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“Sure. Well. My company has,” Steve says confidently, as casually as he’s paid for a new wardrobe of clothes for me today.
As calmly as he reheated my breakfast.
As simply as if he was giving me a gift card or savings coupons.
“That’ll be all, thanks,” he announces to the room, which clears as if he’s just pulled the pin from a live grenade.
Something tells me that as easygoing as Steve is, he runs a tight ship when it comes to business.
Plus, I can tell he wants to speak with me, minus an audience.
I feel his huge hand rubbing my back as he explains a couple of things, but it’s still a shock to hear what he’s saying.
I just don’t understand it yet.
“The apartment you lived in, the whole building. It’s yours now,” he tells me as if he’s explaining math to a child.
“And the place you used to work? Yours too, if you want it. You can keep your old landlord and bosses or toss them out on their asses. It’s your call,” he says, shrugging.
“We could also file a civil case against both of them by Monday if you want to, but I don’t think you’re that kinda girl,” he remarks, stroking the hair back from my face.
“B-But?” I stammer, still unsure whether what I’m hearing is even real.
“I know, I know. I should’ve forewarned you or even saved it for Christmas… But…?” he says, shrugging again. “What can I do?”
I sit stunned for a while, unsure what to say or even think, when Steve puts it another way.
“I know you’ve still got doubts, Holly. Or rather, all this is so new you might think it’s phony or somehow will get ripped away from you. Like your job and that apartment,” he explains. “Butthis, this is to show you. Toproveto you that no matter what happens, you’ve got something for a change. And nobody can ever take it away from you.”
“But I… I don’t even…,” I hear myself stammering again, sounding like an idiot.
“You don’t have todoanything,” Steve whispers in my ear, kissing it gently before moving down to my neck.
“Now. Do you want me to show you around, or we can go home if you want,” he says, leaving it up to me.
Decisions.
My own plans.
Things I prided myself on until just now.
Feeling like the wind’s been knocked out of me because of all of this.
Steve, what he does, and everything he’s offering me as his teammate, has opened my eyes to it.
“Uh… We could stay here for a bit,” I tell him hurriedly, shivering a little with nerves now, not even minding when he chuckles quietly and kisses the top of my head again.
I want to tell him the only thing I want is him. Him and the baby, I hope I’m already carrying. But I feel my mouth opening and closing instead.
The right words were just not coming out.
“Alright. We can hang out here, but I think dinner out someplace nice would make a change. If you’re up to it a little later?” he asks.
“Business always makes me hungry,” he murmurs.
I feel my head stabbing a nod, but my mind still feels frozen and also spinning at a million miles an hour.
“I’ll have your things sent up. We can get ready here,” Steve says.
