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“You’re an idiot,” he says.
I arch a brow. “Charming as always.”
“You really think pretending something’s going on with Camy is going to bring Luna back to you?”
“I’m not dating Camy,” I mutter, more than a little pissed that he’s seen right through the stupid ploy. But the truth is, I needed to see Luna react. Her jealousy, the way she seethes when Camy’s name comes up—it soothes something raw in me. Makes me believe she still cares, even when I’m scared shitless that I’ve already lost her for good.
Gabe shakes his head. “Yeah,youknow that. Camy clearly doesn’t. And Luna sure as hell doesn’t.”
“Gabe—”
“You’re a grown man,” he cuts in. “Act like one. Go after her like you mean it.”
“I am,” I grumble.
“By what? You think not telling her that the only reason you’re on that hospital project is because you fought for her is somehow noble?”
He’s not wrong. He knows Tommy Minton, knows precisely how the politics in this town work—old, Southern, sexist as hell.
“At least Tommy’s just a misogynist and not a racist since he wanted me on the project,” I say with a dry laugh.
Gabe doesn’t crack a smile. “Dom, you’ve been circling her for a year. It’s time to stop waiting for the stars to align and just go get her.”
I throw my hands up. “She won’t talk to me. Not about us.”
He claps a hand on my shoulder. “You’re gonna be fine! Trust me. At least you didn’t tell Luna—in front of half of Savannah—that she’d make a terrible mother.”
I laugh despite myself. Gabe had done that to Aurora when he was jealous and drunk, and saw her out with another man after a breakup. Took him months to crawl out of that hole. But now he’s got her. The woman he fought for. The love of his life, in his bed, in his home.
“She loves me,” I say, more like a prayer than a certainty. “I know she does. She just needs to forgive me. See past the shit I’ve done. Let herself admit it.”
“It’s been a year since you moved to Savannah,” Gabe says quietly.
“Yeah, I know, Gabe, ‘cause I’ve been counting the fuckin’ days,” I snap. “I’m the one who’s been on my knees while she keeps kicking me in the ribs with her damn boots.”
Gabe smirks. “You always do things the hard way.”
Yeah, I do, especially when it comes to Luna.
CHAPTER 4
Luna
It’s been a month of…torture.
Of being close to Dom.
Of working with him.
Of fighting with him.
Of being in awe of his brilliance as an architect.
Of wanting him.
Of…losing my mind around him.
Since Dom came back to Savannah—there hasn’t been anyone else. I can’t seem to be able to get my gonads to listen to me when Dom is around. He’s like a drug for me.
