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Anger flashed across his face as he sliced his fingers through his hair again, mussing it all up until it stood on end in the front.
“I hate this,” I breathed. “I hate that everything is trying to tear us apart.”
He finally looked up at me with frustration pinching his brows.
“We agreed on this, knowing all the shit it would bring,” he reminded me.
As if I needed the reminder.
Tears welled in my eyes and I tried to dash them away before he saw, but he did.
He stood immediately and pulled me into his arms, and the moment his arms circled me, the tears increased and I sobbed into his shoulder.
“Fuck,” he breathed, holding me tighter as I cried.
I had no idea how long it took for the tears to subside. All I knew was that he held me the entire time, whispering sweet words into my ear that he loved me, and that everything would be ok. I knew it would be, but it didn’t make it any easier while we were in the midst of the struggle.
“What can I do?” he said eventually when I’d stopped crying. “What do you need me to do? I don’t like seeing you cry. It rips my fucking heart out, Mia.”
I shook my head.
“Nothing. Neither of us can really do anything right now. We just need to get through the holidays, then finish out the year. After that…”
“What does happen after that?” he asked me, his fingers brushing over my salt-streaked cheeks before he brushed back my hair. “After the end of the school year, what do we do then? We don’t have to hide anything from anyone. My boys know about you, your parents know about me. There’s nothing else between us besides these next couple of months. Six weeks. What do we do in six weeks, Mia?”
I hadn’t thought about that too much. I hadn’t let myself think about it.
“What do you want?” I asked him.
“I…want to know what you want, first.”
Not knowing what to say, I just blurted, “you.”
He pressed a kiss to my forehead and held me a moment longer before whispering, “Move in. After the semester is over. I don’t want you going home to Luisville. I want you here, with me.”
More tears slid down my face, but they were happy tears this time.
“Ok,” I breathed.
He kissed my forehead again, then leaned back and gave me a smile.
“Really?”
I nodded, pulling his head down so I could kiss him.
We shared a lingering moment just like that, but then he broke away and moved toward the door.
“I need to go, before people start talking.”
I agreed.
He opened the door and stepped out before saying loudly, “Glad we got that worked out. I’ll see you in my office on Monday. Three sharp. Oh, and I’ll need you to help pass out the midterms in the eleven o’clock class.”
He winked at me, though his voice was impersonal.
“Right,” I said, trying not to smirk. “Sorry you had to come all the way here, Professor Harlo.”
“Not a problem Miss Miller. See you on Monday.”
