"You want me to build you a house, Sugar Plum?" I blurted before I could think better of it.
Lux looked at me with a raised brow.
"Do I get to stay in it without you?"
"Not even for a single night. I'll sleep on the couch if you ever get too angry with me."
"Then no," she replied defiantly.
I laughed low in my throat as I closed the space between us and wrapped my arms around her.
"We're gonna need a place to live when you finally accept me, Sweetness," I said in that low, raspy tone that always makes her shiver. "I can even talk to River about making something crazy for our little games of chase. Wouldn't that be fun?"
I buried my face in her neck and inhaled deeply. I don't care at all how insane I probably look. Lux smells so damn good. Like fruit with something darker, something
