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longer because I didn’t trust myself. “Are you going to dinner with Mom and Dad?”
    She had no idea what I was talking about. “What?”
    “They invited me to dinner this weekend.”
    She rolled her eyes. “I’m sure they invited you. You’re their golden boy.”
    “I’m not a golden boy,” I argued.
    “Not anymore.” Scotty laughed. “At least when you told your parents you were a manwhore.”
    I shrugged. “It was bound to come up eventually.” I turned back to Livia. “They seriously didn’t invite you?”
    “I’m not a virgin so why would they invite me?” Livia had a sour look on her face. Then she looked at Alaska. “Our parents are snooty assholes—just a heads up.”
    I glared at my sister. “Don’t listen to her, Alaska. They’ll love you.”
    “Am I meeting your parents?” The fear was in her voice.
    “Eventually…I didn’t mean this weekend.”
    She breathed a sigh of relief.
    Scotty kept laughing at Livia’s comment.
    “Maybe Dad wants to discuss medicine or something.” I couldn’t think of a better reason.
    “Don’t get too crazy.” Livia rolled her eyes.
    “Don’t be a brat,” I argued.
    Livia finally backed off and drank her beer. We spent the rest of the evening talking about various things. Livia was working on a new piece and she was excited to show everyone. Alaska was quiet, but she spoke up every now and then. Maybe she was still shaken up about Payton.
    When the evening was finally over, we went home. I walked her to her door even though I didn’t want our night to end. I had to get up early the next morning but I didn’t care about sleeping—at least if I was sleeping alone.
    “Thanks for taking me along,” she whispered.
    “You’re my girlfriend. Where I go, you go.”
    She averted her gaze and looked at her keys in her hand.
    I knew something was bothering her. “Tell me.”
    “I guess I’m upset about the Payton thing…”
    “I know it was misleading but I was desperate to get you to be with me.”
    “Your treatment of my grandmother meant more to me. I think that’s what changed my mind.”
    “It didn’t seem like it.” I stared her down. “You were practically in tears when you confronted me about it.”
    She finally looked at me. “I never said it didn’t bother me…”
    “Bother you? No, it killed you.”
    “Cocky much?” A slight smirk came to her lips.
    “I know how you feel about me because I feel the exact same way. And I’ve already seen you with someone else so I know how shitty it feels.”
    Her eyes softened. “I guess I feel stupid that you played me.”
    “I understand. But we’re together now and that’s all that matters.”
    “About that…”
    What did that mean?
    “How do I not know you won’t get tired of me? That the moment you sleep with me you won’t look for someone else?”
    Did I need to come out and say it? That I loved her? “Because I won’t. Even if we never had sex, I still wouldn’t look for someone else. You’re the only woman I want.”
    “Are you sure this is what you want?”
    “Absolutely.” How could she doubt that?
    “Because…I more than just like you, Ash.”
    I swallowed the lump in my throat. “And I more than like you.”
    Her voice came out quiet. “Really?”
    “Yes.” I pressed my face close to hers.
    “I know if we’re going to do this I need to trust you. Without trust, there is no relationship.”
    I dug my fingers into her hips.
    “So…I’m going to do this. I’m going to trust you. And…I’m not going to be scared.”
    That’s all I ever wanted .
    “But, Ash…please don’t hurt me. If you don’t want to be with me anymore, just tell me. If this relationship isn’t working, just tell me what I’m doing wrong. All I want is your honesty. I’ll give you my trust if you give me that in return.”
    I cupped her face. “Consider it done.”
    She released the air in her lungs. “Thank you.”
    I pressed my lips to her forehead and held it for a long