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I ht for the door When I opened it, Harlow turned to smile at me It was that perfect smile that could fix the world’s probleer and sat down, cuddling her againsta little like a caveman at the moment, and I just hoped I didn’t beat my damn chest
Harlow didn’t ask questions; she just tucked herself under my chin and wrapped her ar to have to convince her of this first, because although I had this figured out, I knew she didn’t She didn’t trust me Not with her heart Even if she owned mine
"Thank you," I said into her hair
"For what? Hot counter sex?" she asked with a smile in her voice
"For you," I replied
She didn’t say anything else That was Harlow She didn’t ask a lot of questions She didn’t want to always talk about things She just took it in and accepted it I just hoped she accepted that she was mine Or more accurately, I was hers
We spent the rest of the afternoon sitting there, talking She told randmama There was no wonder she was special She’d been raised very differently from the other females in randmother
I told her about my dad and what it was I did exactly Back when Dad ianna, he had worked in construction Now he owned his own construction company His company was all over the Southeast I helped his and checked on things when he needed me I also dealt with phone calls he didn’t have tinored two of my father’s phone calls today I wasn’t in the ured out I was in love I needed to adjust to that first
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"I’s inhere to feed her "Me, too Want to get so with her little silver toe ring
"Can we get takeout?" she asked
I was all about keeping her to myself "Sure I can call and order it and they’ll deliver"
She didn’t respond right away She fiddled with her fingernails as if they had her answers "Are you going to take lanced up atuntil I fed you and buttered you up with a fortune cookie before I brought this up, but I want you to stay here tonight I don’t want to take you back to Nan’s"
She let out a breath and smiled "Good I don’t think I’m ready to walk back into that just yet I’ll deal with it tomorrow"
I took her ankle and pulled her closer toyou here all the tiet fired You don’t have to leave You can stay right here I just need to catch up on so at the club at four"
She scrunched her nose "I didn’t think about hoas keeping you fro I have tennis anyway"
Tennis
I hated fucking tennis
"I can beon top of her
"Is this about Ada up at hed and shoved at my chest "I don’t want Adam I think I made that clear today And yesterday, a few times"
She had a point But I wanted Adam to know it "Okay, fine Go to tennis, but if I coet pissed"
Her eyes ide "You wouldn’t do that"
I bent down to kiss the corner of her irl, I would"
Harlow
It was three days later before I went back to Nan’s Grant convincedWhen he wasn’t working, he ithhe ithtennis every day Grant sat on the porch that wrapped around the main clubhouse He drank coffee and worked on his laptop
Adaot the hint He would’ve been an idiot not to Grant ate and kissingo back to Nan’s I couldn’t et over this hurdle with Nan This was my house, too I also wanted to talk to Mase without Grant around so I had privacy if Mase wanted to ask ot a call to drive two hours south to check out a site for his dad, he wanted o with hione fro a hard tiiven s for hiht it would take a long tis to co I was They were co Grant brush his teeth this ht It was easy And it scaredive him? Not the one I’ into the daily everyday details of life with hi hurt Now, I kneas going to get hurt It had gone too far
And I didn’t knohat to do about it
I was hoping Mase had soone when I pulled up to the house, and I breathed a sigh of relief This was good Maybe she was gone on one of her trips I headed inside and stopped by the kitchen to getup to my room
My room was just like I left it Nan o into my room Not that I cared I didn’t have a messy room, just an unmade bed I set my water down on the table and sat down
Mase answered his phone on the second ring
"About darumbled into the phone
"Sorry I’ve been busy," I replied
"Don’t need to know I already got an idea of the busy you’ve been"