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She made a face.
“It’s not as though you have to decide right away, is it?”
“I guess not.”
“Well, whenever you decide you want to go back to Nashville – even if it’s just a quick visit for now – make sure that Bentley gets your flight on the schedule.”
“Thanks, Mom.” She’d never once asked if she could use the family jet – that would feel far too hypocritical while she rejected any other kind of help – but she did love to fly in it, and her mom somehow knew that and did her best to set it up for her whenever possible.
“And …”
“What?” It wasn’t like her mom to sound hesitant – maybe even cautious.
“Well, I’m not trying to hijack you or anything, but it would be nice – if you want to – if … Either on the way to Nashville or on the way back .... We’d love to see you if want to make a quick stop in Summer Lake.”
Tori had to smile. “Okay. I don’t even know when I’ll go yet, but yeah. I’d love to see you, Mom.”
“I’d love to see you, too. And no pressure, but I hope it’s soon.”
“Okay. I’ll make some plans and let you know.”
~ ~ ~
Xander grinned to himself as he drove up the long driveway on the DuPont estate. He’d woken up with a smile on his face this morning. That smile would have been even bigger if he’d woken up beside Tori, but just knowing that he was going to see her today was enough – and knowing that it wouldn’t be long before he’d get to wake up with her made his smile even bigger.
Just as he climbed out and started toward the kitchen steps, his phone rang, and he pulled it out of his back pocket. He was tempted to let it go to voicemail; Tori was expecting him, and there wasn’t anyone he wanted to talk to more than he wanted to see her.
He frowned when he saw Brock’s name on the display. Brock was on Kolby MacFarland’s security team. Xander had gotten close with those guys while they were all working together protecting Tori and Callie.
He glanced up at the house and swiped to answer. Brock wasn’t a big talker; this shouldn’t take long.
“What’s up, dude? How’s it going?”
“Hey! Doing good. How about you?”
“Yeah, I’m good. What can I do for you?”
“Can you give me Tori’s number?”
“What? Why?”
Brock laughed. “Cool it! Not like that! I value my life too much to ask her out. She’s your girl; we all know that. I just want to talk to her.”
Xander ran his hand through his hair, feeling a little dumb. All those guys knew how he felt about Tori – he didn’t need to react the way he had.
“Sorry. I can do better than give you her number – I just arrived at her place; I can hand you over to her if you want to wait a minute?”
“Hey, does that mean you guys finally got together? That’s great!”
Xander smiled; he’d been about to say that he was working on it, but after yesterday, he could actually say that yes, they were together. It was only the beginning, and they hadn’t figured anything out yet, but still. “Thanks. I think so.”
He looked up when the kitchen door opened, and a rush of warmth filled his chest when he saw her. She was gorgeous. She took his breath away. She waved and he waved back and started up the steps to meet her.
“Hang on a minute, Brock. She’s just here.”
“Thanks.” Brock chuckled. “Put me on speaker if you like.”
“I’m not that bad. I trust you not to make a move on my girl.”
