“Don’t be sorry, Luce. I get it. Xan’s one of those guys who everyone loves. If I swung that way, I’d probably fall in love with him, too.”
“You’ve already got the bromance going on,” I remind him.
“Yeah, there’s that.” He sighs again while he rubs my back and holds me to him. “I’m sure he didn’t know she was coming. He’d have mentioned it. He’d have talked it out before she got here. You know Xan would never hurt you.”
“I know.”
“But she’s here, Luce, and she’s his wife. They’ve been apart since we started touring. Sure, he’d go stay with her for weekends, weeks, or months, but their relationship wasn’t a real marriage for a long time. She's here now to see if that's possible. It's going to be hard, and it's going to hurt your feelings, but he deserves happiness, and so does she."
“I know. I do. And I want him to be happy, but this is going to be a lot to get used to,” I tell him honestly, looking up into those whiskey-colored eyes that see to my soul.
“I get it, Luce, and I’m here for you to lean on.”
“I love you, Jesse. I love you like no one else,” I remind him.
“I know, Cupcake. I love you, too.”
