Page 129 of A Midnight Romance
She aches a brow in my direction.
“I guess that’s a yes.” I smile. “He’s been there through all of this. Holding my hand, comforting me, giving me the tools to get my voice back…” I trail off.
“Helping you is not charity to him. He is all in with you, Lux.”
In a brief moment of raw joy, I let myself feel the flutter in my chest, but it’s quickly interrupted by the rumble of hunger in my stomach.
“I’m starving,” I say.
She rolls her eyes with a smirk. “Your personal chef is probably here already preparing our food.”
“He’s not mine, he’s River and Sebastian’s,” I correct, pulling on the sweater she grabbed for me.
Stevie falls to the bed, her head resting in her palm. “But you two are out of your minds for each other,” she gushes. “It’s only a matter of time before this manor becomes yours, too.”
My eyebrows snap together. “What do you mean?”
Does she think I’m moving in here permanently? River and I discussed only having me stay here until it was safe for me to return home. It’s safe now.
Do River and I continue seeing each other after I move back into my townhouse?
“I just assumed you’d stay here. Your eyes literally sparkle when you talk about him.”
“We haven’t discussed any of that yet,” I say.
“That’s why you have me.”
There’s a light knock on the door.
“Speak of the devil,” she jokes, popping off the bed.
I cross my arms over my chest and blush. “You don’t know it’s him.”
“He barely lets you get ten feet from him,” she says, placing her hand on the knob and giving it a twist.
When it opens, my eyes meet River’s with a rush of energy. “Ben said the food is almost ready.”
River and I exchange charged looks.
“We’re coming,” I say.
Stevie grins, giving his arm friendly pat. “She’s all yours.”
River humors my sister with a half-smile, before she slips past him and skips down the hall, leaving him standing in the door frame.
“How are you feeling?”
I saunter over to River, eating the distance between us. “Much better.”
“Good to hear.” The back of his knuckles feather my cheek. “Shall we? I’m sure you’re hungry.”
I nod, tucking myself under River’s arm, but after my conversations with Stevie, there’s only one thought at the forefront of my mind.
What happens next?
Chapter 41
River
