Page 201 of On His Team

I nod, unable to hide my smile. “I’m going to be unbearable.”

“You already are.”

I hit his chest. He catches my hand and kisses my palm before letting it go. That shuts me up for approximately three seconds. Then I remember Hawthorne.

My smile fades slightly. “Oh.”

“What?”

“We have to tell everybody.”

Rowan looks completely unbothered. “Okay.”

“Do you understand what I mean by everybody?”

“Yeah.” He nods.

I start listing everyone. “Stanley.”

He nods.

“Lucy.”

He nods.

I pause. “Benson.”

Rowan looks at me.

The only name that feels different, so I don’t continue down my list.

“What?” Rowan asks, noticing my hesitation. “You think he’ll care?”

I take a moment to think, and I say, “I think he already knows.”

Rowan’s mouth twitches. “You think?”

“Have you seen his face lately?”

He nods. “I live with him.”

“Exactly. He keeps looking at us.”

Rowan runs his hand down my back again. “What are you worried about?”

I think about it. “Nothing, actually.” I sit up a little. “I don’t think I’m worried. I just don’t want to do the thing where we tell people separately for the next week. I’ll have to explain it to Lucy, then Benson, then Blue will find out from Benson, and Mara will tell everybody she knew first, and Stanley will somehow turn it into a town hall.”

“Yeah.”

“So everybody,” I offer. “Tonight.”

“Tonight?” he says like he’s thinking about it.

“Yes.”

Rowan reaches toward the nightstand for his phone.

I laugh. “What are you doing?”