Chapter 49

Aiden's POV The car smoothly moved to the side of the road. I helped Aria to the window, which she opened with fumbling hands. The cool night air rushed in, clearing some of the fog from both our minds. After a few deep breaths, the color returned to her face, and the nausea seemed to pass. She leaned back against me, her head resting on my chest as she pointed out the window. "Aiden, that car is shaking so much." I didn't even look, pressing her hand back down. "You're seeing things." "No, I'm not!" she insisted with drunk determination. "Look, that car is really shaking a lot!" She paused suddenly, then looked up at me with wide, scandalized eyes. "It's shaking so much... do you think they're... having sex in there?" I froze. In the confined space of our vehicle, her unfiltered words rang out clearly. The absurdity of the situation—my normally reserved, proper wife loudly speculating about strangers having car sex—was almost too much. I felt a laugh threatening to escape but managed