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“Yes. Holly said she’s coming to visit Charlie. Far be it for me to tell her she can’t.”
She sucks in her lower lip.
“Oh.”
I brush back a lock of her hair and cup her jaw. She shivers and I seize on the opportunity.
“Let’s go inside and get warm,” I insist.
She makes a face.
“I suppose we can talk as well in there as we can out here.”
I hustle her into the back door and help her take her coat off. When I offer to hang up her tote bag, she produces Charlie’s knit cap.
“It got left in the auditorium again.”
Taking it from her, I smile.
“Thanks. This is his favorite hat.”
“I know. He wears it all the time. He told me that it has a dinosaur on it, so it’s powered by dinos.”
“That sounds like Charlie.” I smile. “Do you want a glass of wine?”
She gives me a funny look as she sits down on the couch by the front window. “Thanks, but I’d rather have my wits about me today. I’m stomping all over the line between being your personal assistant and being someone you call when you’re lonely and want to get laid.”
Her words stop me cold.
“Savannah, I have never indicated that you mean so little to me.”
She crosses her arms and looks out the window. “No?”
I walk over to the couch and reach out, tipping her head up to look me in the eyes. I don’t like the anger and hurt that I see.
Did I put them there?
“I won’t be in the Cape forever. You and I both know that.” I cup her cheek. “But does that mean we can’t enjoy this heat between us while we still have it?”
“I think….” She closes her eyes and nuzzles my hand. “I think I’m starting to feel more for you than a casual hookup should.”
Her whisper pierces my heart. I sit on the couch beside her, pulling her into my arms.
“Sav. Look at me.”
Her eyelashes flutter open. I’m caught in her sharp hazel gaze.
“I don’t know if this is a good idea anymore,” she confesses. “I know that you might be able to keep things as they are, but I don’t think I can. It… it isn’t making me happy.”
I inhale sharply. At this moment, I would say anything that she asks of me.
“What is it that you want to hear from me?” I tuck a strand of her blonde hair behind her ear. “Do you really need me to tell you that I think about you constantly? Maybe you want me to admit that I miss you when you leave the room. Or that the thought of you using dating apps makes me insanely jealous?”
She gives me a surprised laugh. “Jealous? Of what?”
“Anyone else getting to touch and kiss you! If you don’t know that I’m crazy about you, I’m sorry that I haven’t just outright said it out loud. I just… I imagined that you already knew.”
Her eyes go wide. “You’re crazy about me?”
