“Benji, I love you.” The words just flew out without permission. His eyes widened. “It’s too soon to say that,” I said with an awkward chuckle, “but I do, and I’ve had a lot of time to think about how Jeremy might react and to decide that this, what we have, is worth it. But I know you’ve had less time to—” Benji smothered my words in a kiss, and my arms came up around him.