Knox POV
She needed to see it. Words wouldn’t have been enough. Red’s the type of woman who’d read something and think it sounds simple, maybe even easy, but seeing it? That’s different. Seeing makes it real. And I needed her to understand just how real all of this is.
“Look, I’m not expecting anything from you, Red,” I tell her, keeping my voice steady, though part of me’s still spinning after her reaction upstairs. “I wasn’t going to tell you about all this. Not because I thought you couldn’t handle it, but because I’m happy with what we have. I don’t need more.”
I wouldn't have missed it, she already keeps me on my toes. But now, after seeing the way she reacted, I know there’s something in her that responds to this. How the hell could I ever resent her for me stepping back from the
