Chapter 54

And he still offered to come? Maybe I’ll keep him forever and lock him up so he couldn’t leave my house ever again. “Ewwww, Levi Byrne, that was notromantic, you creep.”

Levi: In that case, please come over.

Beckett: Great. I’ll be there right away. Bye.

Amazingly, I got a whole lot of work done in the forty-five minutes it took him to arrive. It was as if my brain relaxed now that it knew I was about to meet him. When he knocked, I jumped off my chair, rushed across the floor, and yanked open the door.

And was met by a sight for sore eyes. Beckett. In his beanie. Holding out a thermos mug with the Starbucks logo on it. “I thought you might like some real coffee?” he said with a shy smile.