Chapter 249. What Is He Doing Here?

Aurora’s POV

Hesitantly, I unlocked the door to my room and opened the door wide…and kept it like that.

I didn’t get it…Ashton was my half-brother, my savior…then why did I feel uncomfortable letting him into my room?

Ashton walked past me, a little bounce in his step, like he was relieved, like the air in his lungs had just turned sweeter. I followed behind, slower, and the second my foot crossed the threshold, that uneasiness returned—heavier now, pressing into my ribs like someone had quietly stacked weights there when I wasn’t looking. The room looked exactly as it always did, but somehow... foreign with him in it. Ashton’s presence changed the shape of the air, filling the space differently.

I watched him take it in. The soft lighting. The old book Caleb and I had never finished on the bedside table. The blanket we used to fight over. His gaze lingered on the little things, innocent curiosity in his eyes, but I couldn’t stop the cold feeling that