Page 45 of Make Me Swoon

“Hey, Arlo,” Sutton says, coming to the rescue.

“Hey, how’s it going?”

“Pretty good,” she says, setting her dye down next to mine.

“Are you dying your hair too?” Arlo asks Iris and she shakes her head.

“I’d have to bleach it to get it light enough for any other color to show,” she tells him and he smiles.

“Good. I like the red,” he says sweetly and I want to ahh but I have a feeling that the reaction wouldn’t be welcome.

“Thanks,” she says as I pay and then it’s her turn.

She hurries to pay and we wave goodbye to Arlo before we head outside to Flynn’s car and pile in.

We spend the next few hours painting our nails, dying our hair, and asking Iris about Arlo. She insists that she’s just not ready to talk to him yet or try to start a relationship with him yet, so we let it go.

I fill them in on Hudson and me, and Sutton tells us that Teller asked her to move in with him. We congratulate her and help Madelyn clean up before we call it a night.

I wave goodbye to Iris and Sutton and hop in my Jeep to head to Prim + Proper. I stop by my apartment first, grabbing a change of clothes and some other overnight items before I head to the restaurant to see Hudson.

He’s busy in the kitchen, so I wait outside the doors for him to come out and give me the key.

“Hey,” I say as he comes out, looking distracted.

“Hey,” he says, leaning down and giving me a quick kiss.

“Everything alright?” I ask him and he nods, still looking distracted.

Something falls and breaks in the kitchen and I see Hudson biting back a curse but he shakes it off as he looks at me.

“I made you some more food in case you were hungry,” he says, passing me a bag of takeout and the key to his place.

“Thanks, I’ll see you in a little bit?”

“Yeah,” he says, already turning to head back into the kitchen to fix whatever mess was just made.

“See you,” I call, turning and heading for the front door.

I make the short drive over to Hudson’s house, letting myself in and heading into the kitchen to unpack the food.

I smile when I see that the bag is filled with desserts. That man knows me well. I’m not that hungry, so I put it in the fridge for later. Maybe I’ll have dessert for breakfast tomorrow.

I grab my overnight bag and head upstairs to his bedroom. His bed is perfectly made and I laugh as I run and jump onto it.

I need to take a shower and rinse my hair again before I head to bed. I strip, hopping in the shower and grabbing Hudson’s body wash as I step beneath the hot spray.

I take my time, enjoying taking a shower in a bathroom that isn’t the size of a small closet. I towel off, pulling on my pajamas and heading back into the bedroom.

Hudson has a balcony in his bedroom and I go over to the doors, opening them and letting the sound of the water in. It’s a nice not, not too hot or cold, so I decide to leave them open as I lay down in bed.

I never even hear Hudson come in or lie down behind me in bed, but he’s there when I wake up the next morning and I smile as I cuddle closer to him.

“Morning,” he says sleepily and I kiss his chin.

“Morning.”

“Want me to make you some breakfast?” he asks and I shake my head.

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