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I shook my head. “I think Killian might murder me if I was hitting on his boyfriend—Oh! Good morning.” I gasped when Watson pushed me back so he could pin me against the counter. “Was last night not a onetime thing with us?”
“I think you know damn well it wasn’t.” He growled before his mouth met mine. He didn’t even wait for me to open for him and instead pushed his tongue inside, finding mine and groaning as I sucked hard on it. “God, it’s like... I don’t know. You’ve woken up a beast or something.” He leaned his forehead against mine. “What took us so long to do this?”
I reached up to drag my thumbs over his cheekbones. “This isn’t freaking you out? Not even a little bit?” He seemed to be taking it all in stride, just like the last time. Like we were just picking up where we left off in even though he didn’t remember. He picked me up and placed me up on the counter. “This is—”
“Crazy,” he finished
I nodded. “I like it.”
“Me, too.”
I should tell him. I should tell him that we had started this before his crash, that he’d given me his ring, that this was our apartment, and that we were a couple. That we loved one another before he found out or remembered. Got mad I held back. I just wanted Watson to remember us without my help. I didn’t want to push him. He was already remembering some things, just not why.
“Lost you, huh?” Watson nuzzled into my neck. “I should call Mom. Tell her where I am.” He stepped back and reached for his phone, which was on the counter. “Shit, looks like she was already looking for me.” He unlocked his phone to read his texts.
“Hey, H?”
He glanced at me over his shoulder, and just the sight of him had my breath catching in my throat. Messy bed head, the way his long locks fell into his dark eyes, made my heart stutter against my chest. I missed having him around, and now this place really felt like home with him here. The way it was supposed to be.
I nodded. “Yeah?” I almost couldn’t speak.
Dressed in my sweats that barely fit, snug in the hips, ass, and, well, everywhere, he looked gorgeous. Broad chest, thick arms, and muscled body. How was he mine? Even now, even with his mind confused about some things, he was still compelled to come to me. I wasn’t one to ever believe in soulmates, but was it possible Watson was meant for me all along?
“You think Mom and Dad are going to break up?” He sounded scared. “I mean, I always thought they were so happy, and in love, but clearly that wasn’t the case.”
I hopped off the counter so I could go to him. “I don’t know,” I answered truthfully.
“Can I stay here with you?” I hadn’t expected Watson to ask that. “I mean, if that’s too soon or if you don’t want me around, I can find something else. Maybe Mason will let me crash at his place for a little while. I just, it’s too intense at Mom and Dad’s right now. I don’t even know how else to describe it; it’s just... The energy I feel whenever I’m in the same room as them. And sometimes Dad doesn’t even come home until I’m in bed. Like he doesn’t want to be around me.” His eyes were filled with sadness and hurt.
I pressed my face into his back, the scent of my body wash strange coming from his skin. “Stay with me.” I murmured as his big hands came up to grip mine. This is your place as much as mine is what I wanted to say, but the words were stuck in my throat.
“You’re sure? I don’t want to ruin your bachelor pad,” Watson teased.
“Mfffppph,” I grumbled against him.
He chuckled. “What?” He started to turn around, but I only held on tighter.
“It’s not a bachelor pad, Watson, it’s just a stupid apartment and I’m lonely here.” I paused before I decided to just go for it. “Without you.”
This time, I let him turn around. “There had to be some reason you left.” Watson gripped my head between his hands. “Something you’re not ready to tell me just yet.” He brushed his lips over mine. “It’s okay, Holt. I trust you. When you’re ready.” He gave me a small smile. “Don’t you have to be at the shop?”
“Oh shit!” I broke away from him. “I’m going to be late.” I dashed down the hall to change. “I washed your clothes. They’re in here,” I called out. Once I put on jeans and a fresh shirt, I found Watson watching me. “Unless you want to hang here while I’m gone.” I had to resist the urge to drag him onto the bed and strip him naked.
He smiled. “Nah, I’ll come with. I should make an appearance.” He was quiet as he changed, but then he grabbed me and pulled me into a soft kiss. “Thanks, H, for last night, this morning, for everything.”
***
Watson hung out at the race shop while I trained with the pit crew for most of the day. He caught up with Noel, the substitute driver, signed some die-cast cars, and I even caught him watching me for a little bit. It was rare we were both at the shop at the same time, even when he was his normal self, so I enjoyed it while I had the chance. The sound of his voice while he spoke with Noel, his laugh at the joke he shared with Miles or just the burn of his eyes when he watched me practicing with the pit crew.
“You need to get your license,” Watson commented as we stood outside in the late afternoon for the Uber. “Kind of sad that you work on a pit crew, have this hot stepbrother who is literally a racecar champion, yet you don’t drive.”
I rolled my eyes. “That’s a bit much, don’t you think?”
“Which part?”
“Hot stepbrother.”
His entire face lit up as he smiled at me. “You don’t think I’m hot, H?” Watson tilted his head. “I don’t do it for you? Like not even a little?” He placed a hand on my shoulder.
