“I love you too. I’ll be right back.” Knox believing that was one of the things I loved most about him.
And his ability to completely lose touch with reality was another.
But that was what he had me for. Managing the real world, chasing away the gremlins, and keeping him caffeinated at ungodly hours.
I was even luckier, though, because he was my everything and I was going to spend the rest of my life wrangling the sweetest, sexiest, most insane man I’d ever met.
My author.
Epilogue
Rohan
One Month Later
“Do I want to know why you have spatulas in two different containers?” Lori’s tone said she knew the answer would be sketchy. “One even has a Post-it note on it that says don’t use for food. What the hell are you doing in his kitchen?”
“It’s my kitchen too.” Knox sounded like he was confused and slightly offended, which made me smile because yes, it was very much his house too. “And I labeled it so you didn’t accidentally use anything that you shouldn’t.”
Hisduhtone made her groan, but I wanted to laugh just listening to him drive Lori crazy. I had a feeling it was his way of getting back at her for showing up randomly to make sure I hadn’t actually kidnapped him.
“What the fuck?” Her scandalized whisper had me pressing my lips together. “The kitchen? Really?”
That was what surprised her?
“It’s clean. Rohan takes very good care of me and our house.” Knox was clearly offended on my behalf. “He disinfects anything he’s fucked me on or that my ass has been on. Penetration is not the end all be all of sex, you know.”
Lori’s shocked inhale was followed by a groan. “Why do I do this to myself?”
“I have no idea.” Knox had definitely shrugged even if I couldn’t see it from where I was sitting on the stairs. “You keep asking questions you clearly don’t want the answer to.”
“You keep volunteering information. I’m not asking about everything.” Lori was trying to make that sound believable but Knox laughed.
“Your face asks questions too.” He was right and they both knew it. “You also asked a lot when you were screaming at me last week. I don’t think you remember everything you said.”
Or screamed.
Or accused.
To say she’d been slightly upset would’ve been an understatement.
It probably hadn’t helped that she’d been clued in to our relationship through reader comments and Knox’s vague mention of selling his house.
“I was a little worried about you.” She huffed, making me roll my eyes. “You’d just admitted to selling your house and moving in with a stranger...one that you’d already been living with for over a month.”
We’d both thought we’d have more time on the sale, but it’d gotten snapped up after being on the market for twenty-four hours. Part of that was because it’d been priced to sell, but the other was because it was empty and the couple who bought it had wanted to move in immediately.
“It was the best decision for my mental health, and Rohan is very good at taking care of me.” Knox must’ve shrugged based on Lori’s dramatic sigh. “I knew from day one that he would be important in my life.”
Lori had not been a pleasant editor to deal with during that discussion, and Knox’s method of distracting her was to tell her that he’d finished the Christmas story she still hadn’t been told about and that he had a new series started with sexy characters who were in incredibly unhealthy relationships.
Yep, he still wasn’t sure why that distraction hadn’t worked, but he was very proud of how much he’d accomplished in the last month. It was amazing what he could get done when he was healthy and not being tormented by gremlins.
Or a psychotic family.
“You knew from day one that he was hot and he liked your books.” Her accusation had him making a confused sound. “Those are not points in favor of this ridiculous decision.”
To Knox they had been.
