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“We were having a really nice time until Beck got mad at him, and now—oh God, I shouldn’t be happy. I shouldn’t let myself be.”
Ben shook his head and laid a hand on my arm. “Things will work out. I know that Worth loves his brother, and Beck loves him. If you two are meant to be together, Beck is going to see that.”
“I never believed in ‘meant to be’, and now…I don’t know. This is all so crazy, but I won’t come between the two of them. If Worth has to choose one of us, it’s going to be Beck.”
“Worth’s not going to choose. He doesn’t do that. He gets everything he wants.”
“Except with his family, and that’s why it’s so important.”
Ben frowned. “What about you? What about your friendship with Beck? That’s important too. Beck will want you to be happy. If he sees you’ve fallen head over heels for Worth, he’ll accept it.”
“I hope so. I don’t think he’s upset that I like Worth.”
“Like?”
“Okay, that I want to be with Worth.”
Ben narrowed his eyes. “I’ll accept that, for now.”
“I’ve been through a lot. I don’t know what Miles told you, but I had an abusive boyfriend, and I just recently escaped. That’s why Beck sent me to Aruba. He knew I needed time to heal, and he also knows Worth isn’t looking for a relationship.”
“He wasn’t looking for a relationship, but then he met you.”
“How do you know? It’s only been a few days.”
“It took Miles one day with me. I thought he was crazy, but you see where we are now.”
I smiled. “What was it like falling for Miles Montgomery, the country’s most eligible bachelor?”
“You’re changing the subject.”
“Yes, but I really want to know. I need to know because this is all so much. I really can’t get my head around what Worth’s life is like.”
“I understand that. Believe me I do. Falling for Miles was unbelievable, beyond anything I’d ever dreamed of. I fought it as hard as I could. There were reasons we shouldn’t be together. They were very different from yours, but I had the same feeling of needing to push him away. But Miles, as you may have figured out, is not someone who accepts defeat. He pursued me and insisted I was his. Ultimately, I had to admit he was right.”
“How did you adjust to all this?” I gestured around the luxurious apartment.
“It took a while to accept that Miles could literally buy anything and take me anywhere I wanted to go.”
“And now?”
“I won’t say it doesn’t still shock me occasionally, but I’m also not going to deny that I love it.”
We both laughed. “I can see that.”
I glanced at the clock on Worth’s living room wall. “How long do you think this is going to take?”
“It’s really impossible to say. If everything goes perfectly and they have a chance to get in as soon as they arrive, then it won’t be much longer. But they could have to wait hours for the right opportunity. There’s just no way to know.”
“We won’t hear anything from them until then, will we?”
Ben shook his head. “No, it’s too dangerous to communicate with us.”
“I know I don’t want them in any extra danger.”
“Waiting is so fucking hard,” Ben said.
I nodded. “And you’re stuck with me.”
