Chapter 105. Day Five (You Should Have Seen This Coming) (1)

[2017, October 12th]

They had already boarded the plane and were preparing for take-off when Aaron turned to Emily and said, “Make sure she gets home in one piece! I’m sorry, I just can’t leave yet.”

CC was in a daze and he probably wouldn’t have left if Emily wasn’t on the plane too. It was the way Adele said goodbye, the look on her face, like she didn’t expect to see him again, that sent him running back the way they’d come, right back to her. Henry would survive one more night without him.

His lips were on hers before she could register that he had picked her up, that he was holding her again.

“What do you think you’re doing?!” she yelled.

“I just didn’t like how sad you looked. Couldn’t help myself. It’s not like there’s anything I can do in Terres Somnia tonight,” he said, pulling her mouth to his and kissing her again.

He felt her body relax, grow comfortable and then she kissed him like he was used to, like nothing else mattered, including