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Oakley

“I think you should move in with me”

I blinked at Pace’s words

My mind was currently elsewhere as I tried to make my brain compute hat he’d just said

Then I stiffened

“Pace…”

“We spend alether anyway,” he said “Plus…the idea of having you in ht”

I couldn’t deny that it did

But we’d literally started our new relationship—the one that involved sex—just a feeeks ago This was still very new, and I knew that he ret it down the road

Then where would I be?

“Coed “At least you can stay atelse”

I’d spent all day trying to find so else

There wasn’t anything to be had

Which sucked because I really, really wanted to stay

I liked where I was…or, at least, I liked who I was close to

At least, now I did, anyway

Before the surgery, I’d honestly planned on going back home once it was all said and done After a year, and when my anti-rejectionhome to Benton Home to where my family was

But then Pace had happened Ford had ore

And I’d found a home I hadn’t realized that I’d wanted

“Or you could stay forever,” Pace pushed “You wouldn’t have to look for a house at all You could stay here and never look, and I’d be happy as fuck because you gave me what I needed, not just what I wanted”

I was starting to melt

His words were exactly what I wanted and needed to hear

“Can I give you an answer later?” I asked “Let me think on it?”

Pace cupped my ass and pulled me in closer “Of course, you can”

We ate in silence after that

I found that I did, indeed, like sweet and sour chicken I also liked the lo mein noodles, as well as the steah I wasn’t a big fan of veggies in ht from had carrots as well as peas in theirs