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“Thank you,” I told her.
But she only shook her head and stroked my face. “I think all the thanks go to your brother.”
EPILOGUE
RAINA
Leaning close to my bathroom mirror, I lined the outer edge of each eye with a toasty brown, making sure it looked even on both sides before I pulled back to examine my entire face.
Feeling as if I’d done a good enough job to continue, I opened my lipstick drawer, only to sigh over all the choices.
“Foster?” I called. “What color of lipstick should I wear?”
“Color?” he answered from somewhere deeper in the apartment. “I thought you only had the one.”
I wrinkled my nose. “No. I have dozens of different colors.”
“Really? Huh. Why?”
“Because…” I groaned since he just didn’t get it. “I should be more adventurous and explore different shades. Different personalities.”
“If you say so,” was all he answered. “But I like you best just the way you are.”
Straightening at that answer, I tipped my face and studied my expression in the mirror before deciding, you know what? I liked me just the way I was too. I drew out the Peach Kiss and applied it without another thought.
“Okay,” I said as I finished. “I think I’m ready now.”
“Great,” Foster answered, sounding distracted.
Dropping the lipstick back in its place, I pushed the drawer shut and started from the bathroom, curiously asking, “Where are you, anyway?”
“Balcony.”
Feeling a strong sense of déjà vu, I turned that way and stepped toward the open door that led onto our one-person balcony.
I nearly expected to see Kinsey there, perched on the stone railing and smoking a joint. But instead, I found Foster standing with his back to me as he rested his forearms on the stones.
A shiver of delight passed through me. He was just as dreamy and breathtaking as he’d been the first time I’d seen him on a billboard.
“What’re you doing?” I asked, stepping up to his side to join him.
He pointed out toward the street. “Check out these two dog walkers on Bridleway,” he said. “I swear, it’s like watching101 Dalmatianshappen in real time.”
“Where?” I asked, brushing my arm against his as I rested my elbows on the balcony too.
Foster turned in toward me to wrap an arm around my waist and pull me close as he pointed with the other hand. “There,” he said in a hushed tone as if we were bird-watching.
“Oh my Good Lord.” I laughed as I watched a man and woman try to untangle their leashes as their two Dalmatians eagerly raced in circles around them. “That is so crazy.”
“Isn’t it?” Foster shifted his face over as if he was going to bury his nose in my hair like he usually did and then take a big whiff of me, except this time, he paused and blinked at me in shock.
“Holy damn,” he said before he jerked back another step to look down at what I was wearing. “You can’t leave the apartment looking like that. Parker’s going to take one look at you and thinkyou’rehis graduation gift.”
I laughed and squeezed his arm, only to taunt, “Well, I kind of am, aren’t I?”
“Not inthatway,” he assured, tugging me back to him so he could wrap a possessive arm around me and grab my ass as he buried his face in my hair. “God, you smell good too.” When I melted close and began to play with his hair, he groaned. “Just how early do we have to arrive for this thing again?”
I laughed and clutched his shoulders as he began to kiss his way down the side of my throat. “You tell me,” I countered. “It’s foryourfriend.”
