Surge

She took my hand in hers. “Please don’t. Drake, we can move on together and leave all the negativity behind if we get RI to drop it. Trust me, I wanted revenge more than a lot of things but I don’t want it more than I want our future to arrive. This is getting you down. Maybe you don’t want to admit it, and I know I’m a woman and probably have some sort of mommy tendencies…”

I had to lighten this vibe. “Hang on.” I cupped her breast. “I never said I wasn’t okay with you being a mama…”

She rolled her eyes with a smile on her face. “But… even Tyran said men aren’t invincible and that he’d be freaking out if it was him in your shoes. It’s okay to take the cape off now. RI will survive. Now I need you to survive. We have a lot better things to get on with.”

I gave her nipple a pinch before I let go of her. She giggled again. I loved her little sprite laugh.

“Fine… let’s start with house hunting.”

Her eyes widened, but she caught herself quickly. “Sure. I can do that with you. You don’t want to live with Alex anymore?”

“You know I meant for us. When are you going to take your man by the balls, Lewis?”

She gave me a gentle slap across the cheek. “Right now, sassy boy.”

I took her hand and kissed the back of it. “Before I left Seattle, I called a realtor Tae recommended to me. Happy to check out Venice? Or is that slumming it for you?”

“Venice hasn’t been a slum for a very long time, Drake.”

“I know that, Fairy. Otherwise, I wouldn’t let you live there.”

She balled her fists together in excitement and brought them to her mouth. A smile as beautiful as a sunrise stretched across her lips. I was reminded of the time we’d read out the relationship cards and she smiled just like this. I told her I’d make her smile that way again. Now, I just had.