AIDEN POV
The fact she was still sitting there felt like a miracle.
Waiting for an explanation.
Giving us a chance.
After she'd seen us there.
After the livestream.
After the rejection bullshit.
After us spending days acting like complete f*****g idiots watching her from afar like f*****g creeps. A thing she might have realized we were doing since... the first week of school?!
She was still here.
And somehow that scared me more than if she'd screamed.
Because now the next move mattered.
A lot.
I watched her wrap both hands around the coffee cup.
Trying to decide if we deserved the benefit of the doubt.
I wasn't sure we did.
"What exactly do you want to know?"
Her eyes lifted immediately.
"Everything? What are you hiding from me? Why people in that place seemed afraid of yo
