“Nothing’s changed,” he hisses, his words sharp and stinging. “Nothing.” I glower at him, trying like hell to read into his words. What the fuck does that even mean? Nothing’s changed? Is he insane? Everything’s changed. We went from enemies to lovers to boyfriends to brothers to this. An us. A forever kind of us with a future. With fucking cats to chase away the goddamn mice. “Everything’s changed,” I whisper. “I want to love you freely. In front of everyone, especially our family.” He scrambles away from me, gaping at me like I’ve lost my mind. Maybe I finally found it.
