No. She wouldn’t go down that street. Like Mason’s therapist instructed him, there wasn’t any level in torturing herself over one thing that might by no means occur. She wanted to give attention to the long run, not dwell on missed alternatives in her previous.

“Now,” Steve stated, leaning again in his chair and making a present of getting comfy. “You inform your story and cease worrying about me. You should have somebody who’ll hear, and I promise you I’ll be that particular person for you. Inform me all of it.”

“All of it?” She made a be-careful-what-you-wish-for face. “I’m gonna want much more whiskey for that. And also you may need to swap that out for a plastic cup, as a result of it will get worse earlier than it will get higher.”

“If I find yourself breaking just a few pints, so be it,” he stated catching the attention of a server as he walked close by, motioning towards her almost empty glass. “Fortunately for me, I personal the bar.”

CHAPTER 18

Mason

Returning to the Manor was bittersweet for Addison. It clearly broke her coronary heart somewhat to depart her dad so quickly after she discovered him.

The pleasure in Steve’s eyes when she instructed him concerning the life she constructed as a baker, first in NYC and now on the Manor, had made her virtually glow with happiness. When the person didn’t even bat an eyelash upon studying what sort of institution the Manor was, that endeared him to Mason much more. Not quite a lot of dad and mom can be so openminded about their child relationship an expert Dom.

When the time got here to go residence, Mason nervous she may keep behind. That he’d be making the trek again throughout the nation on his personal, and would by no means be taught what might need occurred between them with just a bit extra time.

Although staying in New Mexico, a minimum of for some time, would’ve been an comprehensible choice, he selfishly rejoiced when she climbed into his automotive yesterday morning.

“The place are we going?” Addison requested as he pulled off the freeway somewhat previous Tulsa.

“I need to seize a chew to eat,” he stated, doing his finest to sound like he wasn’t as much as one thing. Navigating the automotive by way of a inexperienced mild, he scanned the indicators within the quick strip of companies and eating places for the one he needed.

She gave the clock on the sprint a pointed look. It learn just a few minutes previous 4. “Bit early for dinner, isn’t it?”

With a shrug, he was a small plaza with a pizza place, a karate studio, a twenty-four-hour diner, and a few different shops. “I’ve been driving for nearly 9 hours already. I want a break.”

That appeared to fulfill her, and she or he climbed out of the automotive as quickly as he parked in entrance of Aunt Bea’s Diner—a spot with a shabby signal and soiled home windows. She glanced on the a lot nicer wanting pizza joint just a few storefronts away, however didn’t argue when he pulled open the diner’s glass door and stepped inside.

Jesus fucking Christ, he hoped this wasn’t a mistake.

As soon as they obtained inside, Addison stepped as much as the hostess stand, however he walked proper previous it, scanning the patched brown cubicles for a well-known face.

A brief, stocky man with shaggy black hair and a crooked nostril slid out of the nook sales space, gaze locked on them.

“Desk for 2,” Addison instructed the hostess as she approached, however Mason took her higher arm, pulling her into the aisle.

“The remainder of our get together’s already right here,” he stated softly to the hostess, although he didn’t take a look at the girl. He stored his eyes on Addison, not eager to miss even a millisecond of her response. Needing as a lot information as doable so he knew what to do subsequent.

“The remainder of our get together?” she repeated, a deep line forming between her brows. “What do you?—”

Trying into the eating room eventually, her gaze locked on the person by the nook sales space. She froze, her mouth nonetheless shaping her final phrase, her eyes as vast as he’d ever seen them.

“Hey, Addy,” the person stated with an ungainly little wave.

“Ricky?” Her whisper got here out so low, like she thought this was an phantasm her voice would shatter.

Ricky grinned at her, his smile as crooked as his nostril. “Yeah, it’s me.”

Addison flew down the aisle, hair streaming behind her, and launched herself into Ricky’s arms. “How?” She stated it again and again, holding onto him so tight he really winced.

Didn’t cease him from wrapping her up in an enormous bear hug. “Hey, I obtained you,” he stated, grinning at Mason over her shoulder. “It’s all good. I obtained you.”

When she lastly let go, she seemed up into the person’s darkish eyes, an expression of utter bewilderment on her face. “How within the precise fuck are you right here proper now?”

“Effectively,” Ricky stated, watching Mason as he walked slowly between the cubicles to hitch them. “I obtained an surprising cellphone name yesterday. I assume you’re Mason?”

Addison whipped round, observing Mason with tears in her eyes. “Y-you? You probably did this? How? When?”

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