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The door swung open, and Theo appeared with a blue towel on his head. “Good timing. I was about to order dinner. Come in.”
“Did you just take a shower?” I asked, following him inside.
“Mm. I went to the gym after work since you were going home.” He pulled the towel off his head and grinned at me. His wet, dark hair fell over his face in an unfairly sexy way, and I had to resist the urge to walk over to him and mess it all up even more.
Breathe, Chloe. Breathe.
He took the bag from me and carried it inside. “Why do you look disappointed?”
“I’m not disappointed,” I muttered.
“Tell that to your face.” He pulled me against him and playfully nibbled my earlobe. “Did you want to join me?”
“Not after you’ve been to the gym.” I poked his side, making him twitch away from me. “Been there, smelt that.”
“You know just how to hit me where it hurts, don’t you?”
I laughed, leaning into him and hugging him. “I’m just keeping you on your toes.”
“Mm. You did that at lunchtime when you told me we needed to talk. I was about to report Harvey to HR for harassment.” He wrapped his arms around me again, burying his face in my hair.
“Why on Earth would you report him for harassment?”
“Harassment to my emotions. Did he tell you to end things with me?”
“No, he was surprisingly insightful. Although he did call me stupid a whole bunch.” I leant back and looked up at him. “Apparently, you’re head over heels for me.”
Theo’s lips quirked to one side. “I am.”
“Youare?” I blinked. “You didn’t tell me you liked me that much!”
“I didn’t want to scare you.” He kissed the corner of my mouth. “I thought you’d run away if you knew how much I lo—”
I quickly turned my head and kissed him, stopping him before he could finish that sentence.
It wasn’t that I didn’t want to hear it.
I did. I’d have to be a terrible person not to hear such a word from someone I cared about so much, but it wasn’t time. Not yet. Not until we were on the exact same page about everything in our relationship.
If we weren’t, things would go wrong, and I didn’t want anything to go wrong.
“Did you just stop me telling you that I—”
“Psht.” I covered his mouth with my hand. “Don’t keep making me stop you.”
“Ut eye are oo topping ee?”
“Say that again.” I pulled my hand back, trying not to laugh. “I don’t speak palm.”
“Why are you stopping me?” His eyes glinted with a bit of uncertainty, and his grip held the same hesitance.
“Because I know what you’re going to say.” I laid my hand against his cheek. “And we need to talk, Theo. We need to make sure we’re on the same page with everything if we’re going to make whatever this is between us work.”
“Whatever this is.” He turned into my hand, brushing his lips across my palm. “Am I the only one of us thinking this is a relationship? That you’re my girlfriend? Because I told you, Chloe. I’m yours. I have been for a very long time. I will be for the rest of my life.”
Goosebumps skittered across my skin. “How can you say that with such certainty?”
“Because nothing and nobody else has ever made me feel this way.” He grasped my hand and kissed the inside of my wrist. A water droplet trickled off his hair and landed on my arm, and he flicked his tongue against my skin, clearing it up. “It’s unfathomable to think that anyone else ever would. There’s nobody else in this world I could ever consider dying for.”
