The door opens and Rupert walks in, startling the both of us.
“Bloody hell,” he says, covering his eyes and turning away.
“Fuck,” Theo says as he quickly grabs my shirt and fits it over my head before he helps me into my shorts and I run to the bathroom and shut the door, my face flaming from embarrassment.
From the other side of the door, I can hear Theo say, “What…what are you doing here?”
“I came back because my mum called me and told me about your father. I can see you’re really distraught about it.”
I quickly try to clean up as I listen.
“I…I am,” Theo says and then lowers his voice so I can barely hear him. “I got us flights for tomorrow to go back. I was just about to go find you.”
“Were you looking for me in Renley’s vagina? Because news flash, I wasn’t there.”
“Don’t be an arse. I was…I was trying to say bye.”
Say bye? What does he mean by that?
“Funny, not how I say bye.” I hear something plop on the floor and I’m going to assume it’s his luggage. “I do intend on saying bye to Kitty tonight though. I already texted her about moving dinner. It’s the least I can do before heading back home.”
Are they really not going to come back?
From the way they’re talking, it seems like that.
At least it does for Rupert.
I clean up, adjust my outfit, and then head back out into the living room to find that Rupert is gone and Theo is standing in the middle of the room in his boxer briefs, his hand pushing through his hair again.
When his eyes land on me, I see trepidation and anxiety.
Oh God, is he really not going to come back?
“Theo?” I ask, my voice tight.
He shakes his head and then walks up to me and pulls me into a hug, embracing me fiercely, like he doesn’t want to let go.
But like he has to…
Chapter Forty-Six
THEO
“Why aren’t you wearing a tie?” Rupert asks as he enters the living room.
It’s the third thing he’s said to me since he got back.
He asked me where the bar soap went in the bathroom.
He bellowed about the kitchen table once more.
And now, why am I not wearing a tie?
“It’s dinner with Kitty and Renley. I didn’t think I needed a tie.”
“If you want to show up like that, by all means.” He waves his hand at me and then goes to the kitchen, where he gathers the bouquet of flowers he purchased in town.
When he appears again, clearly ready to go, I stop him at the front door and ask, “Can we talk?”
