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All she had to do was touch him.
Look at him.
Smile at him.
Talk to him.
Many people built relationships without having over a decades’ worth of friendship as the relationship’s foundation. He wanted to know what they could have, what they could create if they both believed in working toward a future together.
He’d liked Emmaline. In fact, he’d liked all of his exes, but none of them ever made his heart beat.
Not like this.
“The house is still up for sale,” she continued. “I’ll ask Guel if we can stay there for a few months.”
“Won’t he ask why we’ll be living together?”
“Do you honestly think Delilah hasn’t told him about our Vegas slip-up?”
It wasn’t a slip-up on his part.
“When can we go see it?” he asked.
“Probably before the end of the weekend.”
“And after that?”
“I have to go back to North Carolina to tie up some loose ends, but I can come back no later than…Thursday.”
He shook his head. “Tuesday.”
“Saraci, why do you always argue with me about this? Can you not live without me or something?”
It wasn’t that he couldn’t live without her. After all, he’d lived without a partner for the last couple of years. But if he had the choice to have her with him, it was the choice he would always make. Losing people was something he was used to, but it wasn’t something he ever wanted togetused to.
“Wednesday, then,” she said.
“Is it furnished?”
“I’m not sure.”
“I guess we can figure that out as we go.” He leaned further into the cushions. “What’s next on the list?”
“Money.”
“What about it?”
“Say it’s not furnished.”
“Then I’ll get furniture.”
“Wewill.”
“What else?”
“We’ll circle back to that,” she said. “I think we’ve already figured out the sleeping situation. As long as you’re not opposed to the idea, and seeing how we’ve already slept beside one another, we can share a bed.”
“Will you behave if we do?”
