Page 63 of After All This Time

This is making me feel things I’ve never felt for him before.

I’m absolutely terrified.

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

noah

“Well, that was enlightening,” I say.

“Enlightening?”

“Sorry, I don’t know what word to use.”

She laughs. “We should go to bed. It’s late.” She walks over to the entryway into the kitchen, leaning against it. “Good night, Noah.”

“Good night, Dani.”

I make my way into the guest bedroom and lay back on the bed with my hands resting underneath my head.

I’ve never talked to anyone about my feelings like that. Let alone talk to Dani like that. It was nice to have a civilized conversation with her and not constantly be yelling at each other. I never thought I’d see this day coming.

I can’t get over the way she kept staring at me.

I swear she almost put me under her spell with those goddamn brown eyes of hers.

The way she reacted to me putting the fudge all over her forehead. Her eyes grew wide and her eyebrows furrowed. Then, the disgusted expression that appeared all over her face made me think about covering her entire face in chocolate fudge and see how she’d react to that. But, I didn’t want to see that play out in reality.

The way she told me I could talk to her about anything.

The way she hugged me.

God, I didn’t want to let her go.

Grayson’s right. It’s so much more than an attraction.

Damn it, I’m so fucked.

DIPSHITS

ME

Code red. I repeat we have a code red. CODE FUCKING RED!!!

XANDER

Dude, it’s 1 in the morning

GRAYSON

What is it?

I hit the FaceTime app, turning my volume down so Dani doesn’t hear anything.

Pick up the fucking phone.

“Dude, I thought you said you were going to talk to us tomorrow,” Grayson says.

“This can’t wait.” I take a deep breath, letting it all flow out like a steady river. “Okay, you guys know I’m not a fan of talking about my emotions.”

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