Finding Love ~ Book•2✔️

Chapter Twenty~

(Next morning)
I wake up from the sun pouring in from my windows. I hear birds singing and I roll over. Events from last night flash through my mind. I sigh as I stare at his sleeping form. He looks so peaceful and gorgeous. He is snoring lightly too. I hold back a chuckle.

I know what we did last night shouldn't have happened but I felt like it needed to. As much as I hate to admit it; fate may be winning. I'm going to give us a try. I'm going to give us a try and if it doesn't work then it doesn't work. Well both move on, for good this time. But for now I'll give it my all as long as he does to.

~~~(flash back of last night)

After sitting on my couch for twenty minutes crying, finally My door is flung open and Aiden rushes over to me. One arm grabs my waist and the other moves to my face. I lean into his palm. My tears have stopped now.  Now that he is here. I wipe my wet cheeks and get rid of the early tears. I suck in a deep breathe trying to calm myself.

"What the hell happened?" Aiden asks, his voice is one of concern. I can tell he is already upset just by looking at my busted lip. I taste the blood every time I lick my lips. And every time I remember Wesley hitting me. The look in his eyes.

"Who did this?" His thumb brushes my bottom lip; which is now slightly swollen. I wince from the stinging sensation. It probably feels worse than it look, but from Aiden's expression I can tell that he doesn't care if it was a little tear or if my lip was split in two, Im hurt because someone hurt me, and he wants to know who.

"Well Alison?" His voice rises. He is pissed. I know he isn't mad at me but I close my eyes and shake my head.

"I just need you to hold me Aiden." I choke back my sob. I've always felt comfort with him, he always protected me. He sighs and his eyes search mine for a few moments before he pulls me into him. I rest my head on his chest and I'm sitting so that I am partially sitting on his lap.

"I want to help you Alison." His voice is quiet now. I blink away my tears before they can fall and clear my throat. I close my eyes for a few moments. He rubs soothing patterns on my back trying to calm me down. We stay like that for a while before something clicks inside  of me. I sit up.

I need to do something.

"I will tell you but I just want us to be together right now." I explain to him as I look at his lips. I get the urge to kiss him. I don't really think now is the appropriate time for this but maybe I can get some sort of relief, satisfaction maybe. I move my hands behind his neck and move my legs so I'm straddling him.

"Alison?" He questions me. He thinks that I'm not ready for this probably. Before he can say anything else though, I kiss him. I run my fingers through his short hair. His hands find there way to my waist. Our lips move in sync. Sparks fly. A part of me is begging me to stop but another is urging me to continue. A few moments in we are breathless and heading to my bedroom.

Doing this with him means that I can't go back because once this is over, I know I'm going to have fallen deeply in love with him. Just like our first time. After that night it was like we were combined. And I guess that's why fate brought us here together. Aiden doesn't need to know it yet, but I've already fallen.

~~~(Flashback Over)
"Good morning." Aiden's voice bring me back to reality. I look at him and smile. He has that sexy sleepy look. He places a quick yet passionate kiss on my lips.

"Morning." I say in a small voice. He watches me for a moment before speaking.

"Is something up?" He asks a hint of worry in his voice. He probably thinks that I'm regretting sleeping with him, which I'm not. Last night was amazing because of him.

"I need to tell you something." His hand intertwined with my mine, while the other brushed some hair off my forehead. Aiden nods letting me know that he is listening and waiting for me to go on.

"Aiden, you made me fall for you in high school, I was young and naive but most importantly broken. Actually I thought I was broken before I met you, but I wasn't. I was hanging by a thread and every day we spent together mended my heart. That thread got stronger and stronger, until I found out about the bet. That thread was cut and then I was broken." I say to Aiden in a shaky voice. I am quiet as I speak.

"When I saw you here and  you were my new boss, I knew I had to put the past behind us and move on. Im moving on from the past but not from us. I want us to work" I tell him. I want to add " after ten years of hating you, I realized now that I still love you" but I don't. I'm not ready to tell him that yet.

Aiden doesn't say anything. He just pulls my body into his and places kisses on my neck. I take this as a sign that he agrees with me.
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So another chapter!
Still can't really sleep but it's whatever.
Im just not having a good week. My laptop is broken now as well, so I'm writing this on my phone. Just my luck huh.
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed.
Love you all dearly!