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That name is new and makes my throat clogs with emotion and I have to work to swallow past it and respond. “I’m sorry, too. Can we forget everything that happened and go back to how we were?”
His eyes look haunted, and I can see how tired he is and yet it doesn’t detract from how handsome he is in the slightest.
“Sure, Tink. If that’s what you need.”
It’s not but I can’t have what I need so I’m taking the next best thing. “It is.”
He presses a kiss to my head and then lets me go and I step back. He’s wearing jeans and a black t-shirt that molds to his muscular chest and I can’t help but compare him to Xander and don’t even know how my head would go there. It’s like comparing Thor and Superman, both are utterly delicious in their own way. As if I conjured him, I feel Beck tense and his easy smile transforms into a glare.
“What the fuck is he doing here?”
6: Beck
“Beck,don’t start. Xander lives in this building, in the penthouse. We ran into each other as I was unloading boxes and he’s been helping me.”
I unconsciously pull Amelia closer, relieved when she lets me, and give the man walking toward us a cool stare. Yet the heat in my body can’t help but remember what it felt like to have him on his knees with my cock in his mouth.
“Beck.”
“Xander. I didn’t know you lived here.”
The man places his hands on his hips and my eyes can’t stop the slow perusal over his fit body. He’s a study in perfection and he damn well knows it.
“I don’t advertise it, but it’s not a secret. Norrie knew I’d moved here.”
“Oh, so it’s a new thing?”
He nods, a smirk twitching on his lips.
Asshole.
“Yes. After the debacle with the press I wanted to be less conspicuous so I moved shortly after.”
“I see.”
He turned away from me, angling his body toward Amelia. “Wildcat, do you need me for anything else?”
Wildcat? What? Now they have nicknames for each other? What the hell? Although it does suit her. She can be wild when she loses her temper, which isn’t often but boy, when she does, it’s not a good thing to be on the receiving end of it.
Amelia steps away from me and I flex my fingers and step back to stop myself from doing something stupid like touching her again. She wants things back to how they were, and although we were always affectionate and touchy-feely, she didn’t spend the whole time in my arms, because that would be weird.
“Yes, all good. Thank you so much, Xand. I really appreciate your help this morning.”
Amelia steps forward and lifts her arms and the big handsome brute draws her close, enveloping her like she’s his, and I have to admit if only to myself that she looks good there.
He strokes her hair gently down her back, his size dwarfing her, and closes his eyes with a smile. Not one meant to taunt me, but a real smile and fuck if it doesn’t make my chest ache a little. I know the feeling of Amelia in your arms and it’s one of pure bliss and he clearly feels it too.
“You’re welcome and if you need a cup of sugar later, you know where to find me.”
Amelia lets go and places her heels back on the ground moving away as he drops his arms. “I certainly do.”
“Good. Now how about you let me know when you’re settled and we can sort out that date I owe you.”
She places her hands in her back pockets and rocks on her toes, a blush caressing her cheeks. “I will.”
We watch Xander lope off toward the elevator and I have to admit he looks hot in those athletic shorts.
“Come on, Tink, show me this apartment.”
