Except You (Our Exception Book 1) by Cora Rose

Author:Cora Rose [Rose, Cora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-21T00:00:00+00:00

A couple days later, I’m at Max’s place, cooking us dinner while I wait for him to come home. He handed me a key this morning and told me to just let myself in. I tried not to squeal like he was proposing marriage. It came out as an ugly snort whistle. Very unattractive.

When I slid that key into his front door, I nearly fainted.

This is all too fucking unbelievable, and I’m loving every minute of it.

Max texted me after work, telling me he was meeting his brothers for a game of basketball, and I hope that doesn’t put him in too much of a mood.

I know how he feels around them now. His life is split unbearably. I’m pretty sure neither of them know about me. And I think I’m okay with that. I don’t know if I want them to know.

The idea of it makes me nervous.

A moment later, the garage door opens just as I’m stirring the sauce in the pan and Doggo goes wild. He brings Max a pillow from the couch and wags his tail so much that he almost falls over from the force of it.

“Hey, Daddy,” I say, trying to immediately lighten the mood.

Max’s dark gaze brightens when he sees me and his shoulders seem to sag.

“Hey, Bow-tie,” he says as he moves toward me, throwing the pillow back onto the couch and setting his duffle bag down. He’s freshly showered in athletic shorts, a t-shirt, and a backwards cap. When he reaches me, he pulls me into a hug from behind, burying his face into my neck.

I shiver, loving how he feels against me, and I warn my beating heart to calm the fuck down. This is not something I’m going to do. I am not falling in love with this straight man.

“Was it terrible?” I ask, and he nods, still not removing his face from my neck.

“Do you want to talk about it?”

He nods again, and I pull away, turning toward him and placing my hands on his cheeks. He’s warm and rough and leans into my touch. His eyelids flutter shut and he sighs, pressing a soft kiss to my wrist, and I about melt into a puddle on the floor.

Oh my god, I’m in so much trouble.

“I told myself I wasn’t going to meet up with them anymore, that I needed a break, but I did it anyways. And fuck, Beau. It’s just the way they talk about people, how hateful they sound. It’s gross and it reminds me of who I was. Before you. Before therapy. Before I started pulling my head out of my ass.”

I nod and he threads his fingers through my hair. It’s my turn to sigh and lean into him.

“You’re becoming a better person. I firmly believe people can grow and change. That makes you stronger than those dickheads. I promise you that.”

Max nods, his eyelids flickering open and settling on my lips.

Oh my god, if he ever kissed me, I’d just expire. I wouldn’t survive it.

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