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That would be weeks away, but at least he was thinking about how and when he wanted to tell people. “Okay.”
“Do you have an idea of where you want to move?”
“I’m not sure. I was thinking of renting while I wait for the house to sell. At least in the short term. Are we, uh, I mean I don’t want to assume, but are we moving in together?”
“Eventually, I would hope so. But until we tell everyone, probably best for me to stay in a hotel. I’ll probably have to travel back and forth quite a bit in the beginning anyhow. Although that’ll be torture as I can’t stand the thought of a night away from you.”
I chewed on my lip, trying to think of the logic in his statement. At this point, what were a few weeks? I’d be so busy with the move and selling the house, I’m sure the time would fly by. “Okay.”
“I realize your mom does pickups for Tristan at day care, but I have flexibility because I work from home, so I could help out. At least I’d like to.”
If anyone would’ve asked me three months ago if I could imagine a man like Mark coming along in my life, a guy who I would trust with my son and with whom I’d look forward to spending the rest of my life, I would’ve said they were crazy. And yet now we were planning a future together. “We’re really doing this, aren’t we?”
“I sure as hell hope so. Does it scare you?”
I tamped down on any residual anxiety. “A little, but mostly it makes me happy.”
And it absolutely did. So maybe what had me feeling uneasy was trying to believe I actually deserved it.
