Page 154 of Take My Love
Movement at the bottom startles me until a gray dumbo rat crawls up one of the ladders.
“No way!” I smile at him looking at me. “I can’t believe you got me a rat. He’s so cute!”
He barely tolerates Teddy, so I know what a big compromise this is for him.
“Of course, baby.” Pulling me into his arms, he kisses the top of my head. “I’m in love with you and want you to be happy.”
My heart squeezes at how thoughtful he is and how I still can’t believe he’s mine.
“Even though you hate rats?” I ask, tilting my chin up on his chest.
He casually lifts a shoulder. “I figured Teddy needed a friend too.”
I laugh. “He definitely does.”
Opening the cage door, I offer my hand for him to smell. “What should we name him?”
“Maybe…Bear?”
“Teddy and Bear?” I giggle, reaching in and pulling him out. “I love it.”
I spend the rest of the morning playing with Bear before introducing him to Teddy. Rats do best with companions since they’re naturally social animals and thrive with playmates, so this was a fantastic idea.
“This cage won’t fit in my walk-in closet,” I tell Silas when hetakes his lunch break. “But there’s plenty of room in your office…”
“Not happenin’.”
“Then I guess it has to stay on the coffee table,” I taunt. “Or maybe I’ll find a table to set it on in our room.”
He sighs, his gaze shifting to Teddy and Bear climbing up and down the ladders. There’s even a cute little hammock inside.
“Fine,” he surrenders. “But when we add onto the cabin, they’re gettin’ their own room.”
I smile wide. “Deal.”
epilogue
Silas
“Holy fuck, mama.”I whistle, scanning my eyes down Posey’s body in a tight blue dress. “You’re gonna bring me to my knees wearin’ that.”
A beautiful blush covers her cheeks. “Just where I like ya.”
If only she knew what I have in store for her later.
Pulling her to my chest, I tip her chin. “I will gladly as soon as we leave the reception.”
Hopefully sooner rather than later.
Although her twenty-ninth birthday is tomorrow, we’re celebrating Jamie and Jackson’s nuptials in Knoxville this weekend.
We’ve kept in touch with them much better over the past six months, getting all the details of how they confessed feelings for each other and how their parents took the news. They weren’t on board at first, but they came around.
Jamie and Jackson are happy together, so that’s all thatmatters.
“I’m wearin’ five-inch heels and a corset underneath this thing, so I’m gettin’ my money’s worth. Which means, you’re dancin’ with me until my feet go numb.”
“Whatever you want, love.” I wink, pressing my mouth to hers.
