(Mira)
Ridge’s laugh stayed in my head after he kissed me.
Not loud.
Just real enough that I kept thinking about it while we stood outside near the railing together.
The air felt cooler now compared to earlier, and the compound had mostly settled into quieter movement around us.
I rested lightly against him while he looked out toward the yard again.
My mind went back to Vanessa and how desperate she sounded in those messages. Honestly it would've been sad if she wasn't so exhausting.
“Lucky for you I don't have to lock you out of our room this time,” I said.
Ridge looked over at me immediately. “You were angry for nothing back then.”
I stared at him. “Nothing?”
“I wasn't going to meet Vanessa,” he said. “Dane already talked some sense into me before it even got that far.”
“You
