Page 45 of Remember That Time

"Like what?" he asked.

I held up our clasped hands. "Are you like this all the time?" I repeated. "Or are you just trying to impress me?"

Janos squinted for a moment as if thinking about it before saying, "Both."

I chuckled lightly. "It's working."

He was still holding my hand when we reached my apartment. I cocked an eyebrow and glanced at our clasped hands. "I'm going to need that back so I can unlock the door."

Janos sighed dramatically as he released his grip on my hand. "If you must."

I felt cold as soon as he let me go.

I shook the feeling off, dug my key out, and unlocked the door. I pushed it open and gestured for Janos to follow me. "This is home."

For now, at least. I still needed to break the news to Tony that I was moving out.

"It's nice," Janos stated as he looked around.

"If you want to wait here, I'm going to go change real quick. I'll only be a few minutes. There's coffee and water in the kitchen if you're thirsty." I had no idea what else might be in the fridge.

Janos slid his hands into his pockets and smiled at me. "I'm good."

I almost asked him if he wanted to go with me, but I figured it would be quicker if I went by myself. Despite what had happened the night before, I wasn't ready to invite Janos into my bedroom.

I wouldn't mind visiting his bedroom again, though.

I made quick work of finding something casual to wear for the day after reaching my bedroom. A pair of faded denim jeans, a tan leather belt, and my white deck shoes.

I did keep Janos's shirt though.

I decided to pack a change of clothes in my backpack along with the current medical texts I was reading just in case I stayed the night with Janos again. I wanted to be prepared for every possibility.

I heard voices as soon as I opened my bedroom door. They weren't loud, but they sounded kind of dark and aggressive. I hurried down the hallway to the living room.

Janos was still standing there with his hands in his slacks, but he was standing nose to nose with Tony.

"Hey, Tony."

Tony's head snapped in my direction. "Gianni?"

"I see you've met my—" My eyes darted to Janos. I had no idea how to introduce him. What was he comfortable with?

"I'm Janos." He smiled as he held his hand out to Tony. "I'm Gianni's boyfriend."

Tony's jaw dropped as he glanced back at Janos. "Boyfriend?" His gaze snapped back to me just as fast. "Since when?"

"Officially last night, but we've been seeing each other for a little while now." I knew that was pretty evasive, but I didn't want to have to tell Tony everything that was going on in my life right now. At least not until those test results were back.

"And you didn't tell me?"

I frowned at Tony. "You didn't tell me about your boyfriend either."

Tony's eyes rolled dramatically. "Ex-boyfriend."

I blinked at that sudden news. "Ex-boyfriend?"

"I caught that asshole sniffing in your underwear drawer two days ago. I kicked him out and told him if he ever tried to come around again, I'd call the police."

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