Beneath The Facade
His touches spark a fiery passion within me, erasing my aversion and discomfort over time.
Now, I challenge myself not to feel the tremor racing down my spine at placing my skin against another skin, especially a fragile, scarred one. I hold her unaffected hand in both of mine, managing a smile up at her face. I doubt she can see me.
"Hello, Mrs. Gallagher," I say; "it's a pleasure finally meeting you."
Although she wasn't married to Aiden's father, I deliberately addressed her as 'Mrs'.
This is the first time I am learning about Aiden's maternal family surname, the name he had been addressed by during his childhood before he joined the Mendes family.
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