“Then you have been with people who didn’t deserve you, darling.”
She hums in agreement and cups my jaw, then presses her lips to my chin. “So, what do we call this?”
“Do you need a label?”
Snow shrugs, kissing her way up to my lower lip, then she kisses over the bite she left. “No.”
“As long as we keep this secret, it can be whatever you want it to be.”
“I know what this is.” She braces one hand on my chest and slowly leans up, wincing slightly as my cock finally slips out of her.
She gazes down at me with such warmth in her eyes that my heart flutters. “This is the best secret I’ve ever had.”
“Oh, damn.” I straighten up suddenly and groan as Snow’s brow’s twist in concern.
“What?”
“I was on my way to take Thea to the airport.”
Snow meets my eyes once more and bursts out giggling. “Uh-oh.”
20
SNOW
Is this what happiness feels like?
Two days after getting my test results, I stand in the middle of my apartment and gaze around at the mess Caleb left behind.
Oddly, this place doesn’t feel like home anymore.
Even my room didn’t feel like my room despite all my stuff still being there.
Being at Xander’s place put me in a bubble where the outside world didn’t matter, and that worked while I was waiting for results that were surely going to change my life.
Instead, they opened my eyes to what I really want.
Xander.
While he’s happy for me to stay as long as I want to, I’m still paying rent on this place and cleaning it up is the first step in ending my lease early and getting rid of this money sink.
Xander’s already done so much for me, including fucking me so hard that the entire world feels different.
He’d probably be right beside me helping me clean if I asked.
I can’t, though, not just because he’s working.
This is my mess to clean.
If only Caleb hadn’t spent the past six months making this place look like a garbage site.
Massaging my temples, I gaze around the living room and formulate a plan of what to tackle first.
The faster I’m out of here, the better, especially since Dickson knows about this place and I don’t need him coming looking for revenge after I hit him with that lamp.
“Alright.” Clapping my hands together, I glance out the window at the falling snow.
The town is turning into a winter wonderland, and with the pretty decorations going up at the hospital and my heart full from Xander, this might be the first Christmas I’ve looked forward to for a long time.
