“Hell, I don’t know what to tell you.I just take one day at a time and one minute at a time on the hard days.Eventually, and with experience, it will get easier.It helped when I got Tessa to marry me.”
A spark of hope hit Grant’s eyes.“Do you think it’s too soon to ask her to marry me?”
“Jesus, man.What do you think?”Devon said with a bark of laughter.“So, tell me why you really called me down here.You knew before you got here you were keeping her, didn’t you?”
Grant nodded grimly.“Yeah.I think I just wanted confirmation that I wasn’t going insane.I remembered how you have always been possessive of Tessa and wondered how you handled it.”His brows snapped together when Devon wouldn’t stop laughing.“What’s so damn funny?”
Devon wiped the moisture from his eyes.“It’s too much.”He held up a hand when Grant reached across the table for him.“Wait.All I’m saying is it’s kind of nice to see the tables turned.”
“What do you mean by that, asshole?
Devon laughed again.“That’s Mr.Asshole to you, dude.”He pushed himself tighter against the back of his seat when Grant lunged at him again.“Don’t you remember the shit you gave me when Tessa and I started dating and I was going through this?”
Grant bent down and knocked his forehead against the table a few times.“Yeah.I gave you a truckload of shit.I thought you were crazy.”
Devon nodded and smiled.
“Man, I’m sorry.If I had known, I wouldn’t have been such an asshole.”
“Hell, I know that, Grant.I’m just glad I’m not going through this alone and that I have someone who really understands to talk to now.”
Grant raised his hand for the waitress, holding up two fingers.“I’m buying tonight.I owe you, big time.”
Devon threw a balled-up napkin at him.“You sure as hell do.”
****
Grant
Later that night in bed, Grant knew sleep wouldn’t happen anytime soon.He missed Jennifer in bed beside him.After only one night, she’d messed up his whole routine and way of thinking, and it would take some time to get used to.In the meantime, he’d see her as much as possible and hopefully pull her in a little at a time until she felt the same way about him.The only ending he saw in their future was marriage and maybe children.For him, there was no other option.
Chapter Thirty
The next few weeksflew by.They were able to see each other almost every day.He’d gotten her to spend the night with him more as the days passed.More of her things were ending up at his house, some even in the condo uptown.
He thought that over time, his cravings for her would lessen.Instead, they seemed to grow every time he had her.It should have alarmed him, but he was too happy to care.
