about Troy's Dean f