say I won’t.” He gave me a wry smile.
Trying to ignore his irrational logic I asked, “So now what?”
“What do you mean now what? You move your stuff from here to the new house.”
“That simple, huh?”
“That simple! I already have Harper’s blessing, and I feel like we can finally start moving forward.”
“I’d have loved to have been a fly on the wall during your conversation, just to see her face.” I laughed, but I needed to change the conversation fast. I was too close to losing it in front of him and I didn’t need him to feel guilty about anything else.
He looked down and smiled nodding his head. His perfectly messy long hair fell in his face. The urge to reach out and touch it reminded me of another problem that more than certainly would arise.
“If we do this Finn, if I move in, things will have to remain strictly platonic. What happened between us a couple of months ago, can’t happen again. It will confuse things between us so we need to draw that line in the sand.”
“If that’s what you want, then I can do that.”
I sighed. “It’s what I need.”
“Are you saying yes?” He sounded like a kid asking his parents for a toy at the store.
“I’m saying yes.”
His grin was infectious. He stood up and waited for me to follow suit. When I was up next to him and I was feeling calmer, he said something that made me freeze in my tracks.
“Tiny Girl?”
“Hmmm…?” I looked at him expectantly.
“I’ll follow your rules and stay behind your line in the sand. But the moment you cross that line yourself, or you ask me for more, it’s game on.” He winked at me and walked away.
Jesus H. Christ.
I was fucked.
It had been two weeks since my Tiny Girl said yes to moving in with me. I actually didn’t think she’d agree to this arrangement. I figured I’d have to argue with her and drag her kicking and screaming the whole way. I might have even anticipated tying her to a kitchen chair in my new house until she got used to the idea of living here. Not the best plan admittedly, but I was desperate. Thankfully she took minimal persuasion and now she was in the master bedroom across the hall. We fought more about what room she’d stay in than the actual moving in part. That first night here had been interesting…
“You want me to come right now?” She’d followed me out of her bedroom.
“Yes Tiny Girl, you’re coming with me tonight. That’s why we rushed with papers. I don’t see any reason for this to take any longer.” I was digging around in a hallway closet for a suitcase.
“But didn’t you just see the house today? Doesn’t it take like thirty days or something?” I stopped what I was doing and looked at her. She was so cute standing there with her hands on her hips.
“That’s what money can buy you. For the right price and cash incentives, the seller was more than happy to close today.”
“Cash incentives?”
“Yes, cash incentives. I offered well over the asking price if the seller would go through the trouble of closing the deal today.”
She looked confused. “How much money do you have Finn? That seems like an awful lot more than a songwriter should have.”
I smirked at her. “Now Em, that’s awfully nosey don’t you think?”
“Cocky bastard.” She said under her breath.
“Hmmm… what’s that?” I raised my eyebrow.
“Nothing.” She crossed her arms and it pushed her breasts up and showed even more cleavage than before. I swallowed audibly. I was going to need a cold shower tonight and a pep talk with ‘Little Finn’.
Handing her the suitcase I’d dug out, I told her to pack whatever she thought she’d need for tonight and tomorrow, and we’d come back later for the rest of her stuff. She walked away from me grumbling about me being a bossy asshole. I chuckled. It must be the pregnancy hormones.
We drove to the other side of town and into a new subdivision. Besides the music playing on the radio, the car ride was pretty quiet. When I pulled up to the house, I parked and we sat for a moment while I let her take it all in. The house was a brand new ranch style home with a manicured lawn and landscaping around the front of the house. I’d wanted to look at the two-story places down the street, but Harper reamed me