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“Baby…”
“I swear to heaven, if you call me that one more time, I’m calling my dad and telling him exactly what happened with us. Do you want that?”
“I’ll see you when you get back,” Brad replied darkly. And why did that sound a bit like a threat?
The hand holding the phone dropped to my side, and my head hung forward.
“I’d rather deal with a bear,” I groaned under my breath.
“Boyfriend?” Mikaly asked.
“No, he’s—”
“I meant what you called me.”
I sighed. Yeah. I’d overstepped there, too. “Yeah…I… I’m sorry. I just needed to tell him something to get him to go away—which didn’t seem to work anyway. I… You…”
Stepping close, he cupped my face. A slow smile curled his lips. “Consider yourself boyfriended up, Flower.”
Nine
Mikaly
Walking close to Pete as we hiked down the mountain, slogging through snowdrifts, my thoughts kept slipping back to last night, as well as the night before. I’d held her in my arms, clasped to my chest both times, and it was the best sleep of my life.
After only a couple days, I couldn’t imagine not having her at my side. I’d think it was crazy if not for knowing my parents and how quickly they’dknown. My dad had always claimed he’d seen Mom their first day of their senior year of high school, and it had been over. There had never been a flicker of doubt they were intended for each other.
When it clicked, it clicked, he’d always said. You just know.
I never understood. I’d thought he was romanticizing the whole thing. Until it happened to me.
“Come out to dinner with me tonight?” I asked Pete.
Pausing, she turned and looked back at me. She had to swivel her whole upper body for the move, due to her backpack, and I couldn’t help my grin. She’d been leading the way down the path because she knew it better than me, and it was too narrow for us to walk side by side. I didn’t like it. I felt an innate need to go first, to protect her, but I knew better than to voice that feeling. As compact a little pixie as she was, I had no doubt Pete would kick my butt if I tried to go all alpha male on her.
“You can tell me the best place to go in town or we can drive over to Hoover City. There’s bound to be places there,” I added.
“I’d like that. There’s a steak place on the edge of Hoover—on the Sweetville side.”
“Let’s do it. Consider it a date.”
“You’re taking this boyfriend thing seriously,” she said, the words coming over her shoulder as we started back down the path. Thankfully, it was an easy slope, and we didn’t run much risk of tumbling or slipping in the snow.
“You have no idea. And it’s not about Brad; just so you know.”
“The kissing and cuddling gave me a clue there.”
I caught the back of her pack and pulled her to me, turning her to face me again. “You meanthis?”
My mouth settled over hers, feathering, pressing. Pete moaned and parted her lips, letting me lick inside and connect with her deeper. My hand skimmed along her side and slipped around her waist, wedging beneath her backpack to pull her closer.
“I can’t wait to hold you tonight without fifty-six layers between us,” I muttered against her mouth.
She giggled. “If you’re lucky.”
“Tell me I’ll be lucky.” I wasn’t talking about sex, and I hoped she knew that. “I want to dance with you. Hold you.”
“I guarantee you’ll be lucky enough for both those things. Might even throw in some kissing and cuddling, too.”
