Chapter 62\u00a0<\/p>\n
Third Person POV\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou deserve someone who sees you like I do.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The words hung in the air between Lance and Ellie for several silent moments before Ellie laughed, breaking the\u00a0<\/p>\n
tension.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you hitting on me?\u201d she asked with a bright smile. \u201cYou\u2019re absolutely ridiculous.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo what if I was hitting on you a little bit?\u201d Lance shrugged. \u201cYou\u2019re basically single, right? That\u2019s what you just told me.\u201d His voice was filled with amusement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTelling you that I\u2019m getting divorced in a few months is not the same thing as saying I\u2019m single,\u201d Ellie argued.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s just semantics,\u201d Lance replied. \u201cIt\u2019s absolutely the same thing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ellie laughed again, shaking her head with a fond smile on her face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There was a pleasant, warm sensation in Lance\u2019s chest. He was refreshed by Ellie\u2019s honesty, and the fact that she felt absolutely nothing for Nolan was a relief, too. He hated to think that she was still pining away for that jerk, considering everything Nolan had put her through.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And there was a small part of him that could admit it felt like there was a sliver of a chance for him now. A little flirtation couldn\u2019t really hurt, especially since Ellie clearly wasn\u2019t taking him very seriously.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They were both a little drunk, he thought, so it wouldn\u2019t hurt to indulge his cursh just this once. He\u2019d never hit on Ellie sober. She\u2019d probably punch him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCome on now, what\u2019s so funny about the idea that I\u2019d hit on you? You\u2019re a beautiful woman. You\u2019re fierce and strong, and you can actually keep up with me,\u201d he explained. \u201cSo why shouldn\u2019t I take a shot?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause you\u2019re my brother-in-law,\u201d she said, as if it were obvious.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNot for long,\u201d Lance pointed out with a grin.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t get carried away with your teasing,\u201d Ellie said, a slight warning in her voice. \u201cJust because I\u2019m confiding in you doesn\u2019t mean you get to take advantage.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d never take advantage of you,\u201d he said sincerely-surprising even himself with just how serious he suddenly sounded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks,\u201d Ellie replied, still smiling but seeming a little more sober. \u201cIt\u2019s getting pretty late.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOh yeah, and we finished our meal a while ago. We\u2019re pretty much just hogging the table now,\u201d Lance said, glancing at the waitress who was hovering nearby.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe should get out of the way,\u201d Ellie agreed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLet me walk you home. I can help you sneak back in,\u201d Lange offered, standing and extending his hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She took it without thinking, allowing him to help her to her feet, and the two of them left the restaurant together.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t a long walk back to the pack house, and Lance didn\u2019t want to risk drawing the attention of Nolan or his staff by driving up to the house. Besides, it was a nice night and they could do a bit of stargazing along the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He wasn\u2019t sure if Ellie was rejecting him because she actually wasn\u2019t interested in him, or if it was because he was her brother-in-law and it seemed improper to her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now that he thought about it, he really had no idea what kind of man Ellie would even be interested in. She was\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n
with Nolan because they were fated mates, not because they had anything in common.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He wasn\u2019t even sure if Ellie was physically attracted to Nolan at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And he wasn\u2019t going to ask. That was probably a bridge too far, especially after she\u2019d just asked him to back off. He didn\u2019t want to push her boundaries.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They walked side by side in comfortable silence for a while, both gazing up at the stars in the clear night sky. Lance kept reflecting on how much his opinion of Ellie had changed over the past month.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He used to think she was such an annoying, clingy, pathetic rogue. But she was so different now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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