his cheek.
“Your cockiness?” I suggested. I sat at the edge of the bed, and Aiden grabbed my hand.
“I was trying to hide that from her.”
“Hmm…we’ll see if it worked. She’s mostly worried about me finding a job at this point. I haven’t exactly been searching. I need to get on that.”
“You could look for a job down here,” Aiden said. His eyes didn’t leave our hands.
“What do you mean?”
“Don’t get another job in Ohio,” Aiden said. “Find a job around here. There has to be something in your field. Don’t all companies have projects to manage?”
“Well, yeah, I guess so.”
“So find something here.”
“Aiden, that’s a bit of a jump, don’t you think?” I knew people in Ohio. I had contacts and references there. Finding a job in Florida hadn’t even crossed my mind.
“Not for me,” Aiden said quietly. “I want you to stay.”
“Stay where?”
“Here,” Aiden said. “Well, not here in the hospital, but here in Miami. I want you to move down here with me.”
I considered his words for a moment, and the reality of what he was suggesting suddenly dawned on me.
“You mean, live with you?”
He nodded.
“You are asking me to move in with you?”
“Yeah,” he said with a shrug. “Why not?”
“Isn’t that a little…premature?”
“Is it?” he asked as he looked into my eyes. “By whose standards?”
“We’ve known each other just over a month,” I said.
He smiled a sweet smile.
“It’s enough for me,” he stated.
As I looked into Aiden’s eyes, I knew his sincerity couldn’t be denied. Reclining in the hospital bed, wrapped in bandages, he’d already made it clear he would do anything for me. Having me live in the same house was a drop in the bucket by comparison.
“Well?” he prompted.
“Aiden, I don’t know. It wasn’t something I had considered, and it’s just taken me a little by surprise.”
He nodded and pulled my hand up to kiss it.
“Please tell me you’ll think about it?”
“I’ll think about it,” I said.
“Promise?”