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“I didn’t do a very good job since you came back to me during a meeting with Robichaux.”

All of a sudden, she puts her hands on her hips and hitches a foot. “Do I need to remind you, that you never would have manifested me had I not given into my childhood crush turned adult obsession?”

I shrug. “It would’ve happened eventually.”

“All I’m saying is that you cannot take credit,” she waves a hand between the two of us. “For this. This is because, as Cole Carson says, I’m a lady badass.”

“Is that right?”

“It’s the truth. Cole said so, and he’s the CIA. He knows all the secrets. So I guess it depends on if there’s room for two badasses in your new house.”

“If you promise not to go undercover without telling me, I’ll make room.”

Her smirk swells. “Will there be consequences?”

My smirk doesn’t swell, but my cock does. “Do you want there to be?”

“Hmm … maybe.”

I push off the door jamb and stalk the short distance to her. “Baby, don’t make me hard in a house I don’t own yet with my realtor sitting outside. Especially when we go home to a houseful of family and a newborn. I’ll be lucky to sneak into your room tonight. There will be no consequences until we move into this house.”

She doesn’t have a choice but to look up at me when I pull her to me with my hands on her ass. “Does this mean if I move in that I don’t have to buy you a housewarming gift?”

I give her ass a squeeze and wonder what panties she’s wearing. “This is housewarming enough. I don’t need anything but you.”

“And a TV,” she amends.

“That goes without saying.” I grip her ass and lift. She yelps but wraps her legs around my waist. “Is that a yes to eventually moving in or a yes to moving in with me on closing day?”

She runs her hands up the back of my neck. “If those are my only options, then I guess it’s a yes. The sooner the better.”

I put her back to the wall and press my cock into her pussy. “I want to fuck you, but I don’t have anywhere to do it in the middle of the day. I can’t wait until the keys are ours.”

She leans in and kisses me. “Did you really picture me in this house?”

I sober. “I pictured you everywhere, baby. In every part of my life. I also kicked my own ass daily for fucking things up with you when I did.”

Her gaze roams my face, and nothing has ever felt so right. “We’re here now. Nothing will come between us again.”

“Never again. I won’t allow it.” I press into her and return her kiss. “Now you’ve made me hard, and I’m going to have to walk out of here in front of my realtor.”

She traces my bottom lip. “I’ll sneak into your room tonight. We’ll have to be quiet.”

“This will be the longest week ever.”

“And I have to break it to my dad that I’m moving in with you. I hope he lives through the next week.”

“This can’t start soon enough, Teagan. I’ve waited a lifetime for just a sliver of happy. Getting the whole damn cake and eating it too is something I never thought I’d get.”

I watch her beautiful face light up and realize I’d do anything to see this same expression for the rest of my days. “I love you, Rocco Monroe. You’re proof that dreams really do come true.”

30

FAIRYTALE

Teagan

Calling your future employer to tell them that you finally allowed yourself to fall in love, and they’re going to have to find someone else to fill the job they hired you for because you aren’t moving across the country after all … well, it sucks.

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