Page 83 of Heartbreak Hero

Which reminded her of Shane’s dilemma. She had already figured out how to help him. Just like a good portion of other people, Shane was going to need to get a school loan.

“I rent right now,” Levi said, pulling her attention back to him. “I want to buy. You want to get one with me?” He waggled his brows.

“Where?” she prompted when he hesitated.

“Somewhere in Seattle.” A smile toyed at his firm mouth, and she eyed him with a shake of her head.

“Something near the beach?” she suggested.

“I could picture that.”

It was probably jumping the gun to go that far, because of her secret and because she already owned a home there, but he had been the one to bring it up.

She felt like he was trying to tie them together in little ways, and she wasn’t going to dissuade him one bit.

As they talked about anything and everything, Sara felt like she’d known him her whole life.

That was how much they clicked. It was as if he knew her. They ended up putting on a classic movie,True Lies, and they both enjoyed the hell out of it.

“I’m going to sell my house when I get back,” she murmured when the credits to the movie rolled up the screen.

The idea of buying a home together grew. A home at the beach with Levi sounded perfect.

“Yeah?” Levi linked his fingers with hers, and she gripped his hand tightly.

“Yeah, I don’t like the memories in that place either.”

“That’s understandable.”

She nodded. She would also need to find a home in a good neighborhood with reputable schools that wasn’t too far from her salon.

The salon was a whole other ordeal. She had closed it down when she had run to Northern California. All the people who had worked there had moved their business to other salon suites in the city.

It was going to take her time to correct the wreckage of her past. But she needed to do it. Plus, she needed to stop making rash decisions.

It truly was time to grow up.

She was going to be a mother. She needed to put down roots and have a stable home for her and her baby.

Levi was looking at her, and she smiled.

She didn’t know what stable looked like for them. It didn’t have to include marriage, but what it did have to include was a secure, solid relationship.

He said he wanted to date her.

And when they got back home…she would show him exactly what that entailed.

It was close to dinner time when Levi headed out of his room along with Sara.

Voices from the living room filtered to Levi, and instinctively, he stepped in front of Sara.

He didn’t suspect anything wrong, but he wasn’t going to take a chance where Sara was concerned.

At the end of the hallway, just before the living room, Levi stopped.

King and Rowan were talking to two men.

Catching ahold of Sara’s hand, Levi walked out of the hallway and into the living room with her.

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