Must Love Dogs...And Magic by Jenn Burke

Author:Jenn Burke [Burke, Jenn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jenn Burke
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Goodbye is Always Hard

On a Saturday two weeks after Ro moved in, Colby and Hanna moved out.

Ro hadn’t expected to be so emotional about the goodbyes before they left, their belongings already well on their way to their new home out west, but seeing the person who’d first welcomed him into the house—his first home ever—prepare to walk out the door for the last time had his eyes misting up. What hit him hardest, though, was the next-level gruffness Miller had on display. He hardly spoke and spent most of the goodbye moments fussing over Jujube the chihuahua and Bailey the beagle, but Ro saw how hard he hugged Hanna and Colby when it came down to it.

Miller loved his people, and this was tearing him up.

He fled the foyer before Travers and Inaya said their farewells. Ro wanted to follow, but held back until the door closed behind Colby and Hanna, and Travers and Inaya, both subdued, made their way to their own corners of the house.

He knocked gently on the door to Miller’s master suite and opened it without waiting for a response. He found Miller sitting on one of the window benches, his temple resting against the glass as he looked down on the driveway and Colby’s oversized pickup that was just pulling away.

“You okay?” Ro asked softly.

Miller grunted and shrugged one shoulder, still staring out the window.

Ro hesitated for a second on the threshold, then stepped into Miller’s room and closed the door. For once, Hogan was nowhere to be found—he and BB were cuddling downstairs, their new favorite thing. He nudged Miller’s feet out of the way and sat on the other end of the bench, one foot tucked under him, the other on the floor.

“Comfy spot.”

Miller grunted again, and then, surprisingly, spoke. “I should sit here more often. Read a book.”

Ro hadn’t even realized there were window seats in Miller’s room. In the evenings, Miller usually read books in the family room, surrounded by the rest of the roommates as they argued over what to watch on TV. There were multiple TVs in the house, so people could disperse and watch whatever they wanted, but no one did that. Reading in that cacophony couldn’t be easy, so yeah, it was puzzling that Miller didn’t take more advantage of these quiet perches.

“Why don’t you?” he asked.

Miller sighed. “I didn’t invite you in here.”

“You didn’t object, either.” Ro lifted his foot from the floor and poked the side of Miller’s thigh with his big toe, a kind of so there. “You also didn’t answer the question.”

Miller grabbed Ro’s foot and dragged it into his lap. As if that weren’t shocking enough, he started massaging it. Ro had the habit of walking around barefoot, so there was nothing between his skin and Miller’s soft but strong fingers. His head fell back against the wall, and he let out a groan. Since his confession of wanting to spend more time with Miller, they’d fallen back into something of

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