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I went to take off, but then turned back really quickly. “Uh, don’t tell Fox I kissed you.”
“Don’t you mean Saxton?”
I grinned. “No, I mean Fox.”
Her chin came up. “I think you’re confused, Carmichael.”
“And I think you’re in denial, Black.” I threw her a wink, so she wouldn’t slaughter me dead.
Kincaid just rolled her eyes at me. “Go get your girl,” she muttered before taking off herself.
For once, shit was working in my favor because it was Tuesday, and I knew it was a slow day for Sutton. Normally, she stayed home and did her laundry and shopped a bit. There was no reason for me not to think she’d be home right now. Granted, she could be shopping, but I doubted it. By this time of the day, she was already planning dinner for her and Delta.
I tried not to grimace as I opened my car door. I didn’t necessarily want an audience for our showdown, but I wasn’t too worried about Delta. As far as I knew, she wasn’t the meddling sort, so I could see her letting me and Sutton work our shit out.
I hoped.
While I didn’t need the cops called on me, Kincaid was right. It was time to show Sutton Hadley who she was fucking with. The perfect scenario would be for Sutton to just forgive me-secrets and all-but I knew it wasn’t going to be that easy. I also knew that I’d marry her if that’s what it took to have it all. I was already in love with her, so in my eyes, marriage was inevitable. Since that was the endgame, what difference did it make if we married now or later?
She’d have to love you back for that to work, moron.
Starting my car, my mind was already shopping for diamond rings.
Chapter 28
Sutton~
It wasn’t that I was begrudging Delta her happiness, but ever since she and Malcolm exchanged those three little words Sunday night after we’d gotten back in town, she’s been at his place every night. While I was super happy for her, cooking for one sucked. I always cooked for the two of us, storing her portion away if she wasn’t home. The food never went to waste.
I let out a sigh as I finished my sad ham sandwich.
Or maybe I was just sad.
Either way, today was not one of my best days. It didn’t help that Kincaid’s voice just wouldn’t leave my head. What she had suggested was pretty much to put complete blind faith in a guy who…well, I didn’t know what. However, who in the hell dated a guy-willingly-knowing that he had secrets that he couldn’t or wouldn’t share with you?
Nobody, that’s who.
We didn’t have that kind of foundation. Sure, those two weeks together had felt like…somethingmore,but so did every time Ross touched me or was near. Yeah, I might be completely batshit crazy in love with him, but I still had a functioning brain. Plus, even though I knew it was unfair to compare, I couldn’t just ignore the deadly ramifications that came with dark secrets.
A knock at the door snapped me out of my unhealthy trip down memory lane. Taking a quick drink of water, I threw my napkin full of sandwich crumbs in the trash, then rushed to go answer the door. If it was Delta looking for some home cooking, she was shit out of luck.
Peeking through the peephole, it wasn’t Delta.
It was Ross.
It was Ross, and I hated the part of me that was happy that he was here. At the end of it all, wasn’t that what all girls wanted? We wanted the boy to chase us. We wanted him to put in the effort. We wanted to feel important and like we mattered. We wanted to push him away to see if we were worth the fight. Guys were always saying the prettiest things to get in our pants, so it wasn’t about their words. It was about their actions.
Were we really worth the fight?
Taking a deep breath, I opened the door, and I honestly had no idea if I was doing the right thing. My heart was ready to weep, but my mind kept reminding me of my mother.
“What are you doing here?” I finally asked.
“I’m here because I’m in love you,” he said, and my heart felt like it was lodged in my throat. “I’m here because you’re out of your fucking mind if you think I’m just going to let you walk away from me without a fight.” Ross leaned further into my space. “And you better believe it’ll be one hell of a fucking fight, Sutton.” His hands came up and grabbed the door frame on each side, almost like he couldn’t trust himself not to grab me. “Whether you realize it or not, this is myfutureI’m fighting for, and you’re crazy if you think I’m not going to fight for it with everything I have.”
“Ross-” His lips stopped whatever protests were on the tip of my tongue, and I was too stupid to stop him.
My arms wrapped around his neck because he was Ross Carmichael, and I was stupidly in love with him. I was officially that girl, and I just didn’t care anymore. I never cared whenever I was in his arms. I never cared when his lips were on mine. I never cared when his hands were on my body.
