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He said softly “I can’t”

“Okay, no problem I should have asked you sooner, but the last couple of days were crazy and we barely had time to talk”

“It’s not that I have plans I just can’t facea bunch of new people, especially not all at once like that” He slid closer and tucked his head under my chin “I’m sorry I know that sounds ridiculous”

“No, it doesn’t, and it’s totally fine” After a pause, I asked, “Would you be willing to meet my friends and family one at a time?”

“I don’t know…s the way they are?”

“Of course” Because he seeed the subject with, “Can I ? You really should experience my world famous cinnamon roll pancakes”

He sounded amused “So basically, a flat cinna?”

“It’ll make sense once you try it”

“I’d love to, but I probably don’t have the ingredients Actually, I don’t have ht now”

“Would you rocery delivery to?”

“Knock yourself out” I flashed hie smile, and he asked, “Why does this make you so happy?”

“You already know I’h, so this is definitely ood time” That made him smile too as he rested his head on my bicep

Theo fell asleep soon after, curled against ile—in more ways than one—and I orried about him

He’d clearly been isolating hi ti ho fun with e his h It had to be his decision to open up his world and let others in I just had to wonder if that would ever actually happen

Chapter 8

The next , I awoke to the incredible sensation of Theo’s naked body pressed against , baby”

“I like it when you call me that”