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Which a lot of people jumped on, so clearly I wasn’t the only one who needed more stability.
Plus, we moved by portals, so what did it really matter where the fuck everything was? Yes, we needed something close to the location we were working for logistics like vehicles, but we didn’t always need everything there.
Honestly, it hurt my brain to calculate the amount of hours we’d spent breaking down and putting our systems together over so many jobs. We didn’t have to do that anymore now that we were out.
He glanced up at me from what he’d been looking over but then really studied me. “Let’s take a jog. We both need to move more. I want to scope out the neighborhood if we’re really going to be setting up shop here, and I could use good eyes.”
That actually wasn’t my forte, but I agreed that we needed to move more, and getting away from all the ears to have a proper talk sounded nice.
“Let me change,” I agreed and used the portal to head to my villa. Mason was going to be using it as his house, but after what happened, he begged me not to stay alone in my apartment, at least for the time being.
That was fair. More than fair, so we were sort of living together. I was fine with that because he wasn’t hovering.
“Can I make a suggestion?” I said when I saw him staring at the floors of the kitchen.
“Always.”
“Call a contractor to go over the full villa and give you recommendations of what needs to be updated and handled. Kiera knows how to be an adult of that stuff or even some on the team like doing that sort of thing. I made that mistake when I renovated my place in Berlin. I redid the floors andthenchanged out appliances and guess what happened?”
“The floors got fucked up?” he guessed, wincing when I nodded. “I would think that the contractor’s fault.”
“It was, but it took time even if it didn’t cost me more, and I wasn’t the one doing it. It’s worth a professional outlining how they would do the flow. I should have listened instead of telling them what I wanted on whims. You don’t have to listen but…” I shrugged.
“Thanks, muffin.”
I snorted. “You want to fix up my house that I forgot I had. I should thank you.” I smiled when he simply winked at me. I thumbed over my shoulder. “I’m going for a run with Kyle, so I’m changing first.”
Concern filled his eyes. “I figured you would be home and rest after what you dealt with this morning.”
“I’m okay mostly,” I muttered. “I came to a decision about Dylan, and I want… I want it over. I can’t make the break if people are just going to bring him around. It’s time to—I need to speak up.”
“Good for you, muffin,” he said gently. “And it doesn’t need to be forever. I know you have real feelings for him. You can say for now or—”
“I think everyone else made what was between Dylan and I more than it was,” I admitted. “I don’t know.” I shrugged. “I think I would have wanted it if it didn’t happen the way it did and explode the way it did. I don’t feel like any of it was my… Choice?” I shook my head. That wasn’t right either.
“Not to make this about me, but you are choosing me, right?” he hedged.
“Yes.” I nodded when he still looked unsure. “Yes. We hit a rough patch and I want to work through it. I want you in my life, Mason. You and the twins.” I sighed when his eyes flashed shock. “Everything else is very complicated. If it was just Aidan and me in a bubble, yes, I would want that man, but it’s not.”
“Don’t cry,” he whispered, coming over and hugging me. “I understand. I do. I also see how badly Dylan hurt you and is behaving. I think we all thought it was more because his feelings are genuine.” He was nodding when I leaned away. “People don’t fool me much. I’m not perfect, but I see a lot, Jasmine. He loves you.”
“He didn’t show it to me well.”
“Yes, well, that was his mistake, not your fault.” He kissed my forehead and left it alone.
I was glad he did, going off and changing. “Um, I can bring back dinner? What are you in the mood for?” I glanced at his setup. “What are you working on?”
“The twins are actually off tonight too, and I was going to suggest that we start a show on Netflix,” he hedged. “You never have time for that, and I thought we should try for one night a week to simply be and relax.”
“I don’t really watch TV,” I admitted. “Or movies.”
“Right, because you never make time for yourself and save the world. I’m saying it’s way past time to make time for yourself.” He hurried on when I opened my mouth to object. “Once a week. After dinner. Just to relax.” He nodded and gave me a sexy smile like he was excited. “Think about what you want. We can watch anything. There has to be something you’ve wanted to see when people talk about it.”
“Okay,” I accepted after a moment. “We can figure out what to watch.”
He shrugged. “Whatever you want.”
“I can’t decide for the four of us,” I argued.
