Free Beautiful Misery (The Beautiful Series) by Chandin Whitten Page B

it, Cobie. Honestly , I just wanted to make you laugh. If I woulda known it would upset you I woulda kept my damn mouth shut.” Using my free hand I picked up her hand. “If we want this thing between us to work then we both need to talk. We need to communicate. When I piss you off you can’t just shut down. Tell me. And when you’re being a pain in my ass I will let you know.”
    Cobie shifted her ey es between mine. She pulled her bottom lip into her mouth, trapping it between her teeth. “I just don’t want you to feel trapped.”
    Rolling my eyes, I sighed. “I don’t feel trapped. When will you get that through your damn head?” Cobie lifted one shoulder but said nothing. Wanting to lighten the mood I asked, “So what did you think of this place?”
    As soon as I mentioned the house her face lit up. I could see the answer written all over her face, she had loved it but I wanted her to tell me. Fighting back her smile she said, “I liked it. What did you think?”
    “I think if you liked it, then this is our new house. I will call Colleen and tell her to send the offer in. If everything goes smoothly we should have the keys in a week or so. Welcome to our new home.”
    Both Cobie and I looked out the windshield at the large brick home in front of us. The house that would be ours to raise our child in.
    She scrunched her face up. “How can you get the house so fast? Won’t we need to wait on the bank?”
    I shook my head. “Nope. I’m paying cash. Cash money, baby.”
    Cobie rolled her eyes and said sarcastically, “Of course you are. Why would you need a loan when you are the one and only Gage Tucker?”
    Smirking I said, “That would be the one, the only, Gage Motha’ Fuckin’ Tucker.”
    Cobie laughed and shook her head. “Call Colleen before your big head explodes.”
    Oh man I could say something right now…No! I will be good and not upset her.
    “What?”
    “Huh?” I asked, confused.
    “The look on your face. It was like you wanted to say something but changed your mind.”
    How the hell did she know me so well already?
    “I did but I decided not to.”
    “Why?” Cobie asked. She squinted her eyes like she was trying to figure me out.
    “It was dirty.”
    Cobie’s eyes went from small slits to the size of saucers. “Oh.”
    “Yep. That’s why I decided to just keep my mouth shut.”
    Leaning her head back to lay on the head rest she stared out the windshield. “What were you going to say?”
    I shook my head. “You get pissed when I say shit like I was thinking. My mouth is shut.”
    Turning the car on, the radio came to life. And, damn if Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke wasn’t playing. Both Cobie and I looked at each other.
    “Well, ain’t this just perfect?” Cobie asked, sitting up in her seat. She laughed and for the first time she looked comfortable with me.
    “It is kinda fitting for us, huh?”
    Cobie started singing along. And afte r a few beats I joined in. She looked relaxed. She looked beautiful. She caught my eye and gave me a huge smile. When the song ended she took a deep breath and sat back.
    “So, Tucker, you going to tell me what was going through that head of yours earlier?”
    Fine. If she wanted to know, I would tell her.
    “You can’t get pissed because you asked for it.”
    Cobie nodded and said, “I asked for it before and look where that got us.”
    Damn. This girl had so many sides. She seems so quiet and sweet then BAM! She says something totally unlike the Cobie I know.
    Giving her my famous ‘Tucker Tease’ smile, as it has been dubbed by the media, I said, “When you talked about my big head exploding, I thought that wasn’t the only big head I had that could explode.”
    Cobie swallowed hard. “Well, I guess when it’s true I can’t really argue.”
    Raising both my brows I lifted one side of my mouth. “Why, Cobie Nayler, did you just say I have a big dick?”
    Cobie’s mouth popped open. “You are incorrigible.”
    I shrugged.