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“It feels like so much longer than fifteen days ago this all happened,” I confessed.
“Yeah, well, only a couple more days, and we can put all this behind us.”
“And then we can start our new life.”
His eyes connected with mine. “Together.”
“I talked to Jada yesterday.”
“Yeah,” Murphy drawled. “You do that every day, baby girl.”
I nodded and rocked back on my heels. “She said the bookstore is doing really well and was thinking of opening another store.”
Murphy eyed me closely. “In Illinois?”
I shook my head and smiled wide. “I told her Wisconsin needs some of the fairytale magic from Happily Ever After. She said she would ask her accountant if she could swing it.”
“Tell her to cancel the call. I know of a private backer who would love to have a slice of Happily Ever After.”
“Leo?” I asked.
He shook his head. “Me, baby girl. I’ve got a nice nest egg socked away. I’ve been making money with Leo for years and nothing to spend it on.”
“Murphy,” I whispered. “You don’t have to even think about this. Jada said she could probably swing it.” She wasn’t one hundred percent sure she could expand, but she sounded hopeful.
Murphy shook his head again. “It would be a good investment for me, and you can tell Jada I would be a silent partner. God knows the only way I would go into business with her would be because of you. I’m doing this for you, not her.”
I rolled my eyes. “You two are going to like each other. You just didn’t meet under the best circumstances.”
“Kiss me, and tell me you love me, baby girl. Apollo and Princeton are two seconds away from blasting the horn at me.”
Apollo was in the driver’s seat of a blacked-out SUV, and Princeton was in the passenger seat.
I had briefly met Kitty and Larry and was excited to spend some time with Greer and the kids. And, of course, all of the Devil’s Knights ol’ ladies.
The next few days were going to be like a big sleepover.
I kissed him hard and prayed this wasn’t the last.
He strutted over to the SUV and slid into the back.
I watched them pull out of the driveway and didn’t move until I couldn’t see them.
“Come home to me, Murphy,” I whispered.
Come home to me.
Chapter Twenty-Three
Murphy
The clubhouse faded out of view, and I sat back in my seat.
Apollo looked at me in the rearview mirror. “You ready?”
I nodded and took a deep breath. “Let’s do it.”
Chapter Twenty-Four
