Page 64 of Falling With You
I couldn’t help but think of Diego, the little kitten who hadn’t had much of a chance until Aiden and I had shown up. And then I’d said yes to a date with Aiden to save little Diego’s life, even though I knew that no matter what happened, Aiden wouldn’t have really used Diego as leverage like that.
But I had wanted to say yes, and Diego had given me an excuse.
And if I had succeeded in pushing Aiden away like I feared I had just then, then that meant Diego would never meet my little clowder of cats.
But I didn’t know what to think.
I took out the carton of ice cream, flipped off the lid, and dug a spoon out of the drawer before taking a bite.
“Caramel ripple really does save the world,” I said, looking down at my cats.
Yes, I was a cat lady, and I was going insane. But I was just over everything just then. It was all a little too much. And I didn’t really know what to do.
My door opened, and I glared at Violet as she walked in. “So, you just walk in whenever you want to now?” I asked. Violet just rolled her eyes, came into the kitchen, got out a spoon, and took my ice cream from me.
“Hey. That’s mine.”
“Whine a little louder, don’t you,” Violet said, closing her eyes and moaning. “Oh, you do have the best ice cream.”
“You have the same kind in your freezer.” I stole my ice cream back and took another bite.
“True. I always try to keep myself in stock, and Cameron’s keeping his freezer in stock for me, too. But your ice cream always tastes better. Probably because I’ve stolen it from you.”
“I hate you.”
“No, you don’t. You love me. However, let’s talk.”
“I don’t want to.”
“Yeah, you do. Talk to me. What is up with you and Aiden?”
“Nothing,” I mumbled around my spoon.
“Lie.”
“I’m not lying.”
“You’re totally lying. I will get Harmony and Meadow here right now if I need to.”
“No, you don’t have to. Plus, I’ll see them at the bar later or something.”
“So, youaregoing to the bar?”
“I don’t know. Maybe.”
“Talk to me.”
I let out a breath and shook my head. “Some things I can’t talk to you about. It’s not my place to say.”
Violet reached out and squeezed my arm. “Okay. That’s fine and perfectly legitimate. If you can’t talk about it, then that means it’s something going on with Aiden. But I know that face. I know you. Something’s going on with you, as well. Talk to me, Sienna.”
“I made a mess of things.”
“How did you make a mess of things?”
“Aiden came to my office today while I was working, and I got all huffy and told him to leave.”
“You were working. You’re completely allowed to get huffy if he showed up. I take it he did the normal Aiden thing and didn’t tell you ahead of time and just showed up because he was thinking about it?”