Page 175 of Missed Notes (Rixon High 5)

“Your dad loves me. I think he’d forgive me.”

I pinched his shoulder. “He would not. I’m his sweet and innocent little girl. Always will be.”

“Pretty sure he knows you’re neither sweet nor innocent anymore.”

“Meanie!”

Cole wrapped me closer, breathing me in. “This, as long as we always have this, we can get through anything.”

“It’s going to make me really sick, Cole. I won’t always be this healthy on the outside.”

“You’re doing it again,” he said.

“Doing what?”

“Trying to scare me off. But I’ve told you before, it won’t work. You’re stuck with me, Sofe.”

I gazed at him, wondering what I’d done to get so lucky.

“What?” He frowned, and I smiled. How could I not when he looked so adorably confused.

“Nothing.” My smile grew.

“You, Sofia Bennet, are a terrible liar.”

“But I’m your liar.”

“Damn right, you are. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

* * *

“Seriously?”Aaron froze in the doorway. “Not what I ever want to walk in on.”

Cole chuckled, dropping kisses on my head before climbing off the bed. “We were talking.”

“Is that what the kids are calling it these days?” He gave us such a Dad-stare, laughter bubbled out of me. “What?”

“You have the same expression as Dad.”

“I do not.”

I nodded with a grin.

“You seem happier,” he said, pulling up a chair.

“You can thank Cole for that.”

A look of disgust washed over him. “Gross.”

“Why? I didn’t mean— seriously, jerk face, not everything is about sex.”

“Isn’t it though?” He smirked. “I bet the hospital is full of places the two of you can sneak off and… why the fuck am I talking about my sister and my best friend getting it on in some hospital closet? Jesus.”

“Hey, you said it.” Cole shrugged.

“I got to say it though, Kandon, whatever you did to her, keep it up. Because Mom is not handling it well.”

“Well, I did make you all leave.”

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