35
WHITTON
“You didn’t have to do that,” Eve said once her dad was well and truly gone.
I blinked at her in surprise. “Do what?”
“Offer to have us stay with you.”
“Even if I didn’t have to, I wanted to. I want you to live with me, Eve.”
“We haven’t been dating that long.”
He smirked. “Somehow, there is no prerequisite for how long a couple has to be together before moving in together.”
“Yeah, but it doesn’t feel early?”
“Only if you don’t want to. Otherwise, I will lie through my teeth for you and move Bailey into your room with Piper and Blaire.”
Bailey cleared her throat behind us. “Uh, I do not want that if there’s another option.”
Eve laughed and shoved her. “Go finish packing!”
“Fine. Fine,” Bailey said. She slunk off to her room.
“You really want this?” she asked shyly.
