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She studies my frown. “What’s your father like?”
I blow out a puff of air. When I don’t elaborate, she settles her head back onto my chest and resumes stroking my chest.
“We’re different,” I say, finally, forcing my body not to tense up the way it usually does whenever my father is mentioned.
“You’re not close, then?”
“You could say that.” I roll my neck, cracking it. I’m not that good at stopping all the tension. I hate that talking about him affects me.
I sigh and pull her closer. She deserves to know.
“To my father, I’m nothing but a huge disappointment. An embarrassment.”
Her hand stills on my chest.
“I got into some trouble when I was a teenager. Spent time in a juvenile detention center for car theft and joyriding. My father never forgave me for it. Our relationship wasn’t that great before. But after that, it never recovered.”
“I’m so sorry. Do you think you can work it out?” Sophie presses her lips against my throat, kissing me softly.
“It’s too late for that. My father is a selfish man. Unless it benefits him, he doesn’t want to know.”
I don’t want to get into just how selfish he is, and all the ways he treats my mother. I’ve hoped she would leave him for years.
“So you’re a reformed bad boy, then?” She hums against the column of my throat as she kisses me again.
“It was one stupid decision, years ago.” I dip my chin so I can meet her eyes. “I know you must deal with all kinds of stuff in your job. But you have nothing to worry about.”
Her lips lift into a smile. “I know. You’re a law-abiding citizen now.”
“You run a check on me or something?” I smirk.
“Or something.” She bites her bottom lip playfully. “I knew a bit about you before the double date.”
“Four years ago?”
She shrugs. “Kelly and I were meeting two guys we knew virtually nothing about. I just asked my sister what she knew about you both. It was the smart thing to do.”
“Ah, Tanner’s wife’s best friend. Small world,” I muse.
“Uh-huh. Holly asked Rachel for all the ugly truths.” She smirks.
“Smart,” I muse, sliding my hand up from her shoulder so that I can stroke her hair. “You’re definitely smart. In fact, you helped Dax out so well last year when he needed a lawyer that if I do decide to get on the wrong side of the law, I can hire you."
“I helped Dax because I was there. I don’t work defense usually.”
“Damn.” I chuckle.
“Maybe I could just keep you in line instead.”
I look into her glittering eyes, then down at her soft, full lips. “Fuck, yeah, you could.”
She laughs softly, then sighs. “Thank you for sharing that. About your dad, your past. I appreciate your honesty.”
I wind a strand of blonde hair around my finger, mesmerized by it. I’m a fucking goner for anything involving this woman.
“I’ll tell you anything you want to know. Communication is important to me. I’ve seen too many couples with secrets. In the end, they eat them up. We aren’t going to be like that.”
She leans into my hand, her eyelids fluttering closed for a brief moment. “I like the sound of that.” She glances past meto the bedside clock. “Ugh. But I do not like the thought of the traffic I’m going to get stuck in if I don’t leave for work soon.”
