Chapter 15-4

Aiden chuckled. "He hasn't gone anywhere. He's pouting, brooding all alone, but he agrees that we didn't follow you to college to hold you back. Just...come back to me, alright? Preferably as I left you. Spending my life in prison isn't exactly part of our future plans." Marley was still in a state of shock, but her response was involuntary. "I'll always come back to you." "Good. That's all I need to hear." He shrugged. Shrugged! Marley narrowed her eyes. "This is the part where you say April Fools even though it's not April. Is it Opposite Day today? Am I missing something?" He sighed, forehead wrinkling momentarily. "Did you really expect me to be a controlling asshole?" Marley recoiled. "No! It's just...you're you. Must I remind you the first college party we went to, you established a force field of threats and insults around my radius." "That was a frat party," Aiden defended, his eyes tightening and his body tense. "You don't...