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“No. My brother can set himself up. I’m doing enough giving up my last night with you for some stupid rule.” He practically slams the dishwasher shut.
“Noah.”
“Be honest with me, Charlie. After what we’ve been through, whose bed you planning on being in tomorrow?”
Sharp pain sears through my chest, and steals my voice.
He runs his hand through his hair. “Am I crazy, or does it feel like there’s something here?” he motions between us.
I raise a brow like he is crazy. “Something?”
It’s everything.
“I’m not asking you to cancel your date.”
“No. You're just asking me who I'm sleeping with," I shout. And it's unfair because I understand.
"You know I didn't mean it like that, Charlie," he breathes. He closes the distance and holds my face in his hands. “This fucking date has been killing me these past two weeks.”
I swallow.
“I have no claim to you. We had an understanding—a rule for this very reason."
Liquid fills my eyes and I'm still lost on how to fix this out of hand mess I made.
"Say something."
Now or never, Charlie.
“What if there was no date?” I blurt out.
He blinks and steps back. “You think I want to give us a second chance because you’re no longer available.”
I shake my head. “That’s not what I said.”
I turn as headlights flash through the window at the front of the house.
“That’s Chase.” Noah grips my face, stepping closer, setting his leg between both of mine. “Baby, I promise you that’s not it.”
“And I promise there’s no one I want but you, Noah.”
The doorbell rings. But he holds on tight. "Do you mean that? Is…us something you want to talk about?"
I nod. "Desperately. After the wedding." Since it's too late now.
He swallows, dropping his head. He meets my eyes again, stealing my breath away with the passion I see in them. “Say you're mine again.”
“Can we wait until tomorrow?”
“Absolutely not. I need to hear it now. Before you go to Pepper’s for the night.”
“I'm yours, Noah. I've always been yours.“
He releases a breath. And it takes him a moment to collect his bearings before he looks back at me and kisses me deeply. “Don't forget it.”
With that, he leaves me in the kitchen and heads to the front door.
I sniffle and suck in a breath.
