Ashton:
My heels clicked across the concrete sidewalk, leading me to Arden's front door. Leaves crunched beneath them with every step, and the air was crisp with fall. It was a perfect combination that should have calmed my raging heart but done nothing of the sort. I stood on the steps, watching him unlock the door and then step inside, where the darkness of his home swallowed him.
When the lights came on, I jumped. I was surprised as if I had expected something to reach out and snatch me up. But it was only Arden standing there with a smirk as he shed his suit jacket and tie.
"You're welcome to come inside, Angel." I don't know when I realized this man's smile lit me up so brightly, but I had found myself trying to make him smile throughout the day, and I delighted in it each time he
