Too Late To Love Me I Already Left With His Twins (Lydia and Dave) novel Chapter 65

Then nodded.

“Okay. I see you.”

I went to the kitchen to make lunch.

Marcus joined me without asking.

“You’re cutting that wrong,” he said.

I paused.

“Excuse me?”

He took the knife gently.

“Like this. You’re wasting too much.”

I watched him.

Steady hands. Calm.

“You cook?” I asked.

“I survive.”

“Barely, from the look of your fridge.”

He glanced at it.

“…fair.”

+15 Pous

5/9

We stood there quietly for a bit.

dose, but not too close.

Comfortable.

Which, again, was fnconvenient.

When the kids finally went down for a nap, the house went quiet.

The rare kind of quiet that feels earned.

Marcus sat on the couch.

I stayed standing longer than I should have.

Then sat across from him.

Distance. On purpose.

He didn’t close it.

It had grown.

Ava watered it.

Eli… stressed it.

+15 Panus

6/9

It survived both.

Marcus stood and walked over to it.

“Looks good,” he said.

“It had no choice.”

He looked at me.

“Neither did you.”

That landed.

Quietly.

I didn’t reply.