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“Thanks,” I said, taking the seat beside him. “I love Mrs. Jolene’s Reubens,” I said, looking down at my plate.
He nodded while chewing the bite he had taken. I took a drink of my water and waited before taking my own bite. When he swallowed, he turned to look at me. I was hoping he’d start the conversation.
“I think I missed something,” he started. “Last night, what was that?”
Okay, good. We were going to talk. Melanie hadn’t scared him off from discussing Blaise with me.
“Well, it confused me too. At first. Blaise hadn’t been nice to me since I’d arrived. Then, at the gala, things got weird.” I paused. Not sure how much I should tell Saxon.
This was new to me, too, and I didn’t want to share details about Blaise and me with him. That seemed dishonest.
“There was something there. Then, the horse riding lesson. He showed up. You were there.” I shrugged. I didn’t think Saxon wanted to hear how Blaise had affected me from day one. That even when he was a jerk, I noticed him. “Until he came here and we … talked … I’d misunderstood things.”
“I don’t think that’s changed,” Saxon muttered under his breath, but I still understood him.
“What?” I asked, wanting him to clarify.
He shook his head and stared down at his plate of food. I waited. He was thinking about his words. I could tell he wanted to say more.
“Blaise is twenty-five. You’re nineteen. He’s done some shit. He’s dated daughters of some powerful people. Don’t you think his coming over here and taking you to his house like—” He stopped then, and I was glad.
This wasn’t the conversation I had wanted.
Saxon was verbalizing my insecurities, making them feel legit rather than something I’d made up in my head. Knowing he thought I didn’t compare to his previous girlfriends wasn’t easy to hear.
“I don’t know why he came over here and why he is …”What, dating me?
We never had that talk. Instead, we’d had sex again. He had called my vagina his, but that was about it. I was pretty sure that had been a heat-of-the-moment thing.
“What are y’all?” Saxon asked me.
I was the one studying my plate of food now. I could feel Saxon looking at me. He was waiting for an answer I didn’t have.
I managed to shrug. “I think we are dating.”
“Exclusively?” he asked.
I turned to meet Saxon’s gaze. “I’m not sure. It happened fast. We kinda let the moment and all we were feeling happen.”
Saxon scowled and turned his eyes to look out the window. “The moment, huh?”
I didn’t reply.
“Did he say when he’d see you again?” Saxon asked through clenched teeth. He was angry, and although I knew that, I was surprised he was letting me see it.
“He’s picking me up tonight,” I replied.
His gaze swung back to mine. “To stay with him overnight again?”
I started to nod, but the sound of heavy footsteps caused me to pause, and we both turned to see Huck walking into the kitchen. It was odd to see him inside the Houstons’ house.
Was Blaise back already?
“Those sound like questions you might want to let go of, Sax,” Huck said and gave him a tight smile that didn’t meet his eyes.
Saxon looked stiff as he stood up from the stool. “Yeah.” He took his plate from the bar. “Didn’t know you were here. Looking for Dad?”
Huck shook his head as he studied Saxon. “Nope. I know where he is. I was just out, checking on things. Thought I’d step inside. See if Mrs. Jolene had any of her sweet tea made.”
