will“Hajden made to dent. Til take the call in a minute. You should get up, wash up, and
was
Frised an eyebrow. You made breakfast?”
I thought he ? been by my side the whole time. Turns out he’d already whipped something up and
thene back to bed to keep mepany
As expected, exceptional
always putting in the work behind the scenes.
Yeah, I made some banana al It’s got extra electrolytes to help you recharge,” he said, ruffling my
hair
Hayden left to take his call while I slipped my hand out from under the nket, staring at the ring on
my Tinger couldn’t resist taking a picture and posting it on social media with the caption: [Limited
Edition).
I
I scrolled through my feed for a bit before finally dragging myself out of bed. Hayden was still on the
phone, so I didn’t think much of it and headed to the bathroom.
It wasn’t until i got there that I noticed the ointment Lena gave me was down to half a tube, even
though I’d only used a little bit before. Did Hayden put some on for me?
When did that happen?
Was itst night after I fell asleep?
My face tumed bright red, and I suddenly felt all kinds of awkward.
“Why are you still not done? Hayden’s voice came from the doorway.
The best way to dodge embarrassment? y dumb. “I was waiting for you.”
Hayden looked momentarily stunned, then his Adam’s apple bobbed.
I could tell my words had gotten to him–in a good way.
Not wanting to stir up anything this early in the morning I quickly turned away, pretending I hadn’t
noticed I finished washing up in record tune and nudged him. “Go get that oatmeal ready for me, or
we’re
“We won’t be ” he said calmly
I
“How can we not bete at this hour? I grumbled
“Our flight’s at ten. We’ve got time” His response made me freeze, mid–face–wipe.
I’d been watching him through the mirror, but now I turned to face him directly, eyes wide. “Wait,
what? A fight? Where to? Business trip?”
“Mm-hmm, Hayden hurmed, casually turning to serve the patmeal.
I trailed after him, still totally confused Hold on exple Where are we going? Why didn’t I know about
this?”
“Didn’t Ron–I mean, Mr. Shane–tell you?” Hayden asked.
I thought back to Ron mentioning I should wrap up my current tasks. I nodded slowly. “Yeah, he
did.”
Hayden shrugged, like that exined everything. “Then that’s it.”
That’s it? I was still totally lost. “But he didn’t say where, or that… you’d be going with me.
Hayden gave me a small smile. “You’reing with me. Wherever I go, you go.”
His words wereced with a sweet, ambiguous promise.
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I opened my mouth to say something, but Hayden raised his hand and brushed the damp hair off
my forehead. “Dry your face ande eat.”
He headed to the kitchen, leaving – standing there, still processing everything.
I didn’t ask any more questions, just quickly finished washing up and even put on a little makeup
before heading out.
By the time I got to the dining room, Hayden had already set the table. He was sitting there,
casually scrolling through the news on his tablet, like he had all the time in the world.
I couldn’t help but admire his patience. No matter how long I took, he never seemed to mind or rush
me.
I nced at the clock. It was already eight. He mentioned a ten o’clock flight, and it took over half
an hour just to get to the airport. We’d need to be there at least forty minutes early, and we hadn’t
even had breakfast yet.
How was he not freaking out about this?
“Hayden, are we seriously going on a business trip?” I asked, starting to think he was just messing
with
1. me.
“Not exactly a business trip. I’m just borrowing you,” he teased, keeping things annoyingly vague.
I sat down and eyed the fruit tter in front of me. Spearing a piece of apple, I popped it into my
mouth. Just tell me where we’re going.”
He turned off his tablet and picked up his utensils. “We’re going to pick up Yuna.”
My eyes widened in surprise, and he gave me a small smile. “Didn’t you say you wanted to bring
her over sooner?”