Page 86 of The Air You Breathe

“I’m sure Evan’s mind is going a mile a minute trying to figure out the best way to make this useful,” I said, taking my bracelet and earrings off.

“Lucio has been acting weird, and I have a feeling something is going to go down soon.” He shut off the water and walked to me, wrapping me in an embrace that spoke volumes. He was really nervous about everything. “Darcy if you see anything suspicious, I need you to call me or Evan and run, ok?”

“Dev.”

“No excuses, you save yourself. You need to shoot first and ask the questions later, ok?” He cupped my face and as much as I wanted to argue, I nodded my head.

“I need you to say it, say you promise,” he demanded.

“I promise,” I said, leaning up to kiss him. “I love you Dev, and I will do whatever it takes to keep us all together.”

“I love you too, mhuirnín.” He took a deep breath like he was taking my scent in. “Come on, I have a new book for you to hear and you have to tell me if you like chapter seventeen, maybe we can recreate it after all this shit is over.”

“I can’t fucking wait,” I said, as he helped me into the bath that smelled like lavender and Epsom salt.

I leaned back, he kissed me on the forehead and left me to listen to the audio book as I tried not to worry.

“Hey, my beautiful Camellia.” I felt a kiss on my forehead.

I opened my eyes to see Evan looming over me in the bath as I gave him a sleepy smile. Any longer in the bath, I would have fallen asleep.

“Hey,” I said, leaning up for a kiss.

“Come on and get some warm clothes on, we are going for a drive.” Evan kissed me softly on my lips, holding out a hand so I could get out.

“Where are we going?” Evan wrapped me up in a towel, picked me up and walked

me to his bed.

“A date.” He smiled. “So, hurry up.”

He kissed my forehead again, giving me butterflies. I quickly got ready, opting more for warmth than for style. I walked down the stairs, seeing Dev and Evan talking about something that had both of their faces looking tense. Once they noticed me, my heart stuttered at the looks both gave me.

Dev looked at me with so much adoration and love that it choked me up. Evan bit his lip, with a slight blush on his face that made me think of when we first dated, when he looked lovesick all the time.

Why do I feel like I’m that girl from ‘She’s All That’?

I couldn’t stop the blush that crept up on my face as they both walked to me, standing side by side, gazing down at me.

“You ready?” Evan asked, kissing me softly.

I nodded, a little speechless.

Dev pushed Evan out of the way, kissing me, nipping at my lip just slightly before he smirked at me, grabbing my hand and leading me to his car. He opened the door for me, while Evan got in through the other side.

“So, are you going to tell me where we are going?” I asked, getting excited, but also a little worried about how this was going to work out in public.

“I ordered some food. We will pick it up and I figured we could eat by the lake one more time before it gets too cold,” Dev said, as he backed out of the driveway.

Evan must have seen the worry on my face.

“We have blankets and something that will keep you warm, I promise,” Evan said, easing my worry a little.

“We can do other stuff to keep you warm, too.” Dev grabbed my thigh and squeezed it.

“Not on my bucket list remember?” I laughed.

“Evan and I can be pretty persuasive.” He sounded confident, making me pretty sure they could get me naked.

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