Her jaw drops. “Excuse me?”
Matthew sets the boxes down like he’s unloading a mission kit. “Where are we starting? Closet or kitchen?”
Nathan’s already heading toward the couch. “I’ll handle the fragile stuff. Which, judging by this mess, is everything she’s ever owned.”
Sabrina spins toward me, eyes wide with disbelief. “You didn’t.”
“I did.”
“You wouldn’t.”
“Oh, sweetheart,” I say, lowering my voice until it’s a quiet drawl meant just for her, “I absolutely would.”
Nathan whistles low from across the room. “Damn, she looks like she’s about to throw that vase at you.”
“Wouldn’t be the first time a woman’s aimed something at my head,” I say without breaking eye contact with Sabrina.
She folds her arms. “You can’t just barge into my apartment and—”
“Married,” I interrupt smoothly. “Half mine.”
Her glare could kill a man. “We agreed to one year.”
I shrug, stepping closer. “I didn’t.”
Matthew coughs to hide a laugh, busying himself with the boxes. Nathan’s definitely not hiding his amusement.
“Man,” he says, shaking his head, “I don’t know whether to film this or get popcorn.”
“Neither,” I shoot back. “You’re packing.”
Nathan groans dramatically. “You’re no fun.”
Sabrina huffs, throws up her hands, and stalks toward the bedroom. I follow, leaning on the doorframe as she opens her closet.
She glares over her shoulder. “You’re enjoying this way too much.”
“Because you make it too easy.”
Her fingers tighten on a hanger, knuckles white. “You’re insufferable.”
“Maybe,” I say, taking another slow step closer, “but I always get what I want.”
She spins around, fire flashing in her eyes. “You can’tjust—”
I close the distance, grip her chin gently but firmly, forcing her gaze up to meet mine.
“I can.”
The air shifts instantly—thick, charged, quiet.
For a moment, neither of us breathes.
Her pulse jumps beneath my thumb, her defiance flickering into something else—something that feels a hell of a lot like want.
Then, from the other side of the room, Nathan’s voice cuts through the tension.
“Uh, Lang? Found her underwear drawer.”
