Chapter 9

“You’re such a sweet kid.” The way he half-muttered it meant he was probably saying it more to himself than for Aaron’s ears. “I should get out of here before I make things even worse.”

Aaron wanted to think he had some pride. He wasn’t going to beg Xander not to leave. He wasn’t going to plead with him to get off the couch and move to the bedroom. But he’d hate himself forever if he let Xander just leave. “Worse? Things have to be bad to get worse. And nothing you said sounded bad to me.”