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Eventually, I found hi roohts in the hot tub weren’t on, and he hadn’t switched on the bistro lights either, so it was hard to see him at first

Was he all right? He’d forgone the little dining area and opted to sit in the re that plastic lawn chair It’d been here e moved in

“You okay, hon?” I asked Fuck ed his torso, and a glass of whiskey hanging limply from his hand Despite it all, he was probably in the best shape of his life At least inand healthy—and with a few extra pounds because great food was meant to be eaten

He opened his eyes and smiled lazily “You’re home”

I tested a s? Even in the darkness, I could see the redness lingering in his eyes He’d been upset not too long ago

I didn’t wanna dive straight into playing nurse He didn’t like that So I squatted down between his knees, and I ith so easier at first

“I see you started our sweatpants evening without hs and rubbed him affectionately

He chuckled under his breath “I had to take a shower after I stocked the kitchen and finished hanging up our clothes in the bedroom”

He and I were the same when it came to clothes We didn’t want a professional to touch our fancy threads

“I still don’t see e gotta have a fully stocked kitchen,” I replied with a smirk “You knoell as I do that we’ll call a caterer or a restaurant e have people over, and we eat out every day—unless we have food delivered”

Neither of us hat one ood in the kitchen,” with only a few exceptions Shan was bizarrely as, I cooked the best bacon in the world, and ere both stellar atbiscuits from a box