Lysandro snickered again. “Have a nice day. It was nice to meet, y’all.” Then, with his umbrella held high, he was off and moving away.
We stood in shocked silence, unmoving, until Ego whistled low. “Now that’s not something you see every day.”
“Or ever,” Sky wheezed.
Jetty tracked Lysandro’s progress until he was out of sight, then gave a full-body shake. “Remind me never to send anyone to work on that guy’s house alone.”
Uneasy laughter moved around our small group. Finally, Sky blew out a breath. “Okay, let’s table that for now, too.”
Chance chuckled. “We can’t keep pretending?—”
Sky held up his hand. “For today, we can. I want to have funnel cakes and ride the ferris wheel with my boyfriend. Ego wants to let you talk to spirits and tell him what they said. I think we can stick to what we know for one more day and enjoy ourselves.”
“I agree.” I steered Sky past our group and headed for the rides.
If the thought of riding the Ferris Wheel with Sky had made me giddy, that was nothing compared to being locked in the little bucket seat next to him with my arm across his shoulders.
As the motor whirled and we moved up, he smiled at me brightly. “I’m so glad we’re doing this.”
My stomach swooped with joy. I’d never thought I’d get this. I wasn’t sure I’d ever have a person of my own, and to have found someone as vivacious and personable and adoring as Sky was more than I’d ever dreamed. “Thank you for coming with me today.”
Sky leaned his head on my shoulder. “Big guy, there isn’t anywhere I wouldn’t go with you.”
My heart raced at the honesty in his voice. He meant it. We weren’t playing games. This wasn’t about our best friends having fallen in love or fate making us soulmates. We’d stumbled into each other, our person, and it was everything.
When we reached the top and stopped, I scooted to look down at him and found him already staring up at me. “I—” we said at the same time, cutting off. “You g—” we tried again.
Laughing, I nodded my head at him to go.
Resting one small palm against the side of my face, I saw the truth in his eyes before he said the words. “I love you, Kingston Porter.”
“And I love you, Skylar Reign.”
From the cart below us, Ego gave us a big woo-hoo, and I heard clapping that I assumed belonged to Chance and Jetty, but I didn’t care that our big moment had been witnessed by them. All I cared about was sealing our confession with a deep, long kiss.
Chapter 28
Ego
Applause thunderedthroughout the convention center. I’d already done two encores, so I threw my hands up in a V and shouted, “Thank you all. We love you and goodnight.”
Delaney waited for me right off the stage with a towel and a water bottle. Ignoring the offerings in her outstretched hands, I picked her up and swung her around.
“Eww, gross, Ego. Put me down. You’re disgusting!”
Laughing, I put her back down, making sure she was stable on her feet. “Did you see that?”
Her frown turned upside down in an instant as her eyes sparkled. “Of course, I did. You’ve been on fire since you got back from that nowhere beach town. Must be something in the water. Or…” She waggled her eyebrows.
“What?” I asked, swiping my face with the towel. I drained the water bottle as we headed for my dressing room, stopping for backslapping hugs with my musicians and high-fiving anyone I didn’t know for their great work helping make tonight’s show another success.
Once we were safely behind the closed door, I prompted, “Sooo…”
She smirked and leaned against the wall. “I don’t know. It feels like maybe you’re holding out on me.”
“How?” I asked, peeling my wet clothes off and dropping them on the ground.
I’d never been body shy, but I especially wasn’t in front of Delaney. We’d never had sex or anything becauseyuck. She was like an older sister, but she’d been with me since the beginning. I’d been fortunate that she’d recognized my talent, taken me on as a client, and then stayed with me for this ride. But that meant she got all of me.
