Bella rolled her eyes at him and said, "Here's an old saying from The Great Celestial Empire for you: 'Heaven can forgive the sins it creates, but self-inflicted sins are beyond redemption.'"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Aiden asked, hearing such an old saying for the first time.
"You'll find out soon enough." Bella shrugged, "I can't take you out for lunch, but since you want to meet Talia, let's schedule for tonight. There's still an hour, how about I show you around Creston?"
"Sure, wherever Bella says to go, that's where we'll go." Aiden stretched out his long arm and wrapped it around Bella's slender shoulders.
"Get your hand off..." Bella hadn't finished her sentence when she stopped short.
Aiden followed her gaze and saw a man standing at the studio door, clearly about to come in.
This was a man with an incredibly strong presence, clearly not someone ordinary.
