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“None at all. Do you have regrets?” Her brow draws together in concern.
“Babe, I almost had a goddamn heart attack when you left this room. I’m pretty sure you could label me as the happiest man on the planet right now.”
She strokes the hair that’s tipping over my forehead. “Why didn’t you say anything sooner? Why did you wait so long?”
“I tried telling you a few times, but we were always interrupted and then, hell, I thought that maybe if I wooed you first, you’d be more willing to give me a chance. That’s what I’ve been doing. I planned to tell you tonight, at dinner. Until I saw you were going out with Derek.”
“That must have hurt you so much. I’m sorry, JP. I never would’ve said yes to his date if I knew that’s how you felt.”
“It was an absolute gut punch, hence my pleading with you to stay.”
“Well, I’m here now, and I’m yours.”
“All mine?” I ask. “You realize what that means, right?”
“What?” she asks.
“That I was right, men and women can’t work together—”
She claps her hand over my mouth, halting me. “I suggest you don’t finish that sentence.”
Chuckling, I nip at her hand until she lets go, and then I lower my lips to her neck and start kissing her all over again. She sighs into my kiss, and for the first time in as long as I can remember, I truly feel happy.
ChapterNineteen
KELSEY
Meant to Be Podcast
Sawyer and Fallon
Kelsey:Welcome, listener, to theMeant to Be Podcast, where we talk to madly-in-love couples about the way they met. Sawyer and Fallon, thank you so much for joining me today.
Sawyer:Thanks for having us.
Kelsey:I saw that the movieRunaway Groomsmanis releasing this fall and that the script is based on your relationship. Is that true?
Fallon:It is. Sawyer is a fantastic screenwriter for romance movies, but his dating life was absolute crap.
Sawyer:She speaks facts.
Fallon:His luck wasn’t great, either, because his girlfriend actually cheated on him with his best friend.
Kelsey:No, that’s awful.
Sawyer:That’s not the worst part. I was the bitter best man at their wedding, and halfway through the ceremony, I realized I didn’t have to put up with having to watch them get married. So... I left.
Fallon:In the middle of the wedding, he ran out of the church right to his car, then drove to Canoodle, where we both live now.
Sawyer:In classic, pitiful life fashion, I drove to the first bar I saw and got drunk.
Fallon:It wasn’t love at first sight... because we’d actually gone on a blind date a year before, but he didn’t remember me.
Sawyer:Still feel like an ass about that. But, slowly—and I mean slowly—we became friends. But she was with someone else, so I remained her friend, despite falling for her.
Fallon:At the time, since I was with someone else, I couldn’t reflect on how I felt about Sawyer.
Sawyer:It wasn’t until after she broke it off with her boyfriend—it was a mutual decision—that I slowly showed her I could be her leading man.
