Page 54 of Follow Me Down

“Okay.” He nods, his eyes following my every move as I quickly dress.

“I’m gonna go see what there is for breakfast. I’m starving.” I stop next to him, pressing up on my tip toes to lay a kiss to his jaw.

“Okay. I’ll be out in a few.”

“K.” I force a smile before quickly exiting the room.

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I’m on edge for mostof the morning and afternoon. I keep waiting... Waiting for the other shoe to drop. I know it’s coming. I knowhe’scoming. I can feel it.

I’ve tried to keep myself occupied. I did some laundry, stopped in the shop to see the guys for a while, and even spent the better part of two hours scrubbing the cabin.

What can I say? I clean when I’m anxious.

I jump when the front door swings open and Titus appears in the doorway.

“Hey.” He gives me a hesitant look, clearly seeing the strain on my face. “Everything okay?”

“Yeah, why?” I answer all too quickly, propping the broom against the wall next to the refrigerator.

“Well, you’ve been in here cleaning all day.”

“And?” I shrug. “You’re letting me stay here. The least I can do is help out around the house.”

Titus shuts the door and kicks off his shoes before turning back to me.

“You’re pulling your weight in other ways.” He wiggles his eyebrows seductively.

“Don’t say that.” I crinkle my nose. “Makes it sound like I’m some sort of prostitute.”

“How so?” He chuckles, joining me in the kitchen.

“Because instead of paying me for sex, you’re giving me a place to live for sex.”

He shakes his head, his hands sliding up to my cheeks as he stops in front of me.

“You could stay here and give me nothing.” He grins. “The sex is an added bonus.” He leans in, laying a light kiss to my mouth.

My shoulders go tense when I hear a car pull into the driveway and I quickly step away from Titus in hopes of hiding my reaction. I turn and glance out of the kitchen window, but because of how long the driveway is, I can’t see the vehicle yet.

“Who’s that?” I ask, turning back to Titus.

“Probably Link.” He shrugs, tugging open the fridge before retrieving a water from inside.

“I didn’t realize he had left.”

“A couple of hours ago actually.”

“You should have told me. I would have come out and kept you company.”

“I didn’t want to bother you. You looked like you were on a mission.” He smiles, leaning his back against the counter as he twists off the bottle cap and takes a long pull of water. “What the fuck took you so long?” He turns toward Link the instant he walks through the front door. “I thought you were just running into town to pick up a few things.”

“I did.” He holds up the grocery bags in his hands.

“Doesn’t take you two hours to pick up two bags worth of groceries,” Titus calls him out, a smirk pulling up his handsome face.

“Well, I ran into an old friend while I was there and decided to catch up.”

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