Page 66 of Falling for You

I reach out and place my hand next to hers. “Does it kick, too?”

She makes it jump and then we both laugh harder.

Cute.

Fun.

Funny.

What my dreams are made of and I didn’t even know I was dreaming of her.

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“Do you want to come inside?”she asks once we’re back at her place.

“Yes.”

I follow her inside and just like we’ve done a few times this week, we take our seats on her couch, getting comfortable but leaving the TV off. Malcom’s meows let me know he’s coming for me then jumps onto my lap.

“Seriously. It’s so ridiculous.”

“He loves me.”

“He does.”

I pull her close, wrapping my arm around her shoulders.

“Have you heard more from your mom?”

“Nope. Thank goodness. But I blocked everyone so unless she shows up, which I really hope she doesn’t, I don’t think I’ll hear from her again.”

“What about anyone else?”

“Nope. Though, I did get a Facebook message from my brother’s soon-to-be ex-wife Amber.”

She stiffens and I kiss the top of her head. “Relax. I read it. She only wanted to apologize for the way she treated me all those years ago and sent a couple of pictures of my niece and nephews. I’ve never met them. That probably makes me sound like an asshole, but Troy, my brother, made it clear he didn’t want me to know them.”

“The more you talk about him, the less I like him.”

“Yeah. I wish I could say he has a couple redeeming qualities but he really doesn’t.”

“Do you think he’ll try to contact you?”

“He and I haven’t spoken in years. I would honestly be surprised if he knew my mom had called me. There’s no way his pride would have allowed that phone call to happen.”

I turn my neck side to side and grip the back of it, groan a bit.

“What’s wrong?”

“Neck hurts. I’m fine.”

“Turn. Let me help.” She shifts, making me turn. She’s sitting on the arm of the couch and I’m in front of her with her legs straddling by body. Her fingers start to dig into where my neck and shoulder muscles meet. “This okay?”

I moan. “Yeah. Perfect.”

She continues to massage and work out the kinks in my neck and shoulders. “Let’s talk about happier things than your family. What are you working on right now?”

I love that she asks me about my work. It might be boring for her but she seems genuinely interested. “You expect me to talk right now?” I tease while her hands work magic.

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