“I love you too,” he whispered, and leaned in that tiny fraction of an inch to kiss me. His mouth was always so soft, always so perfect. I lingered, tasting the words on his lips. “Yes. Move in with me. We’ll find a new place. I’ll triangulate the location to make sure it’s as far as possible from any kind of yoga studio.” He swallowed. “You really mean it, though? You want to live with me? Make this, you know. Permanent? Semi-permanent? Do relationships have levels like hair dye?”
I thought of the email in my drafts folder, the one I’d written to my sister but not quite had the courage to send yet, asking her if she could set aside a weekend day to take me around to jewelry stores. I thought of the money I’d been socking away every pay period for the last few months, not really planning anything, but—pre-planning. Imagining. Fantasizing, even.
“Permanent,” I said, with conviction. “Definitely permanent. I’d live anywhere for you. Even Anchorage.”
“Anchorage? What are you—you know what, never mind. Come here. I love you. And stop talking,” Gabe said with a grin brighter than his neon hair. “You have better things to do with your mouth.”
And I really, really did. Permanently.
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Thank you for reading Undercover by Eliot Grayson! Did you know there’s a bonus epilogue featuring Alec and Gabe? Get your copy here.
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Particular thanks are due to Alessandra Hazard for her sharp editing eye, to Karen Stivali for beta reading and also for sprinting with me to get this book done, and to both of them for unflagging moral support. Amy Pittel is due the usual thanks for her extraordinary beta-reading skills!
A special shout-out goes to a few members of my Facebook group who helped me name all the awful ex-boyfriends mentioned in this story. Sherry M., Amy P., Melissa M., and Amber R., I hope you all get a little catharsis out of this book! I didn’t have them explicitly come to bad ends, but you can imagine the worst. Hannah C., I gave a nod to your name suggestion with a side character who isn’t horrible, but also isn’t the nicest!