Chapter 23

Tyler. “Is it just me or have there been more parties in Rogue City since Arya came along?” I looked at Nate, rolling my eyes as he shared a laugh with his wife, though a smile played at my lips. Wrapping a hand around Arya’s waist, I drew her body closer to mine. “I’ll have you know that I enjoy throwing parties, Arya or not.” “Uh huh,” Nate nodded unconvincingly. “But you can’t deny that this is the what, fourth party you’ve thrown in a month?" Natalie chuckled, the sound drawing Arya’s attention. She turned to peck me on the cheek, before moving towards her new friend. Though I would’ve liked to hold her a little longer, I let her go, drawing close to Nate instead. The little argument we’d had that day in my office seemed to hang in the air, but not so much that we couldn’t look each other in the eyes. I wanted to tell him about Arya’s newfound revelation but Nate was such a stickler for rules that I knew he would be the first to oppose me and I couldn’t have that. If my Beta a