Chapter 32-2

He released her, adjusting his hat on her head, "Have a little faith in me, Hoover. I'm offended." His blue-eyed gaze drifted across her face. He does that a lot, scans over its every feature before they part. It's one of the million reasons why she's falling so hard for him. The idea that he may be like that with other girls would break her heart to witness. "Behave. I don't want to see tears or a bloody nose," she warned, wagging a finger at him. "Thanks for having my back." Dylan stage-whispered shakily as he passed her, while Aiden rolled his eyes dramatically and threw his hands up. "Oh for gods sakes. Nobody here has any confidence in me?" "I do," Marley corrected and with a sweet smile, approached him, patting his bicep twice, "because you know there will be consequences if you aren't nice to him." She met his eyes with all the composure in the world and saw genuine fear in their depths. T