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His head shook back and forth. “You just won’t quit …”
My fingers clenched, and my fist pounded the top of my desk.
Maybe he’d caught me at a weak moment.
Maybe I was just fucking tired.
Or maybe I was just vulnerable enough to admit the truth.
“It’s not that,” I told him.
He was quiet for a moment, his brows slowly rising. “What is it, then?”
“Until I hear back from her, there’s nothing to talk about.”
“Ah. Got it.” A smile crept over his face. “But I’ve got to say, you making the effort with her, it’s good to see.”
“I’m already regretting it.”
His head dropped, like I’d worn him thin. “Take it from a man who wasn’t looking to settle down either. When she comes into your life, whatever was holding you back, whether that be some outside circumstance or waiting for the right timing or a mental block, it all dissolves.” He finally glanced up. Raw honesty stared back at me. “And she’s all that will matter.”
Is that what’s happening?
Am I already here?
Lily was all I’d thought about since I’d left her room in Tampa. But if I was being real, the thoughts had started long before then.
They’d started the night in Edinburgh.
Fuck.
My teeth ground together before I said, “I didn’t know you were a lawyer and a shrink.”
He chuckled. “You’re something else.” He got up from his chair and walked to the door. “Can I give you a piece of advice even if you don’t want to hear it?”
“You’re going to tell me anyway. I’m not sure why you’re asking for permission.”
He smiled. “You want her, you go after her. Don’t let something like a reply stop you.”
As his advice passed through me, I nodded, and I watched him walk into the hallway and disappear.
But even though he was gone, I couldn’t get his words out of my head. They ate at me as my hands returned to the keyboard, attempting to pick up where I’d left off.
Shit, I couldn’t.
Because Lily was all I could think about.
I just wanted a few more seconds to caress her body and place another kiss on her lips and one more graze across her soft, tropical-smelling skin.
I reached into my desk drawer and took out my phone, pulling up her Contact. Texting wasn’t getting me anywhere, so I hit Call, taking the deepest damn breath as I held the phone to my ear.
After the second ring, I heard, “Hello?”
The voice was startling.
Because it was a man who answered.
“Is Lily there?”
