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He slid his hand under her hair and curled his fingers around the back of her neck, drawing her closer so that he could kiss her. Then, he rested his forehead against hers and smiled. “I’ll take the blame if you like. And you should know, now that you’ve told me that, I’m going to be doing my best to distract you all the time.”
She laughed. “Except when there’s a chance that someone might catch me with my hand inside your pants?”
He laughed with her. “Yeah, maybe not then.”
~ ~ ~
As the plane descended through the clouds on their approach to Nashville, Tori watched out the window. She loved this town. It didn’t exactly feel like home – she wasn’t sure that she would ever find a place that did – but she had lived here for a few years now, and it did feel like an old friend.
Xander took his phone out once they landed, and tapped out a text while they were taxiing off the runway.
“I’m just making sure that we have a car waiting for us.”
She chuckled. “We could have called a rideshare, you know.”
He narrowed his eyes at her. “You know how I feel about that whole deal. Last time, I was here in your life, on your terms…”
She raised her eyebrows as she waited for him to continue.
“I mean, I still am, it’s just…”
She touched his arm, wanting to let him off the hook. “It’s okay, I know what you mean. You’re more comfortable driving than being driven. I get it. For me, it was never worth the hassle of having a car here, but for you, it’s more hassle not to.”
“That’s right. I didn’t mean that I want to come in and take over…”
“It’s okay. I didn’t think you did.”
Trick and Elliott came with them into the building, and Tori hugged them both as she thanked them. It was weird to see Xander watching El closely as she hugged him – but it was kind of nice, too. The guys she’d dated in the past hadn’t been … territorial if that was the word for it. She didn’t think of Xander as possessive – that just wasn’t who he was – but it was obvious that he’d meant it when he said that he saw her as his.
After they’d said their goodbyes, it only took Xander a few minutes to sign the paperwork for their rental car, and soon they were on the road.
Tori leaned back in her seat and let the window down, breathing in the warm, humid air. She’d never gotten completely used to it, but it always struck her with its familiarity when she arrived back here.
“Are you okay over there?”
She nodded happily. “I am. I feel like I can relax for the first time in weeks.”
“Glad to be home?”
She sat up and leaned across the console to press a kiss to his cheek. “I’m glad to be here with you.”
He grinned. “Me too. What do you want to do tonight?”
She waggled her eyebrows at him. “I think we need to start making up for all that lost time, don’t we?”
He chuckled. “I’m not going to argue with that. Brock asked if we wanted to meet him for breakfast in the morning. Apparently, he’s going into the office to meet with Corbyn at eleven.”
“Oh, did you mean that you want to meet up with him tonight instead?”
“Nope. I’m just letting you know that you maybe shouldn’t wear me out completely since we have to be up early in the morning.”
She let out a laugh. “I don’t think I could wear you out if I tried.”
He shot her a quick look. “If you tried? I thought that was what you’d been doing all weekend. And I don’t mind telling you that you pretty much succeeded.”
“What can I say? When we were at your place, Jacob and Becca were there, so I felt more comfortable hanging out in your room with you. It’s not like there’s much else to do in your room, is there?”
She loved the way he threw his head back and laughed. “I guess not. So, are you telling me that you weren’t trying to wear me out last night at your place, either?”
