Chapter 21-2

What are you doing? His breathing hitched. He was holding her so tightly that she felt every plane of his muscled chest against her. Goosebumps formed on her arms, and it felt like fire was burning on every inch of her skin. Regardless, concern took over everything else. She slowly moved her arms, so they were loosely wrapped around his back. A sound came out of his throat when she finally touched him, and a tremble passed through his body. "Are you okay?" She breathed, rubbing a hand along his back in a soothing motion. "Keep doing that," he rasped huskily. The skin beneath her cheeks tingled with heat. She slid her hand along his muscled back and tried to focus on comforting him and not everything else that was making her feel alive for the first time all day. It was quiet between them for a while. Marley finally looked up to see Alec had disappeared. She frowned but didn't say anything. "Aiden