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Running my gaze over her longingly, I admitted, “I didn’t think I was going to see you again.”
She sent me a confused frown. “I told you, you would. I just needed a minute.”
I knew I didn’t deserve even that from her. I had to tell her about Thalia, and letherdecide where that left us. But I’d missed her so fucking much these last few days. And I was greedy. I just wanted a little more time with her before all hell broke loose.
“Well… It’s been a minute,” I said, tugging her into my lap.
She drew in a sharp breath and met my gaze. “Yes, it has.”
As she leaned toward me, I sat up from the headboard where I’d been relaxing to meet her lips. But before we could kiss, a knock sounded on my door.
24
DAMIEN
“Hey,” Hudson called from the doorway, still wearing his chef’s whites. With an amused grin plastered across his face as if he enjoyed cockblocking me, he lifted his brows in greeting.
I sent him a hard scowl, silently ordering him to scram, but all he did was lean his shoulder on the doorframe to get comfortable.
“Think you two can push pause for a bit?” he asked with a wicked grin. “I brought some leftovers home from the restaurant, and they need to be eaten now while they’re still fresh.”
“Ooh!” Oaklynn straightened with interest. “Did you just say food?Freefood?”
Winking at her, he murmured, “You know it.”
“Count me in,” she started, only to pause and whirl back, finally remembering what we’d been doing.
Appearing torn, she bit her lip, so I sent her a soft smile. “Raincheck?” I murmured.
Relief flooded her gaze. Bobbing her head, she crawled off the bed to hold a hand down to me. “Just as long as it’s not for two years.”
“Deal.” I chuckled and took her fingers.
When we turned to head out of the room together, Hudson was still leaning against the door frame, watching us with a strange expression. We had to pull up short to keep from running into him.
“What’s wrong?” I asked, thinking he looked worried, which wasn’t an emotion that Hudson often entertained.
But all he did was shake his head as his gaze slid sympathetically to me. “Nothing,” he murmured as he backed away to let us out. Then, he grinned wide as he transferred his gaze to Oaklynn. “Go ahead and get started. I’m just going to change out of these real quick. I’ll meet y’all down there.”
“Okay. But no promises that there’ll be anything left by the time you make it,” she teased with a grin.
“Dimples,” he swore as he clutched his heart in both hands and continued backing his way across the hall toward his own bedroom. “For you, I would gladly starve.”
She only laughed as he shut the door between us and then returned her attention to me. “He is such a flirt.”
“Trust me, I’m aware.” I slid a hand around her waist and tugged her up against me to remind her that it was me she wanted as we started down the steps and toward the opening of the kitchen.
And thank goodness, she didn’t call me out for my possessiveness. She simply rested her head on my shoulder and cuddled closer as we entered the kitchen, only to find it already occupied.
“Mmph… Oh my God…” Alec called with his mouth already full. After waving us closer, he motioned toward the table in front of him where he and Keene were gathered around a buffet of sorts, stuffing their faces. “You need to try this. It’s actually pretty good for fancy shit.”
“Whatisit?” I asked, wrinkling my nose when I couldn’t immediately identify anything.
“Let’s see…” Keene answered as he pointed to each item. “I think Ivey said this was smoked salmon with red onions. And this over here is avocado toast, while that there is some kind of pasta… Shit, I don’t know. It’s just good, so sit down already.”
“Works for me,” Oaklynn announced, hurrying forward. But as soon as she sat next to Keene and started to fill a plate, she groaned, “Oh man, I bet this would taste awesome with wine.”
“Yo, Arch…” Keene motioned toward the cupboard where we kept the liquor. “Get some wine, will you?”
