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I caressed her cheek. “I never should have broken up with you, Tatum. I was stupid.”
She smiled softly. “I’m glad you did,” she whispered.
“What?” That was not what I wanted to hear. I was coming to grips with the fact I needed Tatum, and she was glad I broke up with her years ago.
“If you wouldn’t have, we never would have lasted. We weren’t ready for each other. You needed to figure out what you really wanted, and I needed to just live.”
“You weren’t living with me?” I asked defensively.
“Um, you’re the one who broke up with me, Murphy. Bring it down a notch,” she laughed. “I’m just saying we both obviously needed to do some growing on our own.”
I wrapped my arms around her and hugged her tight. “You’re right, I just don’t like hearing it.”
“And you say I’m the nut,” she wheezed. “I can barely breathe, Murphy.”
I loosed my hold, and she sighed. “Sorry, baby girl.”
She sighed sweetly. “I love it when you call me that.”
“Really?” I leaned back. “You looked like you were ready to kill me when I called you that a couple of days ago.”
“Oh, I liked it then but was too stubborn to admit it to myself,” she confessed.
“I think we’re both a little stubborn,” I chuckled.
She rested her head on my shoulder. “Accurate.”
“Ready to go to bed?” I asked. We needed to talk about a lot more, but tonight, I was good with where we were.
“You mean round three?”
“You’re insatiable, baby girl.”
She ran her hands up and down my back. “Only for you, Murphy.”
Chapter Eighteen
Tatum
“Murphy.” I planted an elbow in his side, and he stirred.
“What?” he grumbled.
“Your phone is going off,” I muttered. “Answer it.”
“God dammit.” He rolled away from me, and I snuggled into the empty space. It smelled like musk and man.
I inhaled deeply and smiled.
The bed dipped, and I listened to Murphy shuffled around. “Where the fuck is it?” he growled. The phone stopped ringing but started up seconds later.
“Your pants,” I called. “Where did you leave them?”
“Jesus.” Ten seconds later, the phone stopped ringing, but Murphy answered it this time. “What?” he barked.
Uh, oh. Someone did not wake up on the right side of the bed.
“Be nice,” I laughed.
