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“This is funny to you?”
“No.” She shook her head adamantly squeezing his hand but grinned. Fuckinggrinned! “Okay, this is new to me too. I’m sorry and before you ask, no I couldn’t care less about his new girlfriend. But I could tell my sister was trying to assuage the situation, and that was my way of following her lead. Stupid I know, but I blurted it out without thinking.”
She let go of his hand and hooked her arm into his instead, wrapping her arms tightly and leaning against it. That he could go from zero to sixty in a second when it came to this shit, and then she could so easily bring him down, spoke volumes about how he felt for her now.
“You can’t be mad at me for my cousin inviting his friend to this thing.” She looked up at him with those big eyes that would be the end of him. “But you heard my uncle. Hasn’t seen him in years because it’s not like he comes around often.” Her big eyes went even wider. “Only you can’t say anything. No one except my mom, Nena, and Chava know there was ever anything between him and I. Not even my brothers or dad. I was younger then, remember? Would’ve been such a bigger deal back then, than me bringing you here today now that I’mallgrown up.And.” She leaned in smiling silly and kissed Byron’s bicep. “You also heard what Chava said when we walked out here. That no one told him anything. Which means had he known he wouldn’t have invited him, whichalsomeans he likely won’t in the future, and I’ll be making sure he doesn’t. So, this is probable the last I’ll ever see of him. I don’t even plan on talking to him today.”
“Good.”
Savannah giggled squeezing his arm again. “You’re so silly. If only you knew how insignificant what he and I had, feels now that I’ve met you.”
This was music to Byron’s ears and if they weren’t in a yard full of her enormous family, he would’ve kissed her. But he didn’t dare. He’d save that for tonight. She’d just confirmed not only that she had zero interest in even catching up with her firsteverything,but that she didn’t consider what they had nearly as significant as what she had with Byron. She may as well have said the L word and that she was all for a serious relationship.
“You ready for more?”
The blissful relief Byron had begun to feel once again came to a screeching halt when he followed Savannah’s gaze to see what she meant. Despite meeting her uncles being fairly painless thus far, his heart nearly gave out when he turned to see not just her two uncles, but Papa Bear himself walking straight to them with a purpose. Her aunt Sofia hadn’t been kidding when she mentioned to her husband that he’d get to see Savannah’s dad out therebroodingsoon enough. You’d think having a brother like Beast and Byron being such a broody fuck himself this entire past year before Savannah, he’d know how to handle her dad. Yet, that menacing near glare, as the man approached them, had Byron trying to calm his breathing.
“Oh,shit,” he muttered as Savannah tightened her hold on his arm.
As usual, Savannah laughed under her breath. “Relax, they said they wanted to ask more about your brother. Oh.” She nudged him. “And it gets better. Just wait until tomorrow when all my other uncles, the hotheaded but also hilarious Romero’s will be there. That’s gonna be so much fun.”
Byron turned to her once again flabbergasted by her tranquil demeanor when it came to this shit. Gets better?Fun? Was she fucking kidding him?
