Chapter 25. Come With Me

TARA

I can’t say exactly why I blurted out that silly question asking Aidan if he wanted beers, but if I were asked, I guess I would say something along the lines of, “I wanted to redeem myself after chickening out when I saw him earlier.”

We had been sitting together for close to thirty minutes now, and as time went on, the aroma of barbecue already filled the air, causing everyone around to salivate. The party was already in full swing.

Aidan and I fell into an easy conversation about the multipack moon meet that had come to an end, and I was surprised that it wasn’t awkward in any way.

I guess that even after all this time, conversations with Aidan still flowed easily.

Nadia was playing a little distance away, casting mischievous little glances at us, and I couldn’t help but ask.

“Care to share what it is that you both were gossiping about while I was absent? Because it seems to me that you two have something under your sleeves, or at le