Page 88 of Somewhere We Belong

“I’m gonna say it again, but you don’t have to do this,” I said.

“I know, but I really do,” she said sadly.

“Then, I’ll help you anyway I can.” I turned the blow dryer on and gave her the best blow dry I could.

Life might be hard, but it was always a little easier when you had great hair.

“I don’t know if I like riding with my eyes covered,” I said feeling nervous.

“We are almost there,” Theo said, leading all of us blindfolded to god knows where.

“Oh my god, are we getting one of those furry cows?!” I squealed.

I mentioned getting one last month and Sol was all for it. I was not above using my child to get a cute cow.

“I'd be down for a cow as our Christmas present,” Atlas said next to me.

“If it's a cow we have to get a bigger barn,” Colt added. “I doubt the ladies will let the cow out with the herd.”

“Yes!! Moooo!” Sol yelled, and we laughed.

My horse suddenly stopped and I listened, wondering if I heard a cow.

“I think it's better than a cow, but go ahead and take off your blindfolds,” Theo said, and I ripped mine off quickly.

A beautiful home was right in front of us and my heart raced at what this meant.

“What the fuck is this, Theo?” Colt said, getting off his horse.

“Merry Christmas,” Theo said, with an enormous smile. “We've been talking about making a house and I wanted to have it done by the time Atlas got home, but finding builders is hard.”

“You got us a house for Christmas?!” Atlas also got off his horse.

I felt uncomfortable being here. I didn’t know if he was expecting us to move in or what had happened, but this was too soon. Why was he doing this in front of Sol? She could be getting the wrong idea and what if?—

“Darlin’?”

I snapped out of my downward spiral as Theo looked up at me expectantly.

“Yeah?” I tried to sound normal and not at all what my brain was feeling.

“Are you ok?” He looked worried as he tapped his fingers.

I nodded, not knowing what to say.

“This isn’t what you think it is. I won’t lie and say I thought about it, but I brought you here because this is where we are staying for the holidays and I wanted to include you guys,” he said, rubbing my leg. “There's also a little surprise for Sol and I couldn’t wait to have her see it.”

I didn’t know what to say. The fear still lingered that this was more than I was planning for, and I wasn’t ready for that step, but I also loved that he knew me well enough that he knew I would freak out.

“If this is too much, we can leave,” he said immediately, when I stayed quiet.

“No,” I mumbled. “I’m ok.”

I swung my leg over, letting Theo help me down as I scolded myself to get over my shit. This was a house he built for his boyfriends before I came along, this wasn’t a damn proposal, but why did a piece of me feel jealous. Who builds a house for their boyfriends? It was romantic and stunning and god, it made me love Theo even more.

We walked into the house in silence and I realized we were alone. I glanced at Theo who gave me a small smile as we walkedinto the house. Holy shit, it was gorgeous and we entered into what looked to be like a really nice mudroom. The guys and Sol’s boots were left here, so I followed suit.

To say the house was gorgeous, was an understatement and Theo had thought of everything. The kitchen was well planned out as was the pantry and laundry room. There was a gorgeous fireplace in the living room and the main bedroom.

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