It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover (z-lib.org).epub

I shake my head and bring my hand up to cover my mouth. “I don’t
think so,” I whisper.
He walks up to me and takes my hands in his, pulling them up between
us. “You don’t think so?” He looks worried and confused. “Please give me a
naked truth, because I’m starting to think maybe I shouldn’t have done
this as a surprise.”
I look down at the hardwood floor. It’s real hardwood. It’s not laminate.
“Okay,” I say, looking back up at him. “I think it’s crazy that you just went
and bought an apartment without me. I feel like that’s something we
should have done together.”
He’s nodding and it looks like he’s about to spit out an apology, but I’m
not finished.
“But my naked truth is that . . . it’s perfect. I don’t even know what to
say, Ryle. Everything is so clean. I’m scared to move. I might get something
dirty.”
He blows out a rush of air and pulls me to him. “You can get it dirty,
babe. It’s yours. You can get it as dirty as you want.” He kisses the side of
my head and I don’t even say thank you yet. It seems like such a small
response to such a huge gesture.
“When do we move in?”
He shrugs. “Tomorrow? I have the day off. It’s not like we have a whole
lot of stuff. We can spend the next few weeks buying new furniture.”
I nod, trying to run through tomorrow’s schedule in my head. I already
knew Ryle was off tomorrow, so I didn’t have anything planned.
I suddenly feel the need to sit down. There aren’t any chairs, but
luckily, the floor is clean. “I need to sit down.”
Ryle helps me to the floor and then he lowers himself in front of me,
still holding my hands.
“Does Allysa know?” I ask him.
He smiles and nods his head. “She’s so excited, Lily. I’ve been thinking
about getting an apartment here for a while now. After we decided to stay
in Boston for good, I just went ahead with it to surprise you. She helped,
but I was starting to worry she’d tell you before I had the chance.”
I just can’t wrap my head around this. I live here? Me and Allysa get to
be neighbors now? I don’t know why I feel like this should bother me,
because I really am excited about it.