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He reluctantly pulled away, picked up his phone, and read what she assumed was a text message. While he was reading, a wide grin spread across his face.

“What is it?”

Setting the phone down, he buckled his seatbelt and started the car. He backed out of the parking space and practically peeled out of the parking lot.

“Gabe? What’s going on?”

“That was a text from my mom. My parents are going golfing. We’ll have the house to ourselves for the next two to three hours.”

Chapter 20

Gabe drove toward his parents’ house as fast as he could while keeping an eye out for police cars. The last thing he wanted was to get pulled over. They only had a limited amount of time, and he didn’t want to squander it explaining to a police officer why he was in such a hurry. At some point, he realized Morgan had been awfully quiet, and when he stopped at a red light, he reached over and squeezed her knee.

“Everything okay?”

She gave him a weak smile. “Um-hmm.”

“You sure?”

“No.”

Maybe this wasn’t going to happen after all. “What’s wrong?”

“I’m a little nervous.”

At least it wasn’t a flat-out no. He could work with this. “Don’t worry. It’s been a while for me to too, but it’s just like riding a bike. Once we get started, we’ll remember what to do.”

She gaped at him, and he decided his chances of getting lucky were getting slimmer by the second.

“I’m not nervous about what to do! I know what to do.”

That sounded promising. “What are you nervous about, then?”

“I’m worried about what happens after.”

“Oh.” He’d been so focused on the present that he hadn’t thought ahead. “We don’t have to…”

“I want to.”

“Is it possible we’re overthinking this?”

“It’s entirely possible. I’m really good at overthinking things.”

He chuckled at that. “Why don’t we just wait and see what happens?”

“But what if—”

“Uh-uh. Stop right there. What if is your problem.”

“Oh, so, it’s only my problem?”

“Let me rephrase.”

“I think you should.”

He pulled onto his parents’ street. It was his last chance to make a good argument for what they were about to do. “Here’s how I see it. We both want this to happen, right?”

“Yes.”