“I mean it. I’m not losing you again. I’m going to do this right. I’ll have you in love with me again in no time. If you’re going to be with me, then you’re going to fully be with me. All in or nothing, Lil.”
I roll my lips between my teeth, but then his mouth is on mine again, and I have nothing left to say.
Which is probably for the best because there’s no way I can admit that I don’t think I ever stopped.
CHAPTER 26
Parker
“I’m back,guys, no need to applaud,” I announce, walking into work.
Jo clears her throat.
“Guys and Jo,” I correct.
“What are you back from?” Dave questions.
“Back from the depth of…you know what, never mind.” I shake my head, stopping the rogue thoughts from coming out of my mouth. In fact, I feel a lot like Lily, and maybe she’s rubbing off on me now that she’s back in my life.
That would be fine with me, she can rub off on me as much as she wants. My mind wanders to having her at my house, how she felt, and how badly I wanted even more of her. But I know we need to take it slow; I don’t want to rush her.
“What are you all yapping about?” Jameson asks,joining all of us.
“Parker is back, apparently,” Jo says.
“Back from where?” Jameson looks at me with a raised eyebrow.
“I said never mind,” I grumble.
“Okay? How’s it going with your kitten? Has she forgiven you for the name debacle?” Jameson jokes.
“Nope, still hates me. She likes everyone else though, especially Lily.”
The room goes silent.
I look around to see everyone staring at me, unmoving, and I swear you could hear a pin drop. “What?”
Jo speaks up first. “Lily met your cat?”
“Yeah?”
“How’d that happen?”
A slow smile spreads, and I realize I can mess with all of them. “Sorry, I don’t kiss and tell.”
Dave holds a hand up. “Wait, wait, you subject us to all your escapades over the years and your moping over her. Now there’s something totelland youwon’t?”
“Jameson always tells us not to gossip. I’m maturing,” I say proudly.
Our Captain narrows his eyes at me. “Yeah, that’s bullshit. You rarely listen to me.”
I shrug, not planning on telling anyone here shit. There’s a delicate balance to getting Lily back and running my mouth will not do it. Did I used to come in here boasting that women were all over me? Maybe, but I was honest with Lily, I never did anything with anyone.
Did I secretly hope it would make her jealous? Sometimes.
Did I think it would backfire the way that it did? Nope.
A call comes in, and I breathe out a sigh of relief everyone is about to be distracted enough to not question me further. I hope that when we come back, they’ll all forget.