Page 64 of Fight For Her
The entire time the movie played, I couldn’t stop glancing at him. He knocked out halfway through, leaning on a pillow with both hands holding my thighs. A piece of his dark hair fell over his forehead, and his face looked so soft and peaceful.
I’d fallen—hard. There was no doubt about it in my mind. We’d both avoided the 600-pound gorilla in the room since Monday. My potential move. And it was wearing on me. I wanted to talk about it, but I didn’t want to jinx anything.
Maybe I was waiting to see if any of this was worth the time and energy of a conversation. I didn’t have a job offer yet. The trip was a trial run. A meet and greet. The chances I got the job and would be moving were slim. We’d talk if and when the time came. Until then, I’d enjoy my time with Coby.Even if a little voice in the back of my head kept telling me it was only a matter of time until he left again.
Yawning, I sat up to grab the remote from Coby’s side of the couch. I would be joining him in dreamland soon if I didn’t make myself get up and get ready for bed. Both of us sleeping on my two person sofa would not make for a good nights sleep. He mumbled something while I climbed over him, still asleep. As I was about to grab the remote I noticed his phone vibrating with texts.
I tried not to look. Really tried. But the messages were right there in my face, plain as day.
Bartender at Dockside:Hey handsome. It’s been a while. I get off at 12, let’s catch up. Meet me at my place?
Wow. He didn’t even save her name in his contacts. I left his phone where it was and pushed to a stand, looking down at the man I loved. Jealousy bubbled close to the surface, ideas simmering of what I could say or do. I could wake him up and start a fight. I could text this woman back and claim what’s mine. That thought had me laughing out loud. Yes, I’d been hurt before but that wasn’t who I was.
Coby stirred, opening his eyes. He blinked and stretched his arms above his head. “Damn, I missed the ending. Sorry, Krav must have kicked my ass.”
“It’s okay, we can finish it another night.” I switched the TV off and turned toward my bedroom. “By the way, your phone went off before.”
I kept my voice even, shutting down my insecurities.
“Oh, I thought I put it on silent for the movies,” he said, his voice gravelly with sleep. I watched him open the screen, glance at the message, then back at me. The entire thing took all of two seconds but my stomach twisted up wondering how he’d respond. “Did you see this?”
I rolled my teeth between my lips, before answering. “I did.”
“I’m sorry, baby. She’s nobody important. Just someone from my past. Honestly I can’t even remember her name.” He stood, pulling his hand through his messy hair.
“It’s fine, Coby. I knew you weren’t exactly a virgin when we started dating.” I tried to make my voice sound playful. “Really. It’s no big deal. I do have a question though.”
“Ask me anything. Well, except her name. That I couldn’t tell you.”
“Does this kind of thing happen a lot? The hook-up texts?” God, I hoped I didn’t sound needy and pathetic. But the thought of me being in LA and him getting calls and texts from women was too much to handle.
He made his way over to where I stood, tilting my chin up to meet his gaze. “It’ll never happen again. First thing tomorrow, I’m changing my number.”
“What? You don’t have to do that. It’s too much of a hassle,” I argued.
“Nothing is too much of a hassle when it comes to you. Your number is the only one I’ll ever need again.” He brushed his lips against mine, soft and sweet. My body melted against his. “I don’t want you to worry about any of that, okay. It’s only you for me.”
I nodded against his chest and he wrapped his hands around me, hoisting me up. “Let’s get you to bed. If I remember correctly, I didn’t get to finish Gomez kissing all the spots I wanted to.”
Laughing as he kissed his way from my shoulder to my neck, I let myself revel in the pure happiness that was being in Coby’s arms.
Chapter 34
Coby
“Igotthejob!”
Of course she got the job. They’d be idiots not to hire her. It took less time than I’d thought for them to make the offer, she’d only arrived the previous day. I shoved down my initial reaction, which was to panic about us. She didn’t need that shit. If this is what she wanted, then I’d be happy for her. I’d support whatever decision she made, and we could figure out the rest together.
“That’s amazing.” I pulled on the back of my neck. “I knew they’d love you. How’s LA?”
I tapped my PT assistant on the shoulder and signaled to my office door. I had a few minutes to chat with Kendahl in between my patients.
“It’s interesting so far. I’ve only been here for two days, so I haven’t seen much outside of the office.”
She sounded less enthused than I thought she would be. “Maybe you can sightsee a little? Check out Hollywood?”
“Maybe.”
