her Aunt Flora. News and articles here and there about Aur

hectic for Aurora as she buried herself in work, avoiding her father at all cost.

pages and then s

ryone had left, including Vincent, and Aur

was no way she was going to e

out completely,' she thought as she checked th

, and I'll go home,' Aurora encoura

floor silently, Aurora's hair tied in

oor and swung it open, her eyes closing for a split se

of it moving slow like her workday. Aurora's head was poun

oud ding, and Aurora winced at the sudden

bby, breathing in fresh a

heo grumbled, unaware

a, widening at the sight

ht you'd be gone by now..."

nalize before tomorrow," Aur

ated with a soft h

s white button-down, his black tie tucked in neatly, and his hair disheveled with hours of ru

u here so l

"I have some paperwork to revise. I'm not done

noise, understanding

home now," Theo muttered, stari

asked, knowing that he was probab

ore sighing. He turned to face Aurora. "I'm going to wa

ve you," Au

wanted a ride, but instead of agreeing- "What? No. I can

me drive you home, it's not a big

t have to

eally no trouble." Au

en them, and Aurora's skin crawled wit

her bottom lip, her thou

ve asked. Aurora's thoughts made he

face pulled into a smile, and Aurora's face c

rst. She gave him a small smile and stepped out, the so

o asked, his voice covered

ra, and she wrapped he

y," Aurora answered,

see Theo's hands still wrapped around the shoulders of his suit jacket, adjusting it t

on't have to-" He shook his head at her, turning around and

said, running his hand thro

ked, so she tried again. "Are you sure

Keep the jacket around

er of the company, and the rain poured dow

into the sleeves of Theo's jacket, pu

g wind. She couldn't see well due to the heavy rain, the

o the sidewalk until he was walking on the side

him. His dark hair was soaked, sticking to his forehead slightly, t

o his well-defined torso, the

god. H

throat bobbing with a swallow. He took a dripping wet h

ks so

Aurora!

m lip to collect the raindrops scattered across it

aster than her. Sometimes, she'd sidestep on accident and bump her shoulder against his arm, muttering

et more closely around her. The sky flashed with a snap of l

idn't know why or what it was that mad

roze, trying to hold her gasp in. The clouds rumbled loudly, her shoulders s

where she was going, and her eyes wid

and she closed her eyes, waiting for the impact from the fall, but

ge arms that were wrapped around her, holding her to his soaked body ti

eally want