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“A house key. I wanted to ask you to move in with me before you fucking plunged into the ice, and I thought my world had come to an end.” He tugged me against his body.
“You want me to live with you, huh?” I bit down on my bottom lip.
“I really do.”
“I’m on a lease at my rental house, though.” I shrugged, knowing that he wouldn’t care about that.
“I bought your rental house weeks ago. I’m your landlord, baby. And I insist that you move in with your boyfriend. I’ve hated every second that I’ve been away from you.”
“Me, too.”
“So, is that a yes?” He bent his knees so that he was at eye level with me.
“It’s always a yes for you.”
His mouth crashed into mine, his tongue slipping inside, with not a care in the world that we were in the middle of the office. I heard clapping and cheering, and we both pulled away.
Maddox glanced over at everyone watching and rolled his eyes. “Does no one know how to work anymore?”
His voice was all tease, and he gently kissed the stitches that still remained on my forehead before scooping me up and cradling me in his arms as everyone laughed. He took the stairs two at a time as he hurried me to my office, passing Virginia and holding his hand up like he didn’t have time for questions. I chuckled as I held the key in my grip like it was a lifeline.
Our lifeline.
The start of our future.
And I couldn’t wait to get started.
thirty-four
Maddox
“And that’show you do it. Winners gonna win, and losers gonna lose!” Georgia shouted, doing some sort of crazy dance as she twirled around in her little skirt with tights beneath it because it was still chilly in Cottonwood Cove.
She refused to wear the helmet I’d bought her, even though the freaking ball pegged her in the cheek when she was playing with her brother, Cage, last week. He’d looked over at me sheepishly when I’d growled at him, and the rest of her siblings thought it was hilarious.
Normally, I despised losing. But losing to this girl felt like a win.
I loved her excitement and enthusiasm for the smallest things in life. She’d already taught me so much about living. Here I’d been the one born into this wealthy family, where I’d never wanted for anything. I’d traveled the world and experienced things most people would never experience. Yet Georgia Reynolds was teaching me about life.
About living.
Reallyliving.
Playing pickleball, picnics at the park, walking along the cove, and Sunday dinners with family.
We’d been living together for two weeks, and to say that things were good would be a massive understatement.
I wanted things that I’d never thought I’d want.
And they all revolved around her.
I followed her inside as the sun was just starting to go down, and she said that she had a surprise for me.
“What are you up to?” I asked as we walked through the opening at the back of the house that was all glass, and the entire wall opened to the outdoors. We left it open when we were home because we were backed up to mountains and a gorgeous view of the ocean.
“I know it’s hard to lose, so I’m going to do something nice for you. You just sit down on that couch, Bossman. I’ll be right back.”
I rolled my eyes because she loved to rub it in when she beat me. I acted annoyed, even though I fucking loved every second of it.
