I was so excited to see her. She was the most beautiful cat I’d ever seen, and I was so glad Isaac had been able to talk the shelter into letting him adopt her.

Audrey knew he was adopting her, but I loved that she’d fudged the paperwork. It wasn’t like they didn’t know him after all. He was probably more qualified to look after her than they were.

Actually, there was no probably about it.

He was.

He carried her up to me and lifted the cat box so I could look inside. Spring was sitting at the very back, curled up in a little ball. She was so freaking pretty, and I smiled and motioned for him to bring her inside.

“Is that the cat?” Grandma asked. Even her voice was softer than usual.

“Yep,” Isaac answered, resting the carrier on the island so she could see.

Grandma peered inside. “Well, isn’t she a pretty little thing. Between her and Hannah, you’re gonna have to fight the men off.”

Isaac pressed his lips together. “We’ll be fine.”

“Ooookay.” She held up her hands. “I believe that’s my ride outside. I’ll catch you kids in the hood.”

What the—

I wasn’t even going to ask, to be honest.

“Put her down,” I said to Isaac. “You can let her out if you want. Lucifer is actually asleep on the sofa.”

“I don’t know if introducing her to another cat is the right choice,” he said slowly.

“But you can introduce me as your girlfriend to strangers?” I clapped my hand over my mouth the moment I said it. “Ignore that.”

He put Spring on the floor and looked at me. “You’ve been holding that one inside, haven’t you?”

I shrugged one shoulder. “Let the poor baby out.”

He undid the door to the carrier and faced it toward the living room, then walked over to me. “Hannah, you know why I did that, didn’t you?”

“Of course I do. I’m a woman, Isaac. Alesha clearly had a crush on you, and you used me to shut her down, then you had to keep the ruse up for Audrey.”

“I wish you were wrong.” He pulled me against him, wrapping one arm around my waist. “I did. I turned her down several weeks ago, and I didn’t know how to introduce you, so I said the first thing that came to mind. Is that so bad?”

“No, but I reserve the right to be petty.”

“You absolutely do.” He grinned, and I knew he was so fucking amused by me right now. “I encourage the petty. Let’s face it, you’re only being petty because I said you were my girlfriend before I asked you to be.”

“I… shut up, Isaac.”

He grinned, pulling my face toward his. His lips brushed across mine in the barest of touches. “Hannah, will you be my girlfriend?”

“You’re a dork.” I pushed at his chest, but it was futile. He was so much stronger than I was. “I think we know I already am.”