The mission had been a success.Of course they had to go to an expensive, high class supermarket, Kalvin’s orders, who else?Aian had initially been embarrassed walking into such a snobby place with his favourite ripped jeans and a t-shirt pulled from the collection that had been given a home in Kalvin’s ridiculously large wardrobe, but the sneers directed at him had subdued quickly once Caleb’s looming presence was spotted.While the prices continuously made Aian wince, he had to admit he was impressed with the choices available.He wandered up every single aisle, determined to not forget anything, only to be stopped in his tracks by the incredible variety of fancy and imported sweets.He ogled the shelves for a while before nabbing a couple packs of his favourite sweets; he wasn’t about to go overboard but Kalvin could spare a few dollars for treats.He spent some time picking out the various condiments re

Aian slipped out of bed a few hours after Kalvin originally woke him up, leaving the man sleeping peacefully in bed.He padded into the kitchen, grabbing the chequered apron and tying it in place before he set about making a nice breakfast for his twin flame.Clearly something had been wrong. He wondered if the man had had a nightmare.It sure seemed like it.The arms around him had tightened to the point it had been getting painful and it had woke him up. It had taken a few times at saying his name to get a reaction and Aian felt an awful, painful twisting in his chest.When he finally spoke loud enough to wrench the man back to earth, Kalvin seemed to struggle to come back to the present.Aian frowned. He hadn’t liked the expression on the man’s face.Kalvin was a man who rarely showed his emotions yet he stared back at Aian with wide gray eyes and face drained white. It was such a stark con

“Caleb,” Sean greeted him with a hint of embarrassment at being caught undertaking cooking lessons with his charge. “I, uh…”“We’re just about finished up here, Caleb, although it’s okay if you need to go.” Aian glanced over to the guard who was still looking a little flushed.“It’s okay, Aian, I would like to help finish up…?” Sean glanced back at his team leader.“It’s fine, I can wait until you’re ready, Aian,” Caleb retreated to the door to have a quiet talk with the guards outside while Aian finished up the preparations with Sean.Ten minutes later and Aian was putting containers of pre-prepared food into the fridge and freezer while Sean saw himself out, trading places with Caleb.With lunch and a coffee handy, Aian set up his laptop and papers with all the scoop information in front of him

Kalvin sat in his office with Blake and Dale, attempting to complete some paperwork around the distraction of Aian’s team’s conversations. Dale had set up a link into the channel so they could listen in on the first stakeout that the team helped with. The relief he felt when the message came through that Aian had not attempted to ditch his guards and had also asked for help was huge. They had spent the afternoon planning and scouting around the area and were about to head out to the location provided by Aian’s source. Kalvin could admit that he was incredibly distracted but at least anything he managed to get done now would save him time later to capture his little twin flame and drag him back to the penthouse again. It felt surprisingly empty without the photographer and Kalvin was already planning excuses to drag him back even just for an evening. He glanced over to the tablet that sat in the middle of his desk. It was how they were listening to the secure channel and it displ

“Yanyan!” Sam called enthusiastically and Aian smiled at the warm greeting. “Hey, guys, how’s it going?” “Good. It's nice to be able to have this catch up as normal and not worry about your safety when you can't show up,” Brent glanced over at the two guards grabbing takeaway coffees and moving to sit at one of the outside tables. “I'm guessing they are from the team you mentioned over email?” “Yeah,” Aian said then sighed. “I can't go anywhere without them. They generally stay outside if I'm going into a house or a small shop but if I go to the mall or supermarket, they come with me and it really feels like I'm being babysat.” “At least you're safe.” Aian pulled a face at his friend but only received a serious look in return. “I'm serious, Yanyan. Your job alone is enough to have scary people after you. We were pretty worried when you said you nearly got beaten up after you got that politician arrested. Fenell