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“You wanted to do this for your grandmother and your sister?”
“I think so.” I ate slowly, savoring the taste of the food and the feeling of being with someone who understood me so well. Maybe this was why no one else fit for me. Fiona knew me better than anyone. We’d only dated a couple of years, but it was enough to know each other inside and out. That’s why I should’ve known she’d take my rejection hard.
I just hadn’t anticipated her asking me to marry her.
CHAPTER 12
FIONA
I’d spent more time with Aiden these last few days than I had when we were dating. Back then, we had stolen moments when we’d sneak out and talk in the bed of his truck or make out for a few minutes before I had to go inside.
But now, we’d been working together, sharing meals, and I was in the cab of his truck on our way to the Monroes. It smelled overwhelmingly of him: cedar and all man. I wanted to reach over and hold his hand like we had when we were kids.
But we weren’t dating. We weren’t anything. Coworkers. Maybe friends. What if we reconnected just for my trip? Could I handle a physical relationship without losing my heart to him? I’d started to suspect I’d never truly gotten over him because I got all tingly when he got too close. It was getting harder to hide my reaction to him.
Thankfully, he hadn’t hugged me again. I wouldn’t survive another encounter where our bodies were touching. I’d grab his neck and bring his mouth to mine. I let out a shaky breath.
Aiden glanced over at me, his hand resting on the top of the wheel. “Are you nervous to hang out with the Monroes?”
If I thought him driving a truck was sexy, I was in trouble. “Not really. I’m not involved in whatever’s going on with the farm.”
“You’ve always been confident in yourself.” His tone was full of admiration.
“That’s a good thing, right?” I watched his face for his reaction.
His lips quirked. “I always found it sexy as hell.”
“Are you talking about when we dated before?” I shifted on the seat so that my knee was on the cushion and I was facing him.
Aiden glanced over at me quickly before he turned his attention to the road. “You knew I was attracted to you.”
“Yeah, because of my looks maybe, but not—”
Aiden interrupted me and said, “You think I was that shallow? That I wasn’t attracted to you as a person? You stood up for me in third grade when one of the kids called me trailer trash. You said, and I quote, You think you’re better than him? And when he just laughed, you yelled, and I quote, Shut the fuck up.”
I shook my head, embarrassed at that outburst. “I got into trouble for that one. Dad hated when any of us swore. But Teddy said I should have punched him.”
Aiden’s lips twitched. “I bet you could have.”
I smiled softly at the memory. “My brothers taught me to defend myself.”
Aiden shook his head. “Like I said. Sexy as hell.”
Warmth flushed through my body, and tingles ran up and down my spine. I don’t know why, but his admission was a huge turn-on for me. Some guys were intimidated by me, but Aiden liked it. “Well, that’s good to know.”
He reached over and touched my thigh, squeezing it before retreating to his side of the cab. “You know you’re attractive.”
“That wasn’t exactly what you said though. You tied it to my strength instead of just my beauty.” I had this primal urge to straddle his lap and grind myself over his cock. Because I had a feeling he was hard just talking about his attraction to me. We’d always burned hot as teens, but now that we were adults, I was interested to see if it was even better.
He probably learned a few new things on the way. Goosebumps erupted over my skin at the possibility.
“I thought you were pretty. I still do. But I’m attracted to you because of your personality, how you hold yourself, and how good of a person you are.”
I winced. “You still think I’m good when I left my family after my mother died?”
Aiden shook his head. “You didn’t leave. You were away at college.”
I huffed out a breath. “I didn’t come home.”
