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“Glad to know I don’t have to worry about anything dangerous getting in.” She might not have to worry, but I do. Because with Miller Montgomery, my coach’s daughter, standing in my kitchen looking like that, I’m afraid something very dangerous has already gotten in.
She’s not wrong. It’s stunning out here. Both the view and the girl I shouldn’t be looking at.
“If you’re going to start coming to my games, I better see Rhodes on your back and I’m not talking about my brother.”
Yes kai flirt it up
“Does she look like a kid to you?” Isaiah asks, trying to gain my attention, but it does nothing to take my eyes off her. “I didn’t think so. She looks like a grown-ass woman who knows exactly what she wants.” He pats my leg as he stands from the couch. “And that, my brother, would be you.”
I exhale a laugh. “God if I know. That’s what we as a society have been conditioned to do, right? Keep striving for the next best thing instead of finding gratitude and peace where we are.”
back pocket?” I ask. “Been carrying one with me since the night we went out in Texas.” “After that night, you mean?” “No. I slipped one in my wallet before we left for the bar.” My brows lift. “For me?” “It’s always been only for you.”
He’s referring to wanting the connection we’ve created. I should correct him. Remind him this is casual. Easy. Detached. But this man deserves someone to fight for and stand by him. And though long term that someone won’t be me, I let myself believe, just for tonight, that maybe I could. He makes me want to be.
He was right. There’s no way I’ll be able to forget him.
Hand on his forearm, I trace my fingertips up the thin skin on the inside. “I’ll be there,” I say with conviction. “For you.”
I liked seeing Miller jealous tonight, but she doesn’t need to be. I know this picture, the three of us, will dissolve as soon as she leaves, but for now, I plan to steal every second while pretending there’s no end date to us in sight. Because unfortunately for me, I know no one else will ever compare to how complete she makes both me and my son feel.
Nothing feels right. From the moment the first person shoved inside the front door with their equipment, I regretted my decision to do this here. How the hell am I supposed to look at that magazine cover when it releases in the fall, knowing this kitchen holds some of my favorite memories, none of which relate to the life or career that will be featured in the article.
GIRL OPEN YOUR EYES
Where he is, I want to be, but each passing moment feels as if there were a giant countdown plastered on the wall, constantly reminding us that our time is up soon.
There’s no part of me that wants to be in the kitchen. I only want to be with them.
“You’re everywhere, and when you leave tomorrow, I’ll still see you everywhere. In this kitchen. In Max’s room. In my bed. There’s nothing about us that’s easy. This is fucking miserable, Miller, knowing there’s a clock counting down the seconds until I don’t have you anymore, but I’d do it all over again. I’d fall in love with you all over again. I’d break my heart all over again because loving you was one of the two greatest surprises of my life.”
“Beautiful, Chef,” she says, eyes flicking to me before I return to my station. She’s not wrong. It’s stunning. The problem is no longer that I can’t do my job. The problem is that now, I don’t want to.
