“You’re going to have to get used to us watching her,” he said jokingly. “We’re going to steal her away a lot.”
I let out a short laugh. I imagined so.
“Okay. I’m in. I’ll think of something clever to say to Ingram. I’ll just leave you out when I tell her about this place,” I said with a shrug. “I guess I should talk to her about moving in together tonight, huh? Make sure it’s what she really wants and all.”
“Good call. I’ll send you the link to the place. See you later, man.”
We fist bumped and then he was out the door.
Not long after that, Ingram breezed in with a few bags from work. The smell of fresh garlic and herbs hit my nose instantly.
“So they didn’t have the basil chicken today and I know how much you love it, but they were trying out something new, so I grabbed that. It’s beef tips with this creamy blue cheese and garlic sauce. It smelled so good and I’ve been thinking about it since they put it out.”
I smiled at her and pulled her into my arms the moment she was done talking. She was so adorable and amazing.
They had a hot bar at her work and she sometimes brought dinner when she got off and came over here. Everything I’d had from there had been amazing so far and I knew this wouldn’t let me down either.
“Let’s find a place together,” I said as I looked deep into her eyes. “I know it sounds crazy and probably not the smartest idea, but I want us to be together. I want Chry and Sparrow to have a stable, loving home. And I want that to be all of us together.”
Her gasp was matched with a shocked expression.
“Tell me you want this too. Tell me I’m not wrong here,” I practically begged.
“I want that. I want that so badly, Malcolm. I was scared you’d think I was crazy if I told you I wanted us to get a place together.”
“Maybe a little crazy,” I joked then placed a light kiss on her lips. “But I must be crazy too then.”
“So, you really want to? You want us all to be a family?” She sounded like she couldn’t really believe what I was saying.
“I do. If you’ll let me.”
“I love you, my Malcolm,” she said and my heart beat a little faster hearing her call me hers.
“I love you, too. So dam-darn much.”
I kissed her and Chry began clapping in the background. We pulled away from each other laughing as we looked over at the little dude.
Then we ate like everything was normal. It came with such ease and I knew that this was the life for me. Not that I had any doubts, but the more I was around them, the more my soul felt settled.
