Chapter Title: (50) The Cheerio Effect-02

She smiled at Bryan, "He does." His shoulders relaxed and he seemed convinced that Aiden was a good guy her her, but there was something else he wanted to say as he stood from the floor. "Marley, you wait here, Aiden and I are going to have a talk on the front porch." Marley's mouth fell open, her cheeks turning bright red immediately, "Absolutely not!" Aiden slipped his hand from hers and moved to stand too, but she quickly scrambled up after him and grabbed his muscled arm in an iron hold, "This is not happening. Please dear gods this is not happening." "Marley-" "Don't Marley me!" She hissed at Aiden, her pulse still racing beneath her cheeks, "You're not going to talk about...no!" "It's just a conversation that needs to be had," Bryan explained calmly from behind her, "If Aiden truly cares for you, he'll agree." She released Aiden's arm but stood firmly between him and Brian, feeling more mortified than she's ever fel