Vol. 2: Aiden to Haru - Chapter 40

Haru

Lunch with Uncle Jin and everyone was fun and the food was delicious, but I must admit that deep down, I felt like shit. The reason? That woman named Patricia Steel.

Wearing that kimono and with her face perfectly made up and her long hair done, she was beautiful, which made me feel uncomfortable, more so when she was flirting with Aiden in that subtle way of hers. I knew this feeling well. I was afraid and I felt insecure, especially where Aiden was concerned.

Fact was, I hadn’t yet figured out how she knew Aiden, how she knew us brothers. I had put off asking Aiden, or any of the others for that matter. Deep down, I was afraid of what I’d find. What if she was more than just a friend to Aiden? What if they had some sort of deep, more intimate past together? If so, did Aiden still have any lingering feelings toward her? I mean she was freakin’ beautiful, after all. Hot, even, and comparing me to her…

She was a woman, and I was a man, so…