Page 308 of Safe With You

“Yeah.”

He reached for me.

Nothing dramatic.

His hand settled against my hip and drew me a little closer.

“I was trying to make you coffee.”

“You don’t even know where I keep it.”

“I know that now.”

A laugh slipped out before I could stop it.

His mouth curved.

Then the teasing left his face.

“I didn’t leave.”

I looked at him.

“I know.”

His thumb moved across the back of my hand.

And this time, I let myself believe it without looking for something else.

“Okay.”

“Okay?”

I smiled.

“I’m learning.”

“There she is.”

“Don’t push it.”

He laughed and kissed my forehead before reaching around me for the coffee.

“So how does this thing work?”

I stared at him.

“The coffee maker?”

“Yeah.”

“You’re thirty-four years old.”

“I have a different one.”

“It’s a coffee maker, Ellis.”

“And yet I’m still standing here without coffee.”