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“Not before I tell him to leave me alone.”
“Okay. And I’m not trying to tell you what to do, but maybe add ‘fuck’ in there too. Make it more dramatic. He might get the picture then.”
I kneel down on the floor in front of her while she types. Fuck, she’s actually going to tell him to fuck off.
“There,” she says, flashing me the message.
Eden
You need to leave me the fuck alone!
“That’s my girl.”
She looks at me quickly and smiles, despite the situation. Bless her.
I shrug my shoulders. “You know what I mean.”
“What the hell am I gonna do with you?” She ponders, her eyes raking over me.
“Whatever you want to do, baby doll. Now I know you don’t want that fucker anymore, it changes things.”
Her breath catches. “Changes things? What do you mean?”
I sigh and roll a hand down my face. “Doctor first?”
“I can survive a few more minutes. This is kinda important.”
“Fine. I’m feeling the pull toward you, Eden. I have been for a while. When I found the divorce papers and realized we were still hitched, something happened.”
She sucks in a breath. Her eyes widen, looking at me with an intense curiosity. “What happened?”
I run a hand over my hair. “I don’t know exactly, but my feelings for you grew.”
“I can’t believe you haven’t told me this before.”
“How could I? You were with him for one. And I didn’t know how you felt, I still don’t.”
“This is complicated, Brook.”
“It doesn’t have to be. We can be completely honest.”
Her teeth bite into her bottom lip and my heart sinks a little bit. I wasn’t expecting her to leap for joy at my confession, but it seems she’s still holding her cards close to her chest.
“The truth is, I don’t know,” she says. “I know there’s a spark, in some ways it’s always been there. But this is so soon after Kirk. I don’t want to do something irrational.”
I nod. “I get it. I’m just asking that you consider it.”
“I had no idea you felt this way. I mean, the kiss was one thing…”
“Yeah, it sure was.”
“But as far as us getting back together or anything like that, we have to tread carefully.”
I’m not sure how much more careful we can be, but I need to know how she feels. I get the sense she’s holding back, but the last thing I want to do is push her.
“I know it,” I say. “But you felt it on Sunday, I don’t just mean the kiss. I mean us three as a family. With the animals and Noodle. It felt right, E. It always has.”
She shifts a little, her eyes flicking down, then back to me again. “I need to think about this. We can’t just jump in for Blake’s sake.”
