Page 72 of Inside the Penalty Box

“Oh?”

“I know you haven’t said anything to Lorelai about moving in with me.”

Dylan had asked me a couple weeks before Lorelai and I signed the lease about moving in with him. I hadn’t answered him then because it was more about the timing of the situation, but now I was starting to feel a little worried that he thought maybe I didn’t want to move in with him.

“Dylan, I can explain.”

“No need. I know you probably didn’t want to mention anything because of the whole job thing, and rent here is expensive, and I know you love Lorelai like a sister.”

“I do,” I replied.

“So, with me being gone all the time, I’d rather know you are with her than on your own in my place, even though you’re perfectly safe there. So, how about we agree that when I’m home, you’ll stay with me, but when I’m on the road, you’ll stay with Lorelai.”

Almost immediately, that defensiveness I was feeling floated away, and I realized Dylan was more than okay with that arrangement. I hadn’t even had to say it.

“I think that is a great idea,” I said.

“We can wait and talk more about moving in together later.”

I nodded. “I’d like that.”

I rested my head on his shoulder, and he wrapped his arm around me, taking my free hand in his. We sat there together quietly, just enjoying one another’s company. I knew in him I’d found my forever, and I couldn’t be more excited to start that journey with him by my side.

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