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  Two spots appeared on her cheeks as she stared at me, her mouth falling open slightly. Otherwise she was quiet.

  “And I thought you were knew that. I thought you knew you were too good for me. But I saw you today. You looked hurt.”

  “I was hurt.”

  “And I hated that I hurt you,” I pushed on. “Hated that. I should’ve said something then, but I didn’t want to force you to go public—with me.”

  “Jacob, I thought you were ashamed of me.”

  My head snapped up. “What?” That didn’t make any sense. Why would I be ashamed of Lia? She was fucking beautiful, sexy, adorable, smart, funny, clever. She was in a whole different league than me.

  “I thought I wasn’t cool enough,” she explained. “I thought you wanted to keep me a secret from your girls.”

  “I want my girls to know.” I frowned. “I think my girls do know.”

  She laughed and my heart swelled at the sound. “Did you say,” she began, “that you loved me?”

  I moved closer so my chest was flush with hers. She tilted her head back to look at me. “I did.”

  She smiled and my heart did a million cartwheels in my chest. I was taken back to that moment weeks ago, when I first saw her in the bar. I’d wanted to make her smile then, too. I just hadn’t realized where that journey would take me.

  “Does it scare you?” I asked. “Having me in love with you?”

  She shook her head. “No. It makes me happy. So fucking happy because I feel the same. I love you, too, Jacob.”

  Now my heart was doing somersaults. I leaned down and pressed my lips to hers, sliding my mouth over hers and kissing her more passionately than I’d ever kissed anyone. She responded, as I knew she would, matching my passion with her own.

  When I pulled back and gazed down at her, I felt so fucking happy I wanted to punch a hole in the wall.

  “It won’t be easy dating someone like me,” I told her.

  “I don’t care.”

  “I come with baggage. A shitbag full of baggage.”

  “I don’t care.”

  “I have no money.”

  “I have my own money. I don’t need yours.”

  “I have a sick mom.”

  “I’d like to meet her. Tell her how amazing her son is. Tell her she did a wonderful job.”

  I snorted. Yeah. Right.

  “I have two daughters.”

  “Whom I already adore.”

  “You want to see them?” I asked.

  Her eyes went wide. “Yes.”

  “You hungry?”

  “Starving.”

  I looped my fingers into hers. “Come on. We’ll get some pizza. There are two girls there who I can’t wait to introduce you to.”

  And I pulled Lia into my world.

  The End

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