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“Are you jealous?”
“No, I—”
“I adore you. You know that, right?”
“Uh-huh.”
“Good, I just need you to remember that.”
“How is he?”
“Better.”
“What does that mean?”
“You’re going to have to talk to him about that.”
There’s a long silence on the other side of the phone. I wait. This is what she suggested, didn’t she? To fix my shit with my boyfriend.
“Tell him…”
“Yeah?”
“That it’s okay if he calls me,” she mumbles.
“As much as I’d love to be the middleman, you two have to solve your problems, Butterfly. Once we’re all in a good place, then we can move on to fixing the triad. That reminds me, are you going to the wedding?”
“I’m still thinking about it. I just met Dad’s family… my family. It’s strange to show up to a wedding, isn’t it?”
“You haven’t told me how it went with your mom.”
She talks about her visit to the rehab center but also about Arthur. I’m happy they found each other. He might be a scary man, but he’s also a great father. The father she deserved all along.
“You sound happy.”
“I’m in a good place.”
“Miss you, Butterfly.”
“I miss you too, Mattie. I hope we can see each other soon.”
After hanging up, I join Tristan in the sitting room. He’s staring at his phone.
“Good news?”
“She finally responded to my text. I didn’t mean to hurt her.”
“None of us meant what happened.”
He nods. “I get that, but it’s hard not to blame me for breaking us up.”
I walk across the room to where he stands. “You said it. We needed something to show us we weren’t ready. It wasn’t the lack of love, but maturity.”
“You think we are?” His Adam’s apple bobs as we stand face to face. Those green eyes crinkle with desire and fear.
I lean closer, my lips close to his. “No, but I think we’re getting there. You know what we should do tonight?”
My hands itch to take off his dress shirt, rip the buttons, and then his undershirt. I want to drag him to my bed and lick every inch of him. Run my tongue along the ridges and valleys of his chest. I want to swallow him. Tonight, I want to do what I’ve never done, surrender to him. Show him that I trust him.
