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For some reason, I feel a blush creeping up my face as he looks at me like that. Like he knows my dirty secret or something.
“Blake finally got his head out of his ass and told Sophia that he’s in love with her. Do you know how much money I’ve lost because of his stubborn ass?”
My mouth drops open.
Hunter knew how Blake felt about me? Blake told his brother but didn’t tell me? What the hell?
“I should point out that he’s not the only one that had to pull his head out of his ass. I could have told him too,” I say, defending Blake. Both of us are at fault here.
While I worry about clearing Blake’s name, though, he’s worried about something else.
“Hold up, you been betting on my love life?” Blake asks, sounding annoyed.
Hunter shrugs. “I had to keep myself entertained somehow.”
“What the fuck? Who were you betting against?” Blake asks, letting go of my hand and crossing his arms along his chest.
I shouldn’t be thinking about this, what with all the emotions we’ve been going through yesterday and today, but the man looks hot when he stands like that.
All thoughts of Blake being hot get annihilated when Hunter looks over at my dad with a raised eyebrow instead of answering Blakes question.
Out of all the people, Hunter could say that he was betting against, my dad was nowhere near that list.
I’m not going to lie, I’m surprised. I thought it would be Christian, possibly Liam, maybe even Selena, but never my dad.
You think you know someone but then they’re betting on you behind your back.
“Dad? What the hell?” I ask after a fake gasp leaves my mouth. I’m not annoyed by this, it’s actually a little funny.
“What?” My dad exclaims, holding his hands up, like there’s absolutely nothing wrong with betting on his daughter’s love life. “I wasn’t betting that you guys were never going to get together. I just thought that you guys would finally admit it to yourself when you were at least in your thirties,”
My mom walks over to the man and slaps him across the head.
“What the hell, old man? No faith in me whatsoever,” Blake says, shaking his head.
“I had faith in you,” my dad tells him. “My daughter on the other hand, not so much.”
A real gasp escapes me this time. “Unbelievable.”
Soon everyone starts putting their two cents in on the conversation, with the majority having smiles on their faces as they do. Blake is the only one holding out, but I can see him trying to hold it in but failing.
Eventually he lets the smile go but continues to tease my dad and his brother. And the teasing continues when the betting is forgotten and the conversation moves to Blake and I officially coming together.
And we are officially together, just like Blake told me last night in the shower.
I don’t know how our families were going to react to the news. There may have been a part of me who thought that they would be against it, but seeing how they are reacting to the news, makes my heart soar.
Seeing both my parents happy at who I’m with is something that I’ve wanted to see for so long and now it’s happening.
For the first time in what feels like forever, I feel happy, content.
But the best thing of all, is that I don’t feel fear.
I’m no longer scared to say the wrong thing. I’m no longer scared of Elijah’s anger.
Fear is something that is no longer going to dictate my life, and I’m going to try and keep it that way.
CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
