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“I’m not even sure myself.”
“Are you happy?”
“Yes.” My eyes mist.
So damn happy. Not because of the money—there is no way I would let Cal give up his entire inheritance—but because we get to keep the house.
His arms tighten around me. “Then it was worth it.”
“How is this even possible?”
“You wanted the house, so I found a way to keep it.”
“Iriswasright.”
His head tilts. “About what?”
“She said if I wanted something, you would find a way to make it happen.”
He grins. “You should know by now I’d do anything for you.”
My heart squeezes. “Anything?”
He clasps onto my chin. “Absolutely anything. Although I can’t take all the credit for this plan. Without my grandpa’s lawyer dropping a cryptic hint, I would have never thought about opening a trust.”
“I’m still wrapping my head around that.”
“What about it?”
“Why you would give anyone that kind of money in the first place.”
“It’s not anyone. It’s ourfamily.”His smile reaches his eyes.
My legs threaten to buckle, but Cal holds me up.
Shit. I never stood a chance against him once he got sober. Hell, I barely stood a chance when he was still drinking, which only proves how screwed I was from the very beginning.
He brushes his knuckles across my cheek. “I told you selling the house never had anything to do with an inheritance.”
“So, you decided to give it all up to prove a point?”
“Without you agreeing to sell the house, there would be no inheritance to give in the first place.”
“We really get to keep the house?” I ask again to confirm.
His smile grows. “Only if you accept my final offer.”
I look around the room. “Where are the other buyers?”
“I scared them away.”
“You?”A laugh explodes out of me, making Cal’s grin widen.
“Did you bribe them?”
He shakes his head.
“Threaten them?” I probe.
