“I wantyouto be my boyfriend,” he blurts out, a wide smile spreading over his face that makes me go weak inside. “Yes. I am saying that.”
I start to get a rush of feeling.
It’s small, at first.
A tightening in my throat, and a steady thump in my chest.
But then it becomes a tidal wave as Sev holds my gaze.
I lean in and press my lips to his, kissing his mouth, then his cheek, and then his temple.
“I’m like, shaking,” I whisper to him.
I know the guys might even see us, now. Maybe they don’t. Maybe it doesn’t fucking matter.
“Good shaking or bad shaking?”
“Good. I think it’s really fucking good,” I tell him.
“I want you to be my boyfriend. You don’t have to say yes now. Think about it for the next month, for all I care. But you should know that Iwantit.”
Someone is choosing me, and me only, for the first time in my life.
“Okay,” I say softly.
“Fuck yes, Weston Knox,” he tells me a low tone. “You aren’t even close to ready for this. If you’re my boyfriend I don’t want to be quiet about it. I’m not secretive, or ashamed, or nervous. I want to beall in. Are you okay with that?”
I nod at him. “I like the idea of that. A lot.”
He presses one more kiss to my lips, giving me a fiery look.
“Then get ready, baby.”
The momentthe other guys get to the table and slide in one by one, Sevan grips my hand, holding it tight above the table.
“Hi, boys,” he tells the assortment of Onyx guys who are currently congregating around the table with their burgers, slices of pizza, and energy drinks.
I swear my heart could pound right out of my body.
“Sevan,” Rayne says, giving him an upward nod.
“Just want to let everyone know that Weston is my boyfriend, and he’s very muchoff the marketfor anyone else. If anybody has a problem with that, you can take it up with me. Cool?”
“Holy shit, Sev,” I mutter under my breath, but I can’t keep a giant smile from spreading across my face.
Sev leans over and kisses my neck like he’s marking his territory.
“Old news,” Niko calls out from the side of the table, sitting down next to Ollie.
“I mean, yeah, we kind of suspected, bro,” Hunter says, giving me a sly grin from his seat at the table.
Even Rayne looks up. “Didn’t know when the fuck you were going to tell me, but I was letting you take your time.”
I furrow my brow, dropping my mouth wide.
“No fucking shot everyone knew,” I tell them. “Rayne? Even you?”
“I’ve known you for too long, Wes. I knew you had something going on, but I thought it would be… I don’t know. Just a hookup.”