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She hugged me tight around the neck and whispered, “This is the best day of my life.”
“As long as we’re invited for ice cream,” Sloane added. “And included in your life,” Stef insisted.
“Oh, is it like the mushy face you make whenever someone says Mr. Michaels’s name?” I teased.
“Even when you’re older.”
“Is that something you’d like?” I asked instead. Waylay was staring hard at her shoes now. “I’m okay here with you,” she said finally.
“I like having you with me.” “You do?”
“She always comes back.”
It sounded more like a warning.
Are you sure you packed your toothbrush?” “Geez, Aunt Naomi! This isn’t my first sleepover!” “Okay. Okay! What about underwear?”
It’s so nice that you don’t hold a grudge.
Gaston is beckoning!
“She looks like she’s having the time of her life.”
I suddenly wished Knox was here.
“Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no,” I whispered.
“Not anymore,” Warner said. “This is ridiculous. You made your point. You’re coming home.”
He was getting upset,
“I miss you, Naomi. I miss our dinners together. I miss coming home and finding out you did all my laundry for me. I miss taking you out and showing you off.”
“I apologize for what happened. I was stressed. I had too much to drink. It won’t happen again.”
“Mind your own damn business,”
“Fuck this place, Naomi. Fuck your little temper tantrum. I’m willing to forgive you.”
“Take your fucking hands off her. Now.” My knees went weak at Knox’s voice.
“Move along, asshole. This is between me and my fiancée,” Warner said. “Not the brightest a...
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“Give him the first shot,” Lucian called.
the picture of relaxation.
“Enough,” he said calmly as Knox fought to free himself. “Take care of Naomi.”
and my lawyer is ten times more expensive than yours. Watch the door,”
“Fuck off, Knoxy. We got this,” Fi yelled back.
“If I find out any of you are lying, I’ll personally ruin your life for an entire year.”
All but two hands wisely went down.
“We got this, boss. See to your lady,”
Relief coursed through me, and I leaned into her.
And I’m warning you in advance, because if I touch you and you flinch, I’m gonna go out in the parking lot and start kicking ass until he’s too broken to ever touch another woman again.”
I tried to be gentle as I took her by the hand.
“I can’t believe this happened,” she groaned. “I’m so embarrassed.”
She hadn’t been embarrassed. She’d been fucking terrified.
“Good girl. See the green light?” She nodded. “Open the door.”
when she looked at me with hope, trust, and just a little bit of lust, it did things to me. Things I didn’t want to dissect because it felt good,
“Don’t make me regret it,”
Then you run like hell. I don’t give a shit about causing scenes. I give a shit that I walked into my bar and found a man with his hands on my girl.”
And I mean every fucking thing.”
I was not going to like this one bit and I knew it. “Yes,” I lied.
“The other part?” “I think I knew it was a mistake right there.”
“Baby, you knew it was a mistake long before then.”
This’ll even us out.”
He was under a lot of stress. He started drinking more. Snapping at me for little things. I tried to be better, do more, expect less.”
I overheard his mother making snide comments about how she wished she could have invited more people but that she couldn’t because my parents couldn’t afford it.”
“That’s fucking bullshit, Naomi, and you know it.”
Damn it.
“Baby, you’re killin’ me.”
“It was a slap. He didn’t put me in the hospital. Didn’t threaten my life.”
