AIDAN

I knew without a doubt that Tara didn’t want me around her diner, but I couldn’t bring myself to leave.

There were a million unanswered questions and an even greater number of impossible things that surrounded the events between us. There were explanations that I just couldn’t wrap my head around, but I still couldn’t dare leave her side. Not when I was hung up on her scent like an addict.

I lingered around the diner for goddess knows how long, watching her attend to her customers with a glint in her mesmerizing eyes. I watched her laugh freely with the people around her, and all I could feel...