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know why I did what I did?”
    “I was mad at first, but once I found out what happened, it all made sense.” He walked back over to the kitchen table and sat in the chair next to mine. He pulled me to him so that we were facing each other and he was holding my hands.
    “I couldn’t make you come back, Angel. You needed to do that on your own time. So I gave you space… you know whatever that damn saying is … ‘ If you love something, let it go, and if it’s meant to be, it’ll come back’ or some shit like that.” I couldn’t help but smile at his attempt to use a love quote; he never ceased to surprise me.
    “You came back,” he said matter-of-factly. “Any anger or resentment I ever had towards you was erased the minute I saw you last night. I knew then I was still crazy in love with you…” He leaned forward and brushed his lips lightly across mine. The tingle from his touch ran from the top of my head to the tips of my toes. “And I think we’ve done more than enough to prove that we still have amazing chemistry.”
    All of his points were valid and made perfect sense. Maybe I did need to try and focus on moving forward a little more, and maybe Mason was the perfect person to help me do that. All I could do was try.
    “You’re right. Let’s enjoy right now,” I smiled at him and his gray eyes lit up. He glanced behind me at the clock on the wall.
    “I’ve got a little more than an hour to enjoy right now before I have to get ready, so get your ass back in my bed,” he said pulling me out of the chair and crushing his lips against mine. He angled me in the direction of his bedroom and swatted my ass. Giggling, I scurried along, taking off his shirt before burying myself in the sheets.

    MASON
    Before following Scarlett to my room, I grabbed my cell off the bar and tapped out a quick text to my boys instructing them not to mention our upcoming move in front of Scarlett. I wasn’t sure when the right time to tell her was, but I wasn’t ready yet. I didn’t want her pulling away from me before she had a chance to see how good we could be together. Then maybe, just maybe, she would want to come with me. I wasn’t going to ask her; I couldn’t ask her to make that decision so soon after returning, but if she asked to come with me, I’d be ecstatic.
    I’d still need to handle the Bentley situation, but she could either understand it and accept Angel or take a fucking hike. Our hookups were meaningless fucks, she filled a void that no longer needed to be filled. Her only job now was to manage Jobu’s Rum. God, I was so glad she was back in Austin. How awful would it have been if she’d been at the bar when Scarlett came back? I cringed just thinking about it. I had six weeks to address that situation before she was due to come back in town.
    “ Mase ? Are you coming?” Scarlett’s sweet voice called out. Mase … I loved hearing that come out of her mouth.
    “Yeah, just a second. I was putting some of the food away,” I answered. I opened and closed the refrigerator door to make it sound like I had been doing what I said and then went to join her in my bed. I needed to remind her as many times as possible why we needed to be together.

CHAPTER THREE ~
OLD FRIENDS, NEW BEGINNINGS
Hero/ Heroine ~ Boys Like Girls
All At Once ~ The Fray

    SCARLETT
    After Mason had showered and changed, he took me to my place to grab some clothes and toiletries. I needed to check in with my new roommate, Tessa, anyway. I hadn’t said much to her the day before when I had arrived late in the evening. I had basically put my stuff up in my room, showered, gotten dressed, and left for the night. I wasn’t sure how this whole stranger roommate thing worked. Were we supposed to tell each other when we were going to be there or not? Evie and I had known each other’s’ whereabouts every moment of every day, but that was different.
    Tessa came out of her room when she heard us come into the apartment. The sight of