#Chapter 149: Between the Stacks

Audrey A little while later, Edwin and I stepped out into the crisp autumn air, hand-in-hand. I was dressed in a warm sweater dress, tights, and boots—an outfit that Charles had somehow managed to pick out perfectly from my dorm room, along with a bag of other things to last me another night at Edwin’s apartment. He had placed the bag outside Edwin’s apartment door without so much as knocking, and Edwin had remarked with a smirk how Charles was a smart man for not trying to intrude on a man’s alone time with his new mate. We had, after all, been tangled up together on the couch—we couldn’t keep our hands off of each other. “I have to say, Charles has good taste,” I remarked, smoothing down the front of the dress. Edwin chuckled, his thumb tracing circles on the back of my hand. “He’s had years of practice shopping for my sister whenever she visits. I’m glad he can put it to good use now.” At the mention of his sister, I cocked my head up at him. “W