“He is an eavesdropper too?”

“Lily,” she warned. “As you can see we resolved everything.”

“Obviously,” she said, pointing at the shirtless man sitting next to Katherine. “I’m just surprised that Angelina was so nice and helped out.”

It amazed Katherine too.

“She was a little angry, but yeah… we made up.” Lily smiled slyly.

“Seems like your day turned for the better. I was sure you would be crying or something, not making out with Cage Cavanaugh.” Cage took that as the cue to put his shirt back on, much to the disappointment of both women. “Please don’t clothe yourself. I rather like you shirtless.” Katherine shook her head. Her friend was shameless.

“My night didn’t go how I thought it would, either. But I am glad it happened. Oh and he is staying over.”

“He is?” Lily quirked her brow. She shrugged. “As long as you are happy.”

“I know.” Her attempts at being intimidating were for her benefit. Lily wanted to take care of Katherine.

“How long will you hang around?” she asked point-blank.

“Until tomorrow. I have some work to attend to after that.”

“Good. I have a date with Jared tomorrow and Angelina won’t come out of her room because of her broken heart, so you will have the apartment to yourselves. Don’t go around contaminating it with your escapades, that is all I ask.”

“I can’t promise that.”

“Well, I’ll get going,” Lily chuckled. “Just remember that you went out with one guy and ended up in bed with another. I am damned proud of you.” Katherine rolled her eyes.

Cage was trying his best to smile, but he was still jealous. When Lily left, Cage sagged on the bed.

“She’s scary,” he admitted. She apologized, making him shake his head. “Don’t be sorry. She didn’t make a dent on me.”

“She’s protective.” She walked back to him. “But I would have scratched her if she got to you.” She pouted.

He bit his lip to keep himself from smiling. “I believe we were interrupted.” She looked at the clock with purpose.

“We have time, right?” He held her chin. “It was supposed to be a simple date but you jumped me anyway.”

“I jumped you? Excuse me. You were teasing me. You can’t think I have that much self-control.”

“I did cop more than a feel.” He looked at his hand reverently, slyness mixed into it. “And you liked it,” he said, pointing at her.

“Very much. You can cop a feel whenever you like. I’ll let you.”

Cage sighed. He would love that.

He tugged her back to him, making her lean against her chest. Katherine relaxed back against him.

“There is no rush, though.” He started again. “We can wait as long as you want.”

“It’s weird how in tune we are even though we have been together for a couple of hours.” He nodded. “But we know each other and I want you so bad…”

“I know,” he replied. “Let’s slow down for tonight and enjoy our time together. I really will be happy just having you in my arms and a little kissing here and there.” She looked at him with a smile. “If you don’t want to kiss, we can forego that too.”

“I’d very much like you to kiss me.”

“I already got so much more than I hoped for.” She put her hand on his hair and massaged his scalp gently.

“My night is a lot better because you are here.” She kissed him softly, thanking him for being there. She was thanking the gods that he wanted her. He moved her hair to the side and kissed her cheek.

“Watching this movie with you was so much fun.” She laughed at his words.

“We didn’t even see much of it. How will you face Ryan when you meet him next?” He shrugged.

“I’ll just apologize and let him know that my girlfriend likes him… but she likes me a lot more.” She shook with laughter at the jealousy in his voice. She smacked him on the shoulder, causing him to snicker.

“I wonder how he will react.”

“Probably curse me out. What else. Sounds like him.”

After a couple of days of hell she had been through, she wouldn’t have imagined that it was possible for them to be together. It was so much better than talking on the game or over the phone.

He squeezed her hand and linked their fingers together.

“Thank you for coming for me, Cage.” She just had to. Because she would have never had the courage to go to his house straight. Hell, she needed so many pushes to even want to call him. “You could have kept your dignity and walked away without thinking about me.”

“How could I do that when I knew that I had made you misunderstand and cry?” He looked worried. He kissed her forehead. “I couldn’t walk away. My dignity is intact and it would have been even if we didn’t work out.”

She gasped at the prospect. There had been a chance that they didn’t reconcile. It could have happened that they never met. The possibilities were endless.

“I’m so glad Stephen tricked you into coming.” Her eyes watered. She cradled his face in the palms of her hand and leaned her forehead against his. She really wanted to cry.

In happiness.

“I’m here,” he breathed. He took one palm from his face and placed it on his chest as if to make her feel his heartbeat… to assure her that he was really there. “How could I give up knowing if the connection we had was real or not? I was impatient to meet you, but life made me hesitate. One way or the other, we would have ended up here.”

“If it wasn’t for Stephen, how long do you think we would have held on?” she wondered.

“It would have taken me some time to come to terms with the fact that I can’t live without you… but I would have come.” He nodded sagely.