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Chapter 23

“What are you doing?” Aiden asked.

“De-stressing,” Glen replied. “It has been a long day and I needed this.”

“Me, too.” Aiden took another sip of tea. “Thanks again for being so supportive. Y’know, with Stephan in town and everything.”

The muscles in Glen’s shoulders tightened. He willed them to loosen. “Yet another reason I need to de-stress…” he muttered into the rim of his cup.

Aiden put his mug down and gave Glen a hug. “Aw, babe, I’m sorry. I didn’t want this either, but you don’t know how much I appreciate you sticking by me even though you knew things would get weird.”

Glen wrapped an arm around Aiden and set his own cup on the counter. “Sweetheart, it’s not…weird, it’s just…well, knowing the past you two have…I don’t want that to negatively affect you now. You ended it for damn good reasons, and if he can’t see why, then that’s just another reason he needs to learn to back off.”