Page 168 of Indulge
He taps his rings against his glass, looking at the ice.
“We do whatever she wants?”
“She wants us to be happy, too. I said maybe making this one big place where we all live?”
“Yeah. As long as we don’t kill each other?”
I laugh. Drinking some more.
“Yeah, I also said that.”
There’s a moment's silence. There is no jealousy anymore. But this is a new path for both of us to navigate.
“We gotta get through the whole marriage part first, Reg. Has she mentioned it? We’ve only got three more days to work it out.”
That makes my chest hurt.
“No. She hasn’t. I don’t wanna push her. It’s her choice.”
“Reg. It was always you she was meant to marry.”
“And yet, it was you she fell for first,” I snap back.
“We can’t make her choose, we just have to deal with the consequences after.”
“Hmm. I guess.”
Placing the bottle down on the table, I stand, clapping him on the shoulder.
“It’s all going to be fine, brother. It always is. Now, I gotta go back to big spoon duties.”
He chuckles.
“Jealous.”
“Well, you’re the one who walked out tonight.”
With that, we say our good nights and I slip back into bed with Bella, pressing a kiss on the top of her head.
My heart is full. And that is down to her.
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ROWAN
Song- Cinnamon Sun, Daisy Gray
I can’t fuckin’ sleep.
I roll over in my empty bed, my mind spiraling. Everything with Lyla. The way I dismissed Bella. It caught me off guard how easily she could read me. How she knew that all I really wanted was to hold her.
But instead, I pushed her away.
And Reggie.
I need to make it up to her. Show her what she means to me. How much I crave her.
Kicking off the blankets, I head for the connecting door. I move quietly through Reggie’s house, up the stairs, and ease open his bedroom door.
