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Closing my eyes, I prayed Mitch was being faithful to Michelle. I couldn’t see him being unfaithful, but if he had gone out with Skip, Lord knows what they had been up to.
“What do you mean?”
“I can’t put my finger on it, but he seems…distant. Maybe it’s just me. I don’t know. Hey, my mom was going to make a trip to Waco on Wednesday.”
“Really? Are you coming? We could have dinner or something.”
“Oh, that would be fun! I wasn’t going to go, but maybe I’ll have her swing by and pick me up. It would have to be an early dinner though, if that’s okay.”
“That’s okay. I’ll ask Wyatt if he has anything planned after practice. I’m sure he’d love to see you as well.”
“Maybe we can sneak away, and you can tell me about how things are going.”
My smile faded. “You should call Mitch, Michelle.”
She let out a gruff laugh. “I have been, Sky. He isn’t calling me back.”
The beep in my ear alerted me to a call. Pulling it back, I saw it was Wyatt. “Hey, Wyatt is calling. Can I call you back?”
“Sure. See ya in a few days.”
“Okay, see ya!”
Hitting Accept, I purred, “Good morning.”
“Good morning, angel. How did you sleep?”
“Heavenly. Thank you for the rose.”
“You’re so welcome. We are taking a break from reviewing the game tapes. I wanted to call and tell you I’m thinking about you.”
My chest fluttered. “I’m thinking about you, too.”
“I need to swing by my place and grab some stuff, but I thought maybe we could just hang out at home today. I have a killer project and a test this week that I need to start preparing for.”
With a huge grin, I replied, “You read my mind. I wanted to just stay home today.”
“Then, it’s settled. I’ll let you know when I’m on my way home.”
Blowing on my hot tea, I said, “Okay. Oh! While I’m thinking about it, do you have plans on Wednesday? Michelle and her mom will be in town, and we were thinking about getting together for an early dinner.”
He paused for a quick second. “I’ll have to pass. We’ve got a team meeting after practice.”
“No worries. It was all last-minute.”
“Got to run, angel. Coach is yelling for us to get back inside.”
With a chuckle, I said, “Okay, love you.”
“Love you, too.”
By the time Wyatt came back home, it was near lunchtime. I made us sandwiches along with some mac and cheese. The moment we sat on the sofa, he lay down and rested his head in my lap, and he fell asleep within five minutes.
I let him sleep for an hour before waking him up and letting him study. Afterward, we went out for dinner and then back to the apartment where we made love on the sofa. Then, we lay, wrapped in each other’s arms, watching a movie.
Taking in a deep breath, I slowly let it out. “This was the best day ever.”
Wyatt kissed the top of my head. “It was. I’m afraid this is my last lazy Sunday. Now that football is in full swing, I’m going to be gone a lot.”
Turning to look over my shoulder at him, I smiled. “I know, and I totally understand. It’s going to be a challenge with football and classes.”
His phone buzzed on the coffee table. Reaching over, he grabbed it and read a text. Frowning, he said, “Yeah. I’m starting to think I should have listened and not taken so many classes. Oh well. Let’s not even think about any of that shit right now.”
He hit a few buttons and deleted the text.
As we lay on the sofa, I had the strangest feeling come over me. My perfect, beautiful, amazing, wonderful, and never-better world was about to shatter apart.
***
“Hey, Skylar.”
Glancing up, I smiled when I saw Zeb Miller standing there. He was in my English Lit class.
“Hey, Zeb.”
“You working on that paper that’s due next week?”
With a frown, I said, “The comparison paper? No. I’m putting that off until the last minute.”
With a chuckle, he looked around. “Where is Wyatt?”
He also played football for Baylor and was an incoming freshman as well.
“He’s supposed to be meeting me here. I’m sure he’ll be here any minute. How was the team meeting last night?”
He looked over my shoulder at something. “There was no meeting.”
Pinching my eyebrows together, I asked, “You didn’t have a team meeting after practice yesterday?”
He was totally distracted.
I went to say something when the air around me changed. I felt him before he ever said a word.
Leaning in, Wyatt pressed his lips against my neck and whispered, “Hey, angel.”
His hot breath on my neck soon had me losing focus on what I had been talking to Zeb about.
“What’s up, Zeb?” Wyatt asked.
“Not much. Was seeing if Skylar had started a paper we have due next week.”
