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“Just bring the pizza. Civilized people don’t always have time to do dishes.”
“Because they’re too busy doing the man they’re obsessed with?”
He grinned. “Something like that.”
22
CARTER
Iwatched Matteo as he took the pizza from the oven and found a spatula in one of the drawers. He’d obviously explored the kitchen when I’d left him alone. He’d probably wondered if there was any food or if he was going to have to go forage in the woods for something. A man as big as he was didn’t willingly go too long without eating. I should know. I wasn’t much smaller.
He brought the pizza and some napkins to the table. I couldn’t take my eyes off of him, even though I was starving.
“Like what you see?” he asked.
“I always have, and you’ve only gotten hotter.”
“Yeah, at least I was able to keep my body looking good while I was stuck with those assholes.”
“True, and the longer hair and the beard are nice touches.”
“You like it?”
I had to keep myself from fucking sighing. “I think I’d like you just about any way, but yeah.”
Matteo grinned. “Things are not looking good for us having time to finish this pizza.”
Clearly I needed to change the subject. “You said you wanted to know how I was doing after I recovered? What should I tell you?”
“Have you been happy?”
“That is such a loaded question.”
“Really, Carter.”
“I have been. Yeah. I’ve got good friends and a good job. There’s been a lot of shit going down in the last year, but it’s given me something to do and enemies to focus on.”
“And now that I’m back?” Matteo asked. “Now that you know what really happened?”
I smiled. “Now I think I could be much happier.”
“Good.”
Could it last, though? “What if we…?”
“What?” Matteo asked.
I took a deep breath and let it out. “What if we can’t exist together day-to-day, like some kind of normal couple?”
“We’re never going to be a normal couple, Carter.”
“I know, but what if the sex is all there is between us.”
He reached across the table and gripped my chin, squeezing me tight.
“Do you think that’s all there is? Are you telling me your feelings don’t go beyond that?”
I shook my head. “I was dead inside when I lost you. I didn’t even know if I wanted to make it back to camp, but obsession can’t sustain a person day after day.”
