Chapter 30

Hannah

Things go wrong when we stroll into the guesthouse with blue paint, rollers, and other things we might need. I only set down the items before I tumble forward like a newborn calf, pushing a vase off a shelf while Tobias takes off his shoes in the hallway.

“No-no-no!” I try to reach it in time, but the thing crash to the floor and flies in ten million directions. But at least it didn’t look expensive. It was blue and plain and-

“Did you just break my two hundred thousand dollar vase?”

All blood drains from my face. “Fuck. Me.”

Tobias stops in his tracks, snorting. “I thought we weren’t doing that? You said you wanted to paint.”

I can’t respond to his bad joke. I’m going to be sick-I’m already fighting the urge to throw up all over Tobias’s floor, which also probably costs a fucking fortune.

Slowly, I turn his way. “Don’t even joke.”

The humor leaves him, and he sighs. “You’re right. That vase was very important to me-this is not a joking manner.”

“Shit…” I take a deep breath, weighing my options. “I could start working at the hotel again?” Tobias gives me a pitying look. “Even then, you wouldn’t be able to pay off the debt in time… it would take you forever.”

He is right, and I grimace. “I could take an extra job?” Tobias’s lips twitch in response to my words, and that’s when I realize something. “You’re messing with me, aren’t you?”

Those eyes gleam with mischief. “What gave me away?”

I gasp and point accusingly at him. “You!” I shake my head with an evil smile spreading over my lips. “I’m going to kick your ass.”

“Hannah,” my name is a singsong taunt. “You’re one-hundred and twenty-six pounds soaking wet-I’m not afraid.”

He

then he grins, and I scream before running away from him. It’s a silly game we play. We play pranks on each other and then run from the other.

I do the bottom half of the walls, while Tobias does the places close to the ceiling. I’m sitting on his shoulders at one point to paint one area. It’s all very romantic, and we make a good team. The

up my chest with my hands resting

done!”

resting over his knees, arms bare, and a smug smile tugging at the corner of his mouth. “Your clothes are all blue, and the color is even in your hair.” Even though he is making fun of

We are a new item, and I need to take it easy and stop dreaming about his cock deep inside me, and damn, the sound he makes

and the guestroom is finally no longer

Tobias looks me up and down, hesitating briefly. “Say,

to live in the city? Before I married you, you lived in an apartment, right? The one with

talk about my parents, and I know where this conversation will lead. But I can’t avoid it, not if

they don’t have anywhere to live. My mom is probably hoping to live at your place when she gets off that plane,” I look over at Tobias, gauging his reaction. He is calm, so I wet my lips

“Special?”

at the floor as I brace

lived together. I think I cooked my first meal in first grade, and my parents acted like it was normal. My mom even used to get angry when she came home, and there wasn’t any food. I used to make her sandwiches. So yeah… my parents have never cared much for me, and I’ve worked since I was fourteen. Cash-in-hand, of

heart is pounding so hard that it’s getting harder to breathe. My chest feels too tight for my heart, and

makes me hurt even more. If he says something soothing, I

be back together… again. And while I love them, since they are my parents, you must understand that if they beg for money, I have nothing to

a way that does interesting. things to his biceps and forearms.

I laugh. “What?”

always smiled while working at the hotel and were pleasant to

I would have guessed you had a pretty good and ordinary life. But it seems I was wrong: the ones who have it rough are usually the nicest. Your ability to smile no matter the situation is

REALLY

“Thank you…” I mumble.

but… in the future, I wish you to tell me these things and

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