Chapter 120
AN PYN Mix it the last chapter. I really triest but couldn’t wrap the ending up in less than
2 woke to the wing of the orby morning summer sun on my skin and Aiden’s mouth pressing
NYY INNANS in a not so subtle attempt at waking me up
ANA oths since the police shot Noah and ended the nightmare that had Aould later contium that a single bullet had passed through his chest,
by artery With how fast Noah’s bout had initially been beating, the blood bad our e it was a geyser. No was dead almost instantly and there was nothing anyone wool Ane Aew able to do about it.
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Onsanggole, the Winters tried to sue the police department but the evidence against their son Aad been overdelige Homever, throughout the whole ordeal, from the hours of interviews with police and lowers to the inquiry into the police’s conduct in my cases, I was never given an apology In all bonesty, I had exted one them the Winters or the police so it really came as no surprise that even when it was determined that whilst Noah’s death was justified and the police were found negligent, that not a single member of the Winters family or the police acknowledged me; the person who had been tortured and tormented by a psychopath and then nearby murdered.
But I was relieved if I’m honest. While no one would offer me a single ounce of remorse, it meant t could begin to shake the mantle of victim, I had spent too long in hospitals being repaired again and again. I had sattered too many sleepless nights and panic attacks. I had been scared for far too lone I was done with it all and while the scars (both physical and mental) would probably never really fade, I could at least start to take my life back.
Through it all Aiden had been by my side letting me steer our relationship. It had been dificult to bet him in again at first but not because &t anything he had done. After that night where Noah And tried to kill me, I was in a dark place. That isn’t surprising given what had happened but I had nothing left to give anyone. It seemed that every part of me had been broken down and hollowed out just the way Noah intended. It took a long time to find the energy to start putting the pices ANX together as well. Even now there are still moments when the darkness creeps in and the cracks show a little more clearly. Alden waited patiently though. De let me wallow in the darknesses and then helped me put the pieces back together bit by bit, never pressuring me, never trying to get me to move on at a pace faster than I was ready for
It was Aiden who was there in those hours when the night was at its darkest, when the sibeke was its heaviest. It was him that stayed with me when sleep wouldn’t come or when sleep did come the nightmares. He never judged, he never once tried to play down my trauma nor did he ever use his
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temper with me. He was simply there, slowly leading me back into the light.
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“I know you’re awake.” Aiden murmured against my neck between kisses. “We said we wouldn’t spend all day in bed.”
“I know we said that but doesn’t mean we wouldn’t do it.” I joked before rolling over onto my other side so I was now facing him, taking in those blue green eyes and warm smile. “Morning.”
“Morning.” Aiden murmured, leaning in to kiss me properly.
I met him halfway, sighing in content as I felt his lips meld into mine, the heat of his hand
scorching my skin as it travelled over my naked back and side. I was certain I could live a thousand
lives and I would never tire of the way Aiden touched me. He set my skin on fire and sent sparks of
electricity through me all at the same time and lord, that mouth…
“Stop trying to distract me, Ellie.” He groaned as I kissed along his neck teasingly, smiling to myself when his breathing hitched. “Fuck it.”
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p209 I have been fascinated with the storyline from the first paragraph and all the way through to this point. I was frustrated with the level of naivety our girl continues to be
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