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He shifted, expression turning guarded but he didn’t turn away.
“Because I want to be super upfront with you,” she hurried on. “But I have no idea if we’re friends.”
He looked at her like he thought she was being weird but he wasn’t going to stop her. “Yes, we’re friends.”
She nodded and crossed her arms. Okay, she could do this. They were friends. New friends, but still friends. She could tell him the truth and he wouldn’t disappear on her again.
“Since leaving New York, I’ve been having a hard time sleeping. My mind just…goes. Like it’s on a loop of all my greatest worst mistakes.”
He made a face.
“A couple nights ago…” She swallowed. She could do this. She wasn’t a crazy stalker. Shehadcrazy stalkers. She was just insecure and weird. Not. A. Stalker. “I was awake and I heard you come home and I went downstairs because I wanted to ask you why you hate me.”
Shock and concern rippled across his face but she pushed on.
“And I heard you playing,” she said softly. Big swallow. “And singing.” Another slow breath. Was it hot in here? “And I…liked it.” she shrugged. “It was very soothing… And I know that makes me sound weird and creepy but whatever,” she rushed out as fast as she could. “It was nice. And I was able to sleep.”
There.
She’d told him.
He narrowed his eyes and she shifted uncomfortably.
“You’ve been sleeping in the stairwell?” he asked.
“No!” She huffed. “That’s the first time I’ve actually fallen asleep before getting back to my room.”
His gaze dropped to the floor and he tugged at his ear. “I had no idea,” he muttered.
“I know. I was afraid to tell you because I was afraid you’d…stop.” She scrubbed a hand over her face like it would wipe away all of her discomfort.
He arched an eyebrow at her. “It’s a little weird.”
She glared at him. “Whatever.”
“I didn’t know you weren’t sleeping.” His teasing tone faded to one of concern.
“It’s fine,” she said, waving it away. “I think my body clock is all screwed up.”
He eyed her skeptically but didn’t argue. She heard it anyway. She’d been on a new schedule for a while now. It wasn’t her body clock.
She also noticed he completely bypassed her listening to him play and sing. If that was good or bad, she didn’t know.
He hummed, a thoughtful frown creasing his brow. “What do you have planned for today?” he asked.
She shook her head once. “Nothing,” she replied definitively. That had been the point in coming to Chicago, hadn’t it? She’d wanted a break?
But not being able to go places and do things was starting to make her feel trapped in a different way.
Asa hit her with those deep brown eyes as he poked at the inside of his cheek with his tongue. And then he said the last thing she expected.
“Do you think Cas would let me take you out on the motorcycle?”
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
DRIVE ALL NIGHT
ASA
