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“Everyone seems like a grump to you now that you’re in a relationship,” Aiden said.
“Mmm. How’s that?” Heath gestured at the tree.
I went to stand next to Aiden. “I think that’s good.”
“Me too,” Aiden agreed before bending to pick up the needles that had fallen when they brought the tree inside. “I can clean up the rest. Let me grab the decorations and the vacuum. I’ll be right back.”
Then Aiden was gone, leaving me with Heath.
He leaned against the dresser, resting one leg over the other. “So you’re a Calloway?”
I chuckled. “Is that going to be a problem?”
Heath raised a brow. “Not for me. But my brothers might not like me giving a Calloway a tree.”
I couldn’t help but smile. “I can get my own. Is that right?”
“Something like that. But you’re Aiden’s, so—”
I shook my head. “Oh, I’m not Aiden’s.”
Heath sobered. “He said you had a thing back in high school. I didn’t know, and I was his best friend.”
“We wanted to avoid the gossip. You know how mean the kids were back then.” They made comments about Aiden, saying he was trailer trash. If we’d been vocal about our relationship, it would only have gotten worse. And I didn’t want my dad to tell me I couldn’t date him. It was better to keep it hidden.
“I can’t judge. I had a secret fling of my own with Marley. I’ve always regretted how I handled things back then.”
“What did Aiden say about us?” I asked, but Aiden came into the room with a vacuum and a box he placed on the bed. I hoped Aiden hadn’t told him how I’d proposed and he’d said no.
“I’ll let you get back to whatever you had going on today,” Aiden said to Heath.
I wondered if he wanted to be alone with me.
Heath straightened. “Selling Christmas trees?”
“Yeah, that,” Aiden said with a nod.
“It was nice to see you again,” I said to Heath.
“Come see our light display. It will get you in the holiday mood for sure.”
“You aren’t worried I’ll take all your secrets and share them with my brothers?” I couldn’t help but tease.
“There aren’t many secrets to a holiday light display, and Talon made it by hand. So I doubt you could replicate it. I think it’s about time we move past some of that stuff.”
“What would Emmett have to say about that?” Aiden asked.
Heath frowned. “Emmett will come around, eventually.”
“I appreciate you accepting my sister.”
“She’s good for Cole. I wouldn’t stand in their way.” Heath exchanged a look with Aiden. Then he said, “I’ll see you around.”
After Heath closed the door with a soft click, I said, “He said he knows about us.”
Aiden sighed. “We’ve talked since I’ve been back. I told Cole too. When he was having trouble with Daphne.”
“It’s weird that people know about us. It’s been a secret for so long.”
