Aiden

I gestured to the stool by the counter. "Sit."

She didn't move.

I shook my head, chuckling. "You like being told what to do, but you never actually listen."

I lifted her easily. She was leaner than the last time I touched her.

⁰She stiffened for a moment, then let me place her on the island. Her legs dangled off the edge. "You must love it when I do it for you?"

My hands slid down the curve of her legs, resting at her bare feet. They were cold.

"You shouldn't be walking around ...