Page 135 of The Odds of Happily Ever After
“Tomorrow. Max will take over for me since we teach the same subjects anyway.”
“That works out then. You can travel to Rio next week.”
He frowned at me. “I want to be here for your finals.”
This man. “That’s sweet of you, Gabe, but I’ll be okay. Maybe you can fly out on Wednesday or Thursday? That way you’ll be right in time for your dad’s birthday.”
“I’ll miss you.” Those three words said in his quiet voice resounded within me because they came unprompted. This man, who admitted to avoiding anything related to emotions, freely told me how he felt, and it was a gift I’d treasure.
“I’ll miss you too. You better believe I’ll be blowing up your cell at the worst times of day.”
“If I don’t beat you to it.”
“Does that mean you’ll go? We can check the flight schedules later.”
He sighed. “Okay.”
I squeezed his hand again, letting him know I was with him. That I was proud of him.
Maybe we didn’t have our relationship all figured out just yet, but we’d been honest with each other. We’d brought our worries and fears out in the open. My gut told me that was a great place to start.
chapter forty-three
luna
Luna
Guess what???
Ate
GABE?
Luna
YES
Ate
FINALLY!!!
Luna
I still can’t believe it. We’re taking things slowly but AHHHH!!!!
Ate
I’m so happy for you two!
Are you going to tell Lonzo?
Luna
Ugh
I’ll do it after finals. I don’t need the extra stress right now
Ate
