Page 64 of Dark Endures

Any idea would be amazing at the moment. A snake den would work. Would Maddox notice me sleeping in one of the cages? The substrate doesn’t look that uncomfortable. “I am. What is it?”

“I have a spare bedroom.”

What did he say? Stress must be making me hear things. There’s no way the prettiest man ever born asked me to live with him.

“You could rent it for a few months until something else opens up.”

He really said that. Adonis asked me to move in with him.

Not move in with him like that, but still, it’s close. Isn’t that how people fall in love in those romcoms?

Adonis and I could be dating within six months. He could end up being my one divorce. That would certainly give mesomething to talk about when I’m old and grey. “That would be wonderful.”

I’m moving in with Adonis!

Heavy Thing

Mindy

I’m moving in with Adonis.

The thought still boggles my mind. My world seemed to be crashing down a few hours ago, and now I’m moving in with Adonis.

Peaches slithers over as I open her cage, offering her meal. “How would you like to live with the prettiest man to ever walk the earth?”

She snatches up her dinner.

“Yeah, I jumped at it too. It’s probably the stupidest thing I’ve ever done. But I’ll regret it if I don’t try.”

“Try what?”

Canyon! “Just once, do you think you could knock on the door?”

He pretends to consider it for a moment. “Nah. There’s no fun in that. So, what are you going to regret?”

“Do you really think I’m going to answer that?” Peaches takes her meal to the back of her cage, and I close the door.

“Maybe. I can guarantee my responses will be better than Peaches’.”

I raise an eyebrow at that.

“Try me?”

Challenge accepted. “How would you like to live with the prettiest man to ever walk the earth?”

Canyon’s jaw drops to the floor.

“See, I told you.”

“Wait, give me a minute to process your question.” Canyon stands up and fiddles with his wristwatch. “So, who decides he’s the prettiest man?”

“It’s an unquestionable fact that every woman agrees to.”

“Every woman? This must be one special guy.”

He’s certainly pretty.

“Well, for the first fifteen seconds, I might feel a little intimidated. Then I’d offer him a beer and turn on the game.”

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