Ashton:
Tonight is my first night out of the hospital. I decided to stay with Arden for a few days instead of my unpacked new home. If I had to admit, the thoughts of the crown molding and hardwood floors that I loved so much felt too much like a trap now. It felt like the perfect place for Benjamin to catch me alone and kill me.
"I'm so happy you're here with me, angel." His words were soft on his pillow lips, pulling me in, swallowing me whole beneath a blanket of warmth and security. His arms had become my home when I searched for a place to call my own.
"Am I putting you in danger too?"
My palms were sweating. Over the last few days, I had thought about what kind of situation I was putting Arden in. The decisions he was making were because of me.
"Angel, I am not in danger, an
