Page 70 of Living Without

“Yes,” she agreed.

“Kelsey?”

“Yes, Nary?”

“Are you smiling?”

She sighed contently and said, “Yes, always now.”

“I’m glad.”

“So am I.”

“I’m going to let you go now.”

“Until our Skype date.”

“Yes. Bye, Kelsey.”

“Bye, Nary. Adore you.”

“And you.” I grinned at our usual sign-off before I hung up and placed my phone on the bench. I didn’t move. I remained staring out the window. After everything Kelsey had been through, I was ecstatic that she was finally getting her happily ever after with a man like Gypsy. A man who was caring and wanted to show her that living was worth it. A man who wanted to show Kelsey that everything in the world wasn’t bad, and if she wanted peace in her life, he went out of his way to make sure she got it.

She was shining.

“Angel?” Saxon’s warm front pushed against my back. His arms came around my chest, where he tugged me back so I rested my head against his shoulder. “You good?”

“Yes.” I smiled. “She’s happy. Safe and happy, just what I wished for her.”

“He’s a good guy, angel.”

“He is. I hope one day we could take a trip over there to visit his home town.”

“Hell yeah, Nary. Sounds like a plan.”

“Good.” I grinned.

Saxon leant down and kissed my neck. He was kissing me a lot lately. Every time we passed in a room or if he was heading out with a brother and left me at the compound with Low in the reception area. Every chance he got, he kissed me, and I loved it. His lips were made for mine. Every time they touched, a spark of passion would jolt through me.

“Heard she was gonna try out working for Gypsy.”

“She sounds so excited about it.”

“Hope it goes well then.”

“So do I. Though, even if it doesn’t, I know Gypsy will take care of her.”

“He will, like I would you, which brings us, in a roundabout way, to you and uni.”

Sighing, I shifted to the side and admitted, “I know I’ve been putting it off.” He raised a brow as he leant back into the bench. I rolled my eyes and moved to the table, then sat. “Yes, even when you’ve tried to talk about it in the past week.” I bit my bottom lip, my eyes to the table. “I’m thinking I don’t want to continue with journalism. It doesn’t feel right for me any longer. It used to excite me, but… not anymore. And starting over could take time. I had money saved from my job at the movie theatre, but it’s dwindling down, so I need to get back to work. Hopefully they’ll take me on again. Then I don’t know if I can afford to change my mind on my career choice so late in the game. Especially since I would have finished my course in the next year.”

Lifting my gaze, because I heard his footsteps approach, I jerked back when I found him already in front of me. He picked me up out of my chair, and sat, placing me on his lap, so I was sitting sideways on his. I curled an arm around his neck to hold on while he moved his arms around my waist, bringing me in close to him.

“You’re Nary May, you’re Hawks, and you’re my woman. You can do whatever the fuck you want, and we’d still be there at your back.”

My belly twirled in pleasure. “But—”

“No buts, angel. What you wanna do?”

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