Before she could even open the second one, Zoe Pierce heard a soft knock at the door.
She froze for a moment and put all the gifts away again.
She glanced at the time.
Half an hour had passed since she had closed the door.
'Who could it be?'
Shuffling to the door in her slippers, she opened it a crack. Seeing Aaron Xavier standing outside, she pulled it open a little wider.
Aaron Xavier easily slipped his knee through the gap and into the room.
Then he sat on the edge of Zoe Pierce's bed, as if this were his room, not hers.
Zoe Pierce closed the door and walked over. "Why did you come over so late?"
Aaron Xavier had also changed into short-sleeved pajamas.
In the villa, no one wore their Military uniforms.
Dressed in a loose, light-beige T-shirt and shorts, he always looked well-behaved when he wasn't speaking.
