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Or Cedar’s.
I’d be pissed, too.
Actually … I’d be worried. Upset. Concerned for my sister.
And it would come out like anger.
Realization hits me as I stare into Rex’s eyes. His temper is gone and replaced with his love for me as he stares right back.
“Babe, you deserve more respect than that.” Rex runs a hand through his tousled hair to push it back from his face, making it look another level of sexy messy.
“You didn’t hurt him, did you?” I ask but Rex shrugs and flips the screen to show Mac flipping him off from the floor of the dressing room.
He’s fine.
“She cares about me, bro. She knows I mean no disrespect.” Rex flips the cam back to his face in time for me to catch his eye roll.
“Seriously, though, baby.” Rex amends, bringing the conversation back. “Give her some time and she’ll come around. Not gonna lie, I’d be upset if it were Mac. I wouldn’t trust me either.”
There’s an awkward clearing of the throat. Rex looks over the phone and more unspoken shit is communicated between the brothers that leaves Rex with an empathetic look on his face.
I don’t know how to decipher it, and I’m about to ask when another knock sounds on their side of the phone.
“Five-minute warning, boys.” Another male voice booms into the space, Rex nodding to the owner of the deep timbre.
“Thanks, Tob.” The door slams closed and Rex looks back at me. “I gotta go, babe.” He smiles gently for me, contagious and adorable.
“He’ll sing of you!” I hear Mac call and I return the smile I see lighting up my screen.
“I will. And the crowd will love you as much as I do, babe.” Rex winks.
He fucking winks!
Why is that fucking hot?! Since when do I like that?!
Because it’s Rex. That’s why.
“Talk soon, Rexy.” He chuckles and shakes his head at me.
“Why do I love that name when you say it?” I laugh and blow a kiss that he catches and smears across his face like a totally adorable weirdo.
“Call soon,” I demand and he nods.
“Of course, babe.”
We end the call with shared smiles that only kinda make me wanna puke from how damn cute it is, while the voice in the back of my mind is worried as fuck that I’ll watch him disappear again.
He’s not going anywhere.
Wait … did he say he loved me? Again?
Why does that not freak me the hell out?
I breathe deep in the resolve I begin to feel down to my bones, and let the warmth carry me. Rex, and Mac, are right. I need to give Aurora some space to learn and absorb the newness that I’m not even used to yet.
Is this even real?
There’s still so much to figure out.
