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“What do you think?”
I hold her gaze, waiting.
“Fine, Cruz and Alex asked if I’d like to move in until my house sells and I figure out what to do next. It’s a temporary arrangement.”
“You didn’t you think to discuss it with me?”
Her eyes bead, her lips forming a fine line. She glowers at me with her blue orbs blazing. “I planned to discuss it with you later in private.”
“Did you accept their offer?”
“Yes. You know I can’t stay at my house, and the loft isn’t conducive for the long term. Are you… are you jealous of Cruz and Alex?”
I close my eyes, searching for patience.
“You’re telling me that you’re at my house, sitting on my fucking porch, knowing what you mean to me, and you agree to move in with two other men?” My voice is oddly steady for the anger boiling inside.
“Mom and I talked about it today. I’m starting my search right away. If my house hasn’t sold and I find a place, they will help me out. Staying with Cruz and Alex is a short-term solution.”
“So, move your ass in here.”
She jolts, the blaze transforming to shock. “I can’t move in here.”
“Why the hell not?”
“Because we started dating like five minutes ago.”
“This may be new, but our story started a long time ago, Rowan.”
“Not only is it rash, it’s relationship suicide.”
“Were you not in this room when my mouth was between your legs yesterday morning?”
“You know I was.”
“Did you not understand when I said I wanted to wake up that way every day?”
Realization starts to dawn on her.
“And just in case you need me to fucking spell it out, I’m in love with you.”
Her jaw drops and eyes grow wide. “You love me?” she rasps.
“Fucking gone for you. Been gone since the night you waltzed your fine ass into Tom’s last fall. Thought you were still with that fucker but didn’t care.”
“Gone for me?” Her words sound wispy, her eyes glossing over.
“Shit, baby, do you not see what’s happening here? Thought you got this last Sunday night.”
She starts to nod, hesitates, and a single tear falls down her cheek. “I think it scared me to believe.”
“Ace and Harley? Major and Jewls? Remember that, too?”
“Yes, but they had history, and the guys were openly crazy about them.”
“We have history, Rowan. It’s a beautiful and complicated history that took a while to settle in. But it’s no less magical.”
“Magical,” she whispers, the glint in her eye taking on a reflective gleam. “I’m in love with you, too.”
