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Hunter dropped her stuff and set a bag of groceries on the counter.

“Micah,” she said as I kissed her and got my hands all over her. All I wanted was to drag her into bed, but I knew she needed to decompress after her day.

“Oh really?” I asked, my hands on her hips as she rested hers on my ass. That was a thing she did now. We’d be standing together and she’d just hold my butt. Like a security blanket.

“And?”

“And he and Tor definitely talked and there was blushing and they left together. I may have followed them a little bit and watched them just outside the locker room and it was steamy. Like, I’d be surprised if they didn’t get into the shower together.” She wiggled her eyebrows.

“Get it, Tor,” I said, and she snorted.

“Really, though. Not sure what changed, but I want details.” She poked me in the chest.

“I’ll see what I can get from Tor. How was your day otherwise?”

I picked her up and carried her to the couch, setting her down and pulling one of her feet into my lap.

“Oh, that feels good,” she said, closing her eyes. The other night I’d come back from a call and she’d been sleeping. I’d tried to get into bed without waking her, but she had woken up and asked me how it went. I’d told her while she pushed me until I was sitting up and sat behind me, digging her fingers into my tense shoulders. I got regular massages to work on my tired muscles, but Hunter’s massages were so much better.

“You know, for someone who doesn’t do relationships, I’d say you’re doing pretty good so far,” I said when I switched to the other foot.

“I think so. This is my first one, but I’d give myself a good grade.”

“I’d give you an A+, baby,” I said. I called her that all the time now and she loved it every time.

“Aw, thanks babe,” she said, and I stared at her in surprise.

“Was that too much? I wanted to see how it felt.”

I set her foot aside and hauled her into my lap.

“It wasn’t too much. It was just right.” I kissed her deeply, sweeping my tongue into her mouth as she clutched my shoulders.

“Babe, babe, babe,” she chanted.

“Stop it, you’re going to make me swoon,” I said, and she laughed.

Chapter Twenty-Two

Hunter

It turned out that relationships weren’t that bad. Well, they weren’t bad when they were with Katrina Stacey. I knew we were still in the beginnings, but we’d adjusted to being with each other so easily that I couldn’t believe that I’d been so reluctant.

Cade and Reid weren’t as shocked when I informed them I was seeing Stace as I’d thought they would be. They’d come over on Friday while Stace was at work and before Reid’s shift at Sapph started.

“I really, really like her. So much that I can taste it in the back of my throat. It’s like I can’t breathe when I’m not with her. I know how that sounds. But it’s how I feel.”

Cade and Reid shared a look.

“Can I say something and you not freak out?” Cade asked.

“Maybe? Depends on what it is.”

We were sitting in my living room and eating salads from the fancy place that Cade had picked up, but she’d also brought cake for dessert.

Cade looked at Reid who gestured for her to go ahead.

“I want you to consider, just consider, the idea that you might be in love with her.”