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Chapter Twenty-Three

It’s three ho urs later and after ten o’clock when I make it back ho me.
I stayed with Allysa for ano ther ho ur after R yle lef t and then went
back to my offic e to fini sh up a few thi ng s so tha t I don’t ha ve to go in
for the nex t two days. Whenev er R yle ha s a day off, I try to coinc ide

my own days off with hi s.
The light s are off when I walk thro ugh the front door, so tha t
mea ns R yle is alrea dy in bed .
The ent ire drive ho me I tho ught about wha t he’d said. I wasn’t
ex pec ting thi s conv ers ation to come up so soon. I’m almost twent y-

fiv e, but I ha d it in my hea d it would be at lea st a couple of yea rs
bef ore we started trying for a family. I’m still no t cert ain I’m rea dy for
it yet, but kno wing it’s no w somet hi ng he want s somed ay has put me
in an inc red ibly ha ppy mood.
I decide to make mysel f a quick bite to ea t bef ore waking hi m up. I
ha ven’t ha d dinner yet and I’m star ving . When I flip on the kitchen
light , I screa m. My ha nd goes to my ches t and I fall agains t the

count er. “Jes us Chri st, R yle! Wha t are you doing ?”
He’s lea ni ng with hi s back agains t the wall nex t to the ref rigera tor.
His fee t are crossed at the ank les and hi s ey es are na rro wed in my
direc tion. He’s flipping somet hi ng over in hi s fing ers , staring at me.
My ey es fall to the count er to hi s lef t and I see an em pty glass tha t
probably rec en tly hel d scotch. He drink s it on occasion to hel p hi m

fall asleep .
I look back at hi m and the re’s a smirk on hi s face. My body
ins tant ly grows warm at tha t smile bec ause I kno w wha t comes nex t.
Thi s apartmen t is about to bec ome a frenz y of clothes and kisses .
We’v e chri stened nea rly ev er y room sinc e we moved in here, but the
kitchen is one we ha ven’t tackled yet .
I smile back at hi m, my hea rt still bea ting erra tically from the sho ck

of find ing hi m here in the dark. His ey es fall to hi s ha nd , and I no tice