Page 120 of The Edge of Never

“They’re married? I had no idea.”

I grinned.

“They like tae keep work and their private life separate.”

“So they’re coming over?”

“For dinner. I have a steak pie in the oven but can make ye something different if that’s no something ye eat.”

“That’s okay for me.”

They looked away.

“Ye are staying with me while ye’re here, aye?”

“I mean, yeah, that was my intention, but… but…”

I moved one hand up to their head to thread my fingers in the hair at the back of it. I rubbed Kit’s scalp, wanting to reassure them that they could talk to me about what was going on in their head.

“You said we’ll talk later, but I need to know one thing now or I’ll be worrying the whole time your guests are here.”

“What is it?”

“I said all that stuff about wanting to be with you, and I know you kissed me, but that’s not enough. I need… I need you to say it.”

I leaned closer to them.

“Say what?”

“That you want this too.”

Their face went red with their words. I tried not to smile.

“Ye wannae hear that I want ye?”

They nodded.

“I want ye, Kit.”

“Are… are you mine? Like, is this real? You want a relationship with me?” they whispered.

They were the most adorable human being on the planet in my eyes. The way they said what they were thinking all the time was probably one of my favourite things about them.

I licked my bottom lip and tugged on their hair lightly.

“Am yours. Are ye mine?”

“Yes, yes, a million times, yes.”

“Say it,” I whispered, leaning ever closer.

“I’m yours, Thane.”

Hearing those words out of their mouth settled something deep inside me. These weeks without them hadn’t been particularly enjoyable for me. I’d missed them something fierce. And while I wanted to get in contact with them, I’d been working on myself. I wanted to be in a place where I could wholeheartedly say I was ready to be with them without the burden of my past hanging over me. Now they were here, I realised I didn’t care about any of that. All I cared about was Kit. Besides, I was in a better place than I had been a month ago. The rest of the work I could do with Kit by my side. I couldn’t wait any longer. Not when they showed up here and told me they loved me.

I didn’t have to lean down any further because Kit surged up on their tiptoes and kissed me. They wrapped their arms around my neck and showed me they were mine with their mouth. I almost groaned when their body rubbed against mine. If my best friend wasn’t coming over, I would have picked them up and taken them straight to bed. Although, we probably needed to have a conversation about that before I did anything sexual with them.

I had to set them down when I heard a car pulling up outside. Kit looked dazed when I pulled back.

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