“Really great, actually.” I couldn’t resist the smile that was taking over my face.
“That’s all that matters.”
“Actually, do you think you can send me the boxes I stashed in your guestroom?”
“I guess it’s going better than great, huh?” I could hear her excitement for me in her voice.
“I just think I’m going to stick around for a while, see where this crazy ride takes me. You were right—I need to start living my life.”
“I’ll put it all in the mail ASAP.”
“Thanks, Mags.”
“Anything for you,” she said with a chuckle.
“I am going to start getting ideas for your wedding,” I said, diverting the attention back to her so she wouldn’t ask me more details about Maverick with him still only a few feet away from me.
“This is going to be the best.”
I climbed back in bed, wrapping my arms around Maverick from behind.
“Mags is getting married and you’re still gonna stick around?” Maverick turned to me, a huge grin plastered on his face.
I shoved his shoulder. “You little shit. I thought you were still asleep.”
“It’s easier to eavesdrop that way,” he teased before kissing my forehead.
“After last night, how could I ever think of leaving?” I pursed my lips.
He shrugged. “You could have just been faking it.”
I gasped. “There’s no way to fake that shit.”
“Good.” He kissed me again. “I guess we should start looking for a job for you up here then?”
“I want to work at Mountain Breath,” I stated.
“Done—you’re hired. That was easy.”
“I should probably start looking for a place up here.”
The look that washed over Maverick’s face shocked me. “Why? You have a home right here. I feel like that is moving backward.”
I didn’t know what to think or say. It just seemed like the right thing to do. “Are you ready to live together?” I asked.
“Aren’t we doing that right now?”
“I guess?”
* * *
Maverick
Sittingat the dining room table, I scribbled in my notebook. It had been over a week since I had written, and for me, that was too long. Writing poetry and lyrics, filling notebook after notebook was the only true sanity I had.
Cali was at the bar filling out her paperwork to start her new job. She really didn’t waste any time.
With a deep sigh, I read over the words that just had bled from my pen.