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“That you were my girlfriend when I was in high school, and I hope maybe you will be again.”
Her heart fluttered madly. “What did he say to that?”
“Nothing much. I think you’re right about easing him in slowly to the idea. It’s just been the two of us for all this time.”
“I totally understand that.”
“I do, too, but I’m ready for more—for myself and for him. I know it’s a lot to ask someone to take on a seven-year-old, but he’s a great kid.”
“Yes, he is, and it’s not a lot to ask. Not of me, anyway.”
“When can you come back?”
“I’ll figure that out soon and let you know.”
“I hope it’s soon. My bed is lonely after having you here.”
“Max,” she said on a nervous laugh. “When you say those things…”
“What?”
“You make me breathless. You always have.”
His groan echoed through the phone. “Don’t say stuff like that when we have no idea when we’re going to see each other again.”
Lexi laughed. “Stay strong. We’ll figure this out.”
“Do you promise?”
“Yeah, I do.”
“I really missed you for all the time you were gone.”
“I missed you, too.”
“Let’s make this happen, okay?” Max asked softly.
“Just give me a little time.”
“I can do that, as long as we talk every day.”
“Deal.”
“I’ll call you around the same time tomorrow?”
“That sounds perfect.”
“Then I guess I’ll talk to you then.”
“Sleep tight and have a good day tomorrow.”
“You, too.”
The phone line clicked when he ended the call. This was crazy, to be as besotted by him as she’d been ten years ago after only a couple of days together. But it was the best kind of crazy. It was why she’d fought so hard to survive her illness, hoping maybe she’d see him again and feel a fraction of what she had back then.
It was, she’d discovered, even sweeter the second time because of what they’d both been through. They had a deeper appreciation for how rare the connection between them was and how special it was to still feel the same way they always had.
Lexi slept better than she had in years that night, feeling rested and refreshed the next day as she did errands and made plans. She would move back to Butler in January and give her relationship with Max a real chance. After two days without him, she was already going stir-crazy wanting to see him again, which she told him when he called that night, right on time.
