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“Damn you,” I say, shaking my head and dumping my dinner on the nightstand. “What do you want me to say?”
That look, the one that screamsduhshows back up. “That you like him.”
“Ugh.” I roll my eyes. “He’s cute, okay. Fine.”
“Uh-huh. And you fucking like him.” Not taking the bait, Aria’s brow wings in expectation.
“I don’t know him.”
“And yet,” she emphasizes, her hands going out to her sides. “You never shut up about him. Even before me and Rex—”
“But—”
“Nuh-uh.” She wags her finger at me. “No, you totally have been obsessed with Fin since … well … as long as I can remember.”
“Ugh,” I growl at how close Aria is to me and curse myself for letting the woman past some of the walls. “Because he’s a fucking legend.”
“Is that what this is about?”
“Don’t you dare tell him I said that. Like ever.” My pointer finger comes out despite the eye roll from Aria and I pop up off the bed to pace the room.
“C, c’mon,” Aria sighs as she watches me meltdown.
“I told him no, and he got mad.”
“Umm.” Aria’s brows wing up to her hairline. “You better explain in the next five seconds before I have to call Rex.”
The thought has me freezing in my trek across the room as Aria sits up on her haunches and watches me with a fire in her pretty green eyes.
“No, Ari.” I hold my hands up, palms out. “Trust me, it wasn’t like that.”
“Oh, thank God.” Letting out an audible breath, Aria settles her ass back against the mattress and holds a hand to her chest. “Now spill before I have a heart attack and the baby ends up on your sheets.”
“Ew, gross.”
By the time I finish telling Aria about touching Fin’s hot as hell vee and then kicking him out after ramming my own self into my toolbox like a total fool, she’s shooing me to the bathroom to throw on clothes so she can see the spot I can feel with every movement I make despite the magic salve.
So, I do.
Throwing on an old band tee—an As Above one from their first stateside tour, ironically—and sleep shorts, I come back to the bedroom to find her lashes fluttering closed and her hand resting on her protruding belly.
I stutter out a breathy laugh and dig in the closet for an extra blanket since my best friend decided to fall asleep on top of the damn comforter.
After snapping a pic and sending it to her rockstar fiancé, I snuggle into the mattress next to the woman I wish I could be when I grow up and flick through the channels on the TV.
Soft snores echo around the room, a buzz from my phone keeping my own eyes from drifting closed.
Rex:That’s my girl right there.
Me:You know I’ll create a monster if I wake her up.
I set the phone next to my head and turn back to the TV when the buzz goes off again.
Rex:Yup. Which is why I’ll bring breakfast in the am.
It’s almost as if I can hear him saying the words out loud.
Rex:No monsters needed. My wife is baking my baby and needs the sleep.
