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Aiden’s POV“Dude, what happened? You look a mess.”Julian’s voice hit me the second I stepped through the front doors of the mansion. I probably did look like hell. My jacket was wrinkled, there was a faint smear of dirt on one sleeve from when I’d checked the front of the car, and I hadn’t bothered fixing my hair after the near-miss.Valerie swept toward me like a peacock in full display, all concerned eyes and fluttering hands. “Baby, are you okay? Did something happen?”All I wanted was Gabby. I wanted her arms around me so badly it bordered on desperation. I had never been that scared in my life. One second the road was clear, the next there was a little boy chasing a red ball straight into my path. It was pure instinct and pure luck that I wrenched the wheel hard enough to clip a pole instead of him. His mother had come running out of a nearby yard with another child on her hip, tears streaming down her face, apologizing over and over while thanking me for not hitting her son.

Aiden’s POVThe corridor suddenly felt too narrow. There was too much silence after Mrs. Walter’s voice had cut through the air like a blade.“What is going on here?” She said as she walked over to where we were.I cleared my throat, forcing my voice into something calm and dismissive. “It’s nothing, Mrs Walter. Valerie is just being unreasonable this morning.” I reached for her arm, trying to steer her away from Gabby’s doorway and the growing audience. “Come on—”She ripped her arm out of my grip so hard I almost lost my balance.“I just heard something strange coming from that room,” she snapped, loud enough for everyone to hear. “What were you doing inside Gabby’s room? Is Gabby there now? Could this be what I’m thinking?”Before I could blink, Mrs. Walter’s hand cracked across Valerie’s face.The sound echoed down the hallway followed by Valerie’s stunned gasp. Mrs. Walter’s finger stabbed first at me, then at Valerie. Her voice shook with pure fury. “Aiden, if this girl you bro

Aiden’s POVLunch felt peaceful without Valerie bickering about the food and how the chef needs to be replaced.The house had returned to its usual polished quiet…except for the empty chair by my side of the table that kept pulling my eyes like a magnet. Gabby’s chair.I stared at my wristwatch for the third time in ten minutes. 1:47 a.m. She should have been home by now. What’s keeping them there? Could it be that they managed to find another place?Andy had confirmed hours ago that the cabin owner had informed Gabby and her friends that he had to “unexpectedly” terminate their stay for personal reasons. And he confirmed that every other cabin or lodge within that area won’t be letting out to them.So where the hell was she?The maids had already served everything…eggs, smoked salmon, fresh fruit, the usual spread. I pushed a piece of toast around my plate without taking a bite.Julian noticed. “We all skipped breakfast and you’re still not eating now? Don’t tell me you’re still thi

Gabby’s POVI’m doing too much again, aren’t I?And it’s not even because of Liam. I knew from the moment Liam introduced himself that Aiden didn’t like him. The second those cold eyes locked onto Liam, the air around Aiden had changed. Heavens alone know how badly I wanted to jump his bones the moment my eyes landed on him.I had been so excited to see him when the cars pulled up…my stomach flipped, my pulse jumped… but I refused to let it show. I was learning self-control. Learning how not to throw myself at him the way every cell in my body wanted to.After watching my friends with their partners…the easy touches, the soft looks, the way they existed in their own little worlds…I had craved something like that so badly it hurt. But the day Aiden told me we would have to stay a secret, something in me shifted. I decided I needed to stop being so crazy about him. Stop thinking about him every second like some obsessed lunatic. The ignoring, the cool “hi,” the way I stayed on the

Gabby’s POVEvery head stayed turned.For one heart-stopping second I was certain they had heard me…that unmistakable, broken little moan that had slipped out the moment the music died. My pulse slammed so hard I could feel it in my throat, and even between my legs where Aiden was still buried deep inside me.But they weren’t looking at us.They were all staring over our shoulders, past the tents, into the dark tree line behind the clearing.Huh?I twisted carefully to follow their gaze and the small movement made his cock shift inside me, a thick, dragging friction that forced me to bite down hard on my inner lip to stay silent. Fresh wetness slicked the place where we were joined and I gasped softly.My mother’s voice broke the quiet, directed at no one in particular. “Did everyone else hear that strange sound? What could it be?”A chorus of yeses rose around the fire as they looked at one another and then carefully around the bushes surrounding us.I stayed frozen, confused, stil