Chapter 5“I need to call Anna and tell her about us,” I say after a joint shower and a session of trying to get dressed while kissing.
To his credit, he doesn’t huff or grimace like he would’ve done before when her name comes up. Instead, he nods and gives my hand a squeeze. “Yeah. I’ll give you privacy.”
“You don’t have to go.”
He cradles my face with rough palms. “Babe. Thank you. But I need to show you that I trust you.”
My eyes start prickling again. What the f**k is wrong with them?
“Okay,” I croak.
“I’ll go back to my place and get some more stuff, if it’s okay?”
“Isn’t it a little too late to ask that, considering you’ve already started to move in?”
He smiles. A crooked curl of his lips as though someone hooked his mouth and tugged it upward. “You know me. Always acting firs
