I always liked his brutal honesty. Aiden is a no filter type of person. His erection grows thicker and my thighs tighten at the promise.
“You won’t even pretend that you will?” I ask.
“Do you want me to lie to you?” His head tilts to the side as he studies me. “Would it make you feel better?”
“It’s not that. It’s…”
He holds my hands in his and draws circles on the palm. “I don’t know what I’m capable of when it comes to you. I want to think I have boundaries.” His dark eyes skim over my face. “But I don’t.”
My spine snaps upright.
This is the part where I run and ask for help, isn’t it?
But the truth is, I also don’t know what I’m capable of when it comes to Aiden either.
I never thought I’d be invested in him to the point of craving him, but he has a way of engraving himself under my skin.
“Do I scare you, Elsa?” He’s watching me with that manic interest as he lays my palm on his hard abdomen.
“No,” I say softly.
“Some things never change.” He chuckles. “You’re still such a horrible liar.”
“It’s not a lie,” I scold.
His stormy eyes plunge in mine. “I know when you lie, sweetheart.”
“How?”
“You have a tell.” He taps my nose, his expression playful. “Your nose twitches the slightest bit. You should school it.”
Is that what he did with all his tells? Did he school them?
“If I do, wouldn’t it be hard for you to tell if I’m lying?”
“I don’t need a tell to know whether you’re lying or telling the truth.”
“How?” I must appear confused as hell because he laughs.
“Try telling me something and I’ll say whether it’s true or false.”
“I came here alone.”
“Lie. I saw you with Reed. Try something I don’t know.”
“It isn’t fun if I play alone. How about one for one?” This is my only way to learn more about him and there’s no way I’m missing it.
I shiver. He drapes a sheet and his arms around me, enveloping me in a tight embrace. I’m half lying on top of him with his legs cocooning mine. It’s strange how natural it feels to be in his hold.
“You go first,” he says.
“I’m adopted.”
His eyes shine with something unrecognisable as he says, “Truth. But I already know that.”
“Fine. Your turn.”
“I wish I were adopted.”