They were outside.
Alice hadn't known how much she really needed this until the night breeze just surrounded her. She almost wanted to just collapse there and look up at the sky. No thinking. No arguing. Just perfect peace and quiet.
The streetlights were so pretty. Not too bright, not too dim. Just perfect.
But she couldn't dwell in the reverie for too long.
"Gavin."
Hades's voice cut through the silence. Alice glanced at him automatically, noting the deliberate calm in his face, the kind that always carried an undertone of arrogance. "You drive back alone. Aurora and I will walk."
Alice blinked. "Walk?" Her brow furrowed, eyes darting toward him. The estate was massive. The path back to Block C was nearly twenty minutes at best. Well, that was exactly walkable. But it was inconvenient right now. And she wasn't even thinking about the low heel she was wearing.
More importantly... why wasn't he asking her first?
