“Did that bring us together?”
“It helped us understand each other.”
“Two men rejected by people who were supposed to love them.”
“And then surrounded by people who chose us.”
“Caleb and Owen.”
“Leah. Emma and Clara. Marlowe.”
Noah looked toward the dog stretched beneath the window.
“We built our own.”
“Yes.”
His gaze returned to me.
“Did you know immediately?”
“Know what?”
“That you wanted me.”
I smiled.
“Yes.”
“That quickly?”
“You walked into my office carrying a tool case I told you not to bring.”
“That cannot have been seductive.”
“You opened it to prove you owned better meters than I did.”
“That is seductive.”
“You also insulted my panel layout.”
“Was it bad?”
“No.”
“Then why?”
“You were nervous.”
He considered that.
“I don’t feel nervous around you.”
“You did at first.”
“What changed?”
“You learned I was more nervous.”
