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He was well aware of that.
“That was by design, bonbon. I told your friends not to pack any.”
She nuzzled into him. “I’m surprised they didn’t ask why.”
“Oh, they asked.”
“What did you say, Landon?”
He shrugged. “I said it was our thing.”
He waited for her to lob some prime sass his way.
Three, two, one…
“You’ve got a point, heartthrob. You did have my panties in your pocket at the housewarming. Maybe they assumed you’d have a pair—or six—already stuffed into your bag.”
“I think your memory is a little fuzzy,” he snarked back, taking her hand as they continued toward the water’s edge. “I told everyone I had a fancy doily in my pocket.”
“Because you’re a celebrity who carries a spare grandma doily—very believable,” she dead-panned.
“Hey, I’m a hit with grandmas, and you never know when you’ll walk into a doily emergency.”
Harper giggled. “Look who’s vying for the title of Mr. Sassy Pants. Luckily, my friends can’t tease me too much about my commando status. Between Libby and Raz and their vibrator situation, Charlotte and Mitch doing God knows what with popsicles and grilled cheese sandwiches, and Penny and Rowen cosplaying their way through video games, forgoing panties is pretty tame.”
They had a thing—a silly couple’s thing.
“We do have one thing that they don’t—at least at the moment,” she offered, and he sensed a touch of hesitation in her tone.
“And what’s that?”
The clouds parted, and moonlight bathed her in an ethereal glow. “We’re married. I mean, we’re married…for now.”
He bit back a mischievous grin.
She couldn’t have given him a more perfect segue.
“Speaking of marriage,” he replied, keeping his tone neutral, “we should talk. There’s something I need to make abundantly clear regarding our situation.”
“All right, what is it?” she whispered.
He schooled his features. “We can’t go on like this.”
