Chapter 10 “I want you to move in with me.” It was almost a week after they’d first made love and they were eating Sunday lunch on the patio. In the interim, Ryan had spent every night, after getting off work, in Merrick’s bed. He was blissfully happy, but worried at the same time, wondering when it would end. “Move in with you?” Ryan looked at Merrick in utter shock. “Of course. That is the next step, when two people love each other.” “Are you certain?” Merrick smiled. “That it’s the next step, or that we’re in love? I can’t speak for you, but I know for certain I love you.” “It’s…” Ryan tried to find the right words. “A week ago, I might have said I was infatuated with you. I definitely found you interesting and wondered what making love to you would be like. I never expected it w