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I sit up. “Do we …” I begin hesitantly, because fuck, what if this is too presumptuous of me?
His eyes meet mine as he waits for me to finish. “Do we really need two rooms? I could move across the hall with you.”
He stares at me, and I instantly regret my words. “I don’t think we should stay in my room,” he says.
My heart falls. “Okay.”
Raffe reaches out and places his hand at the base of my neck, shaking me slightly. “This is the better room.”
“Oh,” is all I manage to squeak out before he leans forward and kisses me.
His fingers wrap gently around my throat. “I said I’m never letting you go. Don’t ever doubt that. I’ll move my stuff over tomorrow. I’ll get Dirk to help. He owes me one.”
“But what about your house?”
“I’m going to rent it out, but you don’t need to worry about any of that. Wherever you are, that is where my home will be.”
I crawl onto his lap, wrapping my arms around him. “Welcome home,” I whisper before placing a soft kiss to his lips.
He stands, flipping me onto my back in the center of the bed. “One more time?” he asks, crawling over me.
“You mean tonight, right?”
He laughs. “I think it’s already a new day, so no. I just mean one more time before we get some sleep, and then we’ll wake up and do it again.”
I laugh with him, happier than I’ve ever been.
My heart hasn’t worked properly since they tore us apart. Tonight, when we became one, it reset. My body finally feels like my own again, and it hasn’t felt that way in a very long time. He was the missing beat.
Chapter Forty-Four
Raffe
Iwake up, and she’s gone. Fuck. My entire body hurts, but believe me when I say I am in no way complaining.
Maybe she’s in the bathroom. When I open the door, I find it dark and empty. It reminds me of my loneliness … until I flip the light on. There, written on the mirror, is a heart drawn in soap with the wordsI love youunder it. My hand rubs over my chest as a new feeling fills my lungs. Joy. Complete and utter joy.
My smile continues to grow. This is classic Jenny. The girl I fell in love with.
I take a piss and then head over to the window. She’s sitting with her mother down by the lake. Each with a steaming drink in their hands.
When I get downstairs, the warehouse is quiet. I find Ray having coffee on the patio. “Beautiful afternoon, isn’t it?” he says as I slide the door open.
I grunt, lowering my aching limbs beside him.
He chuckles, bringing his cup to his lips. “You look like you had a long night.”
I try my hardest not to smile, but I can’t hide it. There is no way I’ll be able to hide my feelings for her now.
Ray points to the lake. “She called Maggie early this morning and said she needed to talk to her.”
“Oh. She called?”
“Yeah. Jackson had Maggie’s number programmed in that phone he bought her.”
“That’s good. I’m glad she called her.”
“She seems to be adjusting quickly.”
