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“You all right?” Trish asked.
“I will be.”
“We’re behind you. A thousand percent.” Mr. Dixon hugged me extra hard.
Everyone else followed suit as we said our goodbyes.
Holt unlockedthe door and held it open for me. I paused in the doorway. “Were you here earlier today?”
The tips of his ears turned pink. “Um . . .”
“I knew it.” I pointed at him accusingly.
“Are you mad?”
“I thought I was going crazy when I came by earlier. I smelled the motor oil and for a second, I thought you were home.”
“Motor oil?” He cocked a brow.
“I think if we made a cologne, women would buy it in droves.” I placed my hands on his sides. “But I kinda want to keep it all to myself.”
“You’ve got me all to yourself.” He dipped his head, those lips I craved finding mine. “Missed you. So damn much,” he murmured.
I slipped my tongue into his mouth and melted against him. I’d been miserable without him, but hadn’t realized just how much until now. He cradled my head with one hand and splayed the other on my back.
This was a welcome home. A promise not to leave. An I can’t live without you.
“I’m sorry I was gone so long. I needed the time.”
“I understand.” I did and I didn’t. But he was here now, seemed lighter than when he’d lived here before. That was all that mattered. “What did you do today?”
His mouth flattened. “Tracked down my mother.”
I gaped at him. “How’d it go?”
“You sure you want to talk about this tonight? It’s been a rough one.” Concern rained down on me.
“I’d rather be distracted.”
“I can do that.” He winked before he brushed his lips against mine. “I know you’ve been sleeping in my bed.”
Oops. I guessed I was bound to get caught someday.
“I kept it warm.”
“Not with any other roommates?”
“Just you.”
He gave me a satisfied smile. “Good.” He kissed my forehead. “Wine? If we have to talk about my mother, I need a beer.”
“Long story?”
“No. Long month.”
We settledon opposite ends of the sofa facing one another, our legs tangled up. Holt took a swig of his beer.
“I called Marlow.”
