garage elevator is tiny and we're g

ered enough to have been accepting said help. And I resented

ding's parking lot. They both pushed the trunk, rolling it into the garage underneath. I put Gravity onto a suitcase, her legs hooked over the handle, and dropped her iPad, covered in a bu

came out from behind the lobby. He looked even more together than before, one silky hank of sandy hair dislodged from his man bun and drifting ab

eyes to Gravity, who hugged Mr. Mushroom on the sui

of her as if she wer

It's Mr. Mushroom,"

with a half-moon smirk that thre

m now, I'd always had a t

ours-for-you-at-a-momen

sly didn't h

my neck. "Thanks for the help, though. You can resume being New York's favorite fuckboy." I

worker?" He raised a thick eyebr

ng you for bei

your go-to taste in me

the ho

ertainly a walking,

l the acting skills in the world to be calm and untroubled. "There aren't

three Valiums and all of a mango key lime cheese

ically. "I believe there isn't a word for what I feel for

," I filled

everyone thinks you're just a pretty face. Klaus C

'm very pretty, and while I agree with you, yo

of a dilemma

hy

nyone other than a l

st hour in Manhattan, we were blocked by a literal cowboy. He w

, Colt

and worn denim. He gulped at the sight of us-the suitcases, Gravity, me, and Flinn-and his wide-set mouth broke into a

areless grin, but I saw him cl

bbing his longhorn buckle. "Well, ain't that something? Flinn Coltridge, I had no idea yo

h

find any lost love between Flinn and me, even if he used

a book by its

er too. I was a statue, my eyes consuming my w

ed her feet off the suitcase, clutching Mr. Mushroom. At least

arm from my shoulder and lifting my daughter up, cradling her in his chest. He smiled down

n, I guess," I growled under my bre

glared

is hand with a friendly smile. "Plea

and shook his hand in mine. "And

mself between us, barking a laugh. "She means not yet," h

my ringless fingers. "

? More to the point,

il all my surprises, Brucey boy. She wanted something

ed. "You just

. Even though I knew there was nothing wrong with having a child out of marriag

explain, pulling her away from me. "Though sh

uence, always stood on the opposite side of the room when Gravity and Ro

nn, nodding slowly. "Didn't figure you'd be the kind of

n enigmatic manner. Asshole not only dumped on me, but was also making sure he rode back and f