Under A Blue Moon : Indigo Knights Book IX by A.J. Downey

Author:A.J. Downey [Downey, A.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Second Circle Press
Published: 2020-01-27T18:30:00+00:00

14

Saylor…

“Oh, fantastic!” he declared, relief in his voice when he stuck his head inside the apartment door and found me journal open at my side, guitar in my lap.

“What’s up?” I asked curiously.

“I was hoping to find you here. I was going out for a beer with my buddy Blaze and I wanted to let you know I’d be late getting home.”

“Ah, so the whole, don’t worry about dinner, domesticated-bliss thing?” I asked curiously and the smile he rewarded me with brought an answering one to my lips.

“Yeah, and I would have called or texted, but we’re doing this whole thing backwards and I don’t have your social media or anything so to be on the safe side…” He stepped inside and shut the door on the swirling cold, holding out a bag.

I took it, curious.

“No strings attached,” he said holding up his hands. “I got you a pay as you go phone. The screen’s not cracked, and you should be able to load all your apps. Sorry you have to enter all your contacts by hand, but I didn’t have you with me – I already programmed my number in there for you.”

I set my guitar aside and went to him, wrapping him in a hug and looking up at him.

“You bought me a new phone so I wouldn’t worry about you being late for dinner?” I asked.

“Well, yeah… I’m not trying to be a dick. I don’t want you thinking I’m ghosting on you. I feel bad about my issues and the shit that went down last night and I was hoping to talk it out with my best friend over a beer tonight. I don’t want to fuck any of this up, Saylor Grace.”

“You still want to go with me tomorrow? You won’t be too tired?”

“We can get coffee, I’ll get like six shots. I’ll be fine,” he said.

I smiled a bit wryly.

“We can skip it if you’d like,” I said and tried to keep my bitter disappointment at the thought hidden.

“Not on your life, babe,” he murmured and kissed me.

“Okay,” I whispered against his departing lips.

He reluctantly slipped from my grasp and said, “Don’t wait up.”

“I won’t,” I said. “But please, feel free to get handsy and molest me in my sleep.”

He chuckled and said, “Consent is so fucking sexy when you put it that way.”

“Glad you like it,” I teased gently, and he ducked back out into the snow.

A voice called from down below and Poe called back, “Yeah! I’m comin’, I’m comin’!”

I chuckled at the exchange, the smile lighting his face and his eyes as he shut the door lighting me up from the inside as well. I sighed and retook my seat on the bed to figure out the new phone and swap everything over and to set it up.

He didn’t have to, but it was a gift I was grateful for. Right down to the bottom of my heart.

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