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“Ew, okay, that’s enough,” Bentley cuts in.
“Honey, you do know how you came to be in this world, don’t you? I’m sure we had that talk.”
“Yep, Mum, I got it. Thanks. We’ll talk later.”
“Bentley, wait!” her mum calls out at the last second, and Bentley pauses to listen. “Whoever this guy is, if he doesn’t make your stomach flutter, doesn’t make your heart skip a beat when you look at him… If he doesn’t make you feel like you can do anything, be anything with him, then he’s not the one for you.”
I lean back on the sofa, her words repeating in my head. If it was a list, Bentley would check off every one of those items. Am I in love with Bentley Johnson?
Holy shit, I think I might be.
“Okay, thanks, Mum.” Bentley cuts the call and stares at me. “I’m sorry. I should have asked someone else.”
“I think she’s right,” I tell her.
“You do?” Bentley’s brows furrow.
“Tell me, Bentley, how much does your stomach flutter when you see me?”
“Like a swarm of butterflies has taken up residence,” she says.
“And how often does your heart skip a beat?”
“More often than it should.”
“Do you feel like you can be and do anything when you’re with me?”
“Scarily so…” she whispers.
“I think we both know what’s happening here then.”
“What’s happening?”
“I’m indisputably in love with you. And you with me.” I smile.
“You are?”
“I am.”
“I am,” she says, her voice hushed by wonder. “Holy shit, I’m in love with my boss,” she exclaims.
“So, does this mean you’ll move in now?” I ask her.
She laughs, that full-belly kind of laugh. “No. But it does mean that I love you and maybe, just maybe, one day I might move in.”
“That’s good enough for me.” I pick her up, dropping her onto my lap. “I couldn’t ask for a better person to be in love with than you, Bentley Johnson.”
“I am pretty awesome.” She smiles.
“You are,” I agree before slamming my lips down onto hers.
* * *
Bentley’sasleep on the sofa. She passed out about halfway through the movie. I sent Xavier and Alistair a message, telling them that we needed to talk. They both replied they’d be here in ten.
Where the fuck are they that they’re so close by?
I look at Bentley. I probably should have waited until the morning. Until we were in the office. But when I have something on my mind, I’m like a dog with a bone. And it just can’t wait. Bending at the waist, I scoop her up and carry her to the bedroom. She stirs as I lay her down and pull the covers up. “Shh, go back to sleep, baby girl.”
