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I almost choked on the mouthful of eggs I’d shoved into my mouth. I grabbed the coffee and drank it. “Are you sure that’s a good idea?”
“Why not?”
“I mean, what do we say? We’ve reconnected—i.e., we’re sleeping together?”
Talon let out a huff. “Please don’t say that to my mother.”
I gave him a look. “You know what I mean. You said you didn’t want to define us, but you want me to spend more time with your family. We’ll be there together. They’ll know something’s changed.”
“They know I bid on you, and frankly, I’m a little surprised they haven’t given me more flack for that. I guess Sebastian and Hanna’s relationship is keeping them busy.”
“Do we tell them what our original plan was? We’re spending time together to get closure, to heal from our past?”
“That’s what I told Heath. But I’m not sure they’re going to buy that now. I can’t imagine anyone would look at us and think we’re not sleeping together.”
I threw up my hands. “Then why are we parading around in front of your family? Isn’t it too soon?”
Talon leaned on the counter, reaching across the marble to touch my hand. “When you broke up with me, you hurt my family, too. You disappeared from their lives without an explanation. I respected your wishes not to tell them what happened. But don’t you think you owe it to them to heal your relationship with them, too?”
“I work with them just fine.” My lips pressed tightly together.
“You know what I mean.”
I let out a frustrated breath. “Okay.”
Talon’s lips twitched, and I wondered if he’d manipulated me into meeting with his family. The thing was, I enjoyed spending time with them, and I didn’t mind making things right. He wasn’t the only one I’d hurt with my actions. I wondered if we’d ever get to the point where I’d feel right explaining what happened.
Did it make sense to bring up the past? What good would it do? I’d kept that part of my life hidden from almost everyone for so long that I couldn’t imagine talking about it now.
Maybe spending time with his family together would be good for us. Already, our breakup didn’t hurt as much as it had before because I’d gotten Talon back. Maybe not in the same way I had him before, but it was something, and my soul felt better being close to him.
“What do you want to do today?”
“I want to blow more glass,” I said to him.
“Every time you say the word ‘blow’, I get a visual, and it has nothing to do with glass,” Talon said, his voice sounding rough.
I smirked. “I can take care of that before we get to work.”
“I might take you up on that,” Talon said as we finished our breakfast. We cleaned up and then headed upstairs to change.
I’d need to go home and grab some clothes at some point, but for now, I was content wearing his clothes. We got distracted in the bedroom, and I fulfilled my promise by dropping to my knees and blowing him. Then he threw me onto the bed and returned the favor.
I could get used to mornings like this: breakfast, sex, and then a day in the workshop. I tried not to think about what would happen in the future. I was enjoying the present.
I spent the day focused on my work, perfecting the shape of the glass. I couldn’t wait until it was second nature to shape it into whatever I wanted. My body hummed with satisfaction because I was creating something new.
I felt like I was in a flow, and the time passed quickly. Sometime in the afternoon, Talon made me stop and eat a sandwich. Then we went back to work. He didn’t interrupt me, which I appreciated.
By the time it was dark, my shoulders ached. I was so intent on getting things right that my entire body must have been tense while I worked.
I stretched my neck from side to side as I put everything away.
Sebastian placed his hands on my shoulders, massaging the tight muscles.
“That feels great.” I let my head fall back so that I could see his face. He was looking down at me with so much affection on his face.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to interrupt. At the sound of Emmett’s voice, I moved away from Talon, his hands falling to his sides.
