Chapter 2-3

Aiden rolled his eyes at her and snatched her phone from her hands, putting it to his ear, before folding one arm over his chest. He was smiling down at her as he spoke. "Did that answer your question?" Marley heard the brief, muted sound of Bryan's voice through the line before Aiden spoke again. "I know....I always give her that option if she wants to take it..." Aiden turned away from her, slowly walking across the plush grey living room carpet. "You're lucky I'm humouring this right now, it should stop when she's eighteen...this is a conversation she can decide to have with you if she wants to...she can make her own decisions as you've reminded me over and over again as if I don't respect every choice she makes already-no, of course not, this is only for tonight but that's not to say-do you think she'd be here otherwise..." Marley's eyes widened at the realization. So it was Aiden's idea to stay in his new bachelor pad. She stood abruptly from the armchair, her face be