“Sure, we had intercourse.”

She gasps. “Shut up, you probably did? How was it?” She instantly regrets her query and shakes her head, whereas twisting her face into one among disgust. “No, don’t need particulars, however now what?”

I press my hand to my coronary heart. “It was wonderful. Higher than something I’ve ever skilled, however now I don’t know.” I drop my hand and it lands with a thud on the mattress. “You realize Paxton, he’s by no means critical about that sort of stuff. I feel he’ll be single for the remainder of his life. What if I made an enormous mistake and lose him for good?”

Anya thinks about what I’ve mentioned after which smiles. “What if it’s good, and it turns into one thing stunning? Like higher than this friendship has ever been.”

I attempt to think about that sort of life with Paxton. A greater than friendship type of life. Is it attainable? “I don’t know.”

Anya lifts a wonderfully formed forehead. “I do know one factor”—she pins me with a stare—“that boy is loopy about you.”

After a couple of extra minutes, we head all the way down to dinner, and the scent of garlic engulfs me.

“It smells scrumptious, Carol,” I say, sitting between Anya and Paxton on the dinner desk.

Carol offers me a heat smile. “I really like cooking for everyone. I’d be happier cooking for an even bigger household. I have to get these boys married off. I need grandkids.”

My eyes practically come out of the socket on the considered marriage. In ten years, will Paxton be sitting right here together with his future spouse and his future children? The place will I be? Alone?

Paxton squeezes my leg beneath the desk and leans shut. “You okay?”

I choose up the dinner roll basket and plop one onto my plate. “Simply peachy.” He’s going to know one thing’s up, as a result of I’ve by no means uttered that phrase in my life, however he simply raises a forehead.

“Did you get that Smokehouse’s account?” Callum asks Paxton, and the stress between Paxton and me fizzles.

“I feel so. Simply have to go over a couple of particulars. I wished him to offer us two traces, however he’s solely providing one.”

“Two beers on faucet could be nice for us.” Callum digs into the lasagna on his plate.

“I do know, that’s why I’m going for 2 traces,” Paxton solutions. He takes the basket of rolls from my palms and offers me a tiny smile.

Are issues rising bizarre between us? Will I be pushed out as soon as his particular somebody comes alongside?

I push the meals round on my plate, not hungry as I take heed to the dialog across the desk. You’ll be able to inform there’s main stress between Anya and Callum. I need to come to her protection and inform Callum he’s being cussed, nevertheless it’s not my place.

Shepherd talks about his time in Florida, serving to out their cousins, and assembly Ellis’ new fiancée, Kiki. I hear about how Ellis and Kiki met and giggle on the truth a goat ate her engagement ring when she was engaged to a different man. A person that Ellis was greatest man for of their marriage ceremony that by no means happened.

How they had been each strangers after they shared their first kiss.

From the sounds of it, Kiki and Ellis sound excellent for one another.

Type of like Paxton and me.

We’re excellent for one another, aren’t we?

There’s just one approach to discover out. We have to have intercourse as soon as extra. To essentially see if it’s meant to be.

Later that night, once we return to Paxton’s residence, he stares at me.

“What?” I ask.

“You had been quiet at dinner. You barely ate something.” Paxton shoves his palms into his denims pockets.

“I’m high quality.” I inch nearer to him and wrap my arms round his neck simply because I can. “I used to be considering we might observe a scene tonight.”

Paxton raises a forehead. “Yeah? There’s one factor I can’t cease desirous about.”

I step again and drop my palms. “What’s that?”

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