Ashley POV

Jayden looked as if he wanted to say something, maybe protest, but eventually, he decided against it and just nodded. “I'll take the couch. I don't want to be a bother to you.”

“Right,” I said, glad that he didn't insist that I had to sleep in the same room as him. The same apartment, away from strangers in lab coats and nurse's outfits, in my opinion, should be enough for him to be relaxed enough to sleep.

“We still have time to kill,” Jayden said, looking out over the city. “I figured you needed to study though.”

“You should sleep,” I reminded him. I actually had an...