“Precisely, but I thought it would be a little too obvious.There’s hiding in plain sight, and then there’s—”
“Being an idiot.”
Romeo pressed his smile to the back of Chad’s hand again.
“The first name, though,” Chad shot Romeo a frown.“What were you thinking?”
Romeo shrugged.“It’s a placeholder.You can change it once we’re abroad, but I kind of like it.”
“Romeo....”Chad narrowed his eyes.“AndJulien.I mean, do I look like a Julien?”
“You look like the man I’m in love with, except you’re doing a lot more— Starts with a W.Seven letters.Ends with an ‘ing’.”
“I am not whining.”
Romeo tipped his head back, laughing.
“All I’m saying is if you get to pick my name, I should get to pick yours.”
“Okay, but if you do something as foolish enough as to suggest Dean, we will be taking a brief detour so I can finish the job.”
“I wasn’t going to suggest it.”
“Good.”Romeo’s eyes met Chad’s.“What then?”
“I haven’t decided yet.”He squeezed Romeo’s hand.“I’d like to keep the Knight, though,” he admitted.“If that’s okay with you?”
“It’s more than okay,” Romeo replied softly.“It’s yours.”
“It’s ours.”Chad shot back, before fixing his attention back to the road and the future they headed towards.
“That’s what they’ll call us,” Romeo’s voice was wistful.He eased out a slow breath.Chad glanced at him, then looked again, taking in Romeo’s wide eyes, and the intense gleam in them as they attached themselves solely to Chad.Like he was everything.Chad felt that look in his chest.He looked at Romeo in the same way, hoping he felt it too.His smile said he did.“Secrets don’t stay secret forever.When it all comes out one day.That’s how the world will know us.”Romeo whispered, then he smiled, and it wasn’t savage or mocking, it was proud.“The Knights.”
Epilogue
Six Months Later
