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"Yeah. It’s a renovation Steve just completed. His favorite one so far. He’s throwing a big New Year’s thing and we’re all supposed to be there.” She paused. “You’d hate it."
“Why is that?”
"Super fancy. Tuxes and everything."
Theo could admit he wasn't really a tux guy. But he wasn't sure he’dhateit. Plus, Savannah would probably be wearing some slinky sexy dress that he would very much love to see.
"When will you be back in New Orleans?"
"Probably on the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth,” she said. “Unless something comes up. “Steve said something about going to some Texas winery. But he was still trying to work it out."
"I want to see you."
She nodded. "I want to see you, too. But…"
"But what?"
She sighed. "Just that this will be what it will be like, Theo. My job will have me traveling. We’ll barely see each other. I mean, I’ll come to Autre. Sometimes. Like I always have. But just here and there.”
"Yeah. But youaregoing to quit, right? You don't want to keep working for Steve."
Dammit, fucking relax. You arenotgoing to insist she quit her job, jackass. That is definitely pushing too hard.
She frowned. "Right. But that will take some time. If I do the travel agent thing, I need to prepare. I need to get set up."
He nodded. Of course. That made sense. Dammit.
"Okay, well… I guess we'll talk,” he said, not knowing what else to say whenI’m in love with you, please tell me we can make that workwas all that was on his mind and tongue.
"Yeah.” She nodded and gave him a forced smile. “I'll…text you…and stuff."
Great. She'd text him and stuff.
He kissed her and then got in the car. And waved goodbye to the woman he was pretty sure was the only woman he’d ever want again.
Which washow Theo ended up sitting in Ellie's bar on December thirty-first at noon, wishing he was anywhere else.
No, that wasn't true.
He wanted to be somewhere elsewith Savannah.
He also wanted to beaway fromall the people who knew him very well, had realized that he'd fallen madly in love with Savannah, and were giving him all kinds of opinions about that.
Especially opinions about him being in Autre, and her being somewhere else.
“You have tons of vacation time. You never take time off. Plus this is a slow time of year,” Zander said. For the second time.
Theo’s co-worker, Bailey, nodded. “We didn’t even miss you while you were gone.”
“Thanks, Bailey,” Theo said dryly.
She just grinned at him.
“Savannah is never going tobegyou to stay with her. Or go somewhere with her,” Becca said.
She was the only one actually frowning at him. Everyone else seemed confused and a little exasperated with him—no one seemed to be on his side, he noted—but Becca was the one who seemed actually annoyed.
“She prides herself on being independent and doing things by herself andnotneeding people,” Becca said.
