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“You’re a keeper, Knox. I’m not sure why no one has snatched you up before now. You’ve got the looks. The body. The personality. And you cooked and served me. What more could a woman want? Oh yeah, a guy that can perform in bed. Check, check, check, check and check. Sounds like I’m winning.”
“I might be thinking the same thing,” he said, smiling at her.
20
GO GENTLE ON ME
Almost two months later, Knox found himself at Thanksgiving dinner at Violet and Trace’s house. Sage’s parents and grandmother had arrived yesterday and were staying until Saturday.
It’d been almost three months of dating and he felt things were going well with him and Sage. Better than he could have imagined.
“Are you ready for Nonna?”
“I am,” he said. “I guess.”
Sage had been picking on him for weeks about her grandmother. That she was the tough one of the family, but if she accepted you, you were golden.
He had to admit that he was slightly nervous about not being good enough.
“Whose is the extra car?” he asked.
There were two in the driveway. Last time he was here Trace and Violet’s vehicles were in the garage. Sage had said her parents and grandmother were driving together and that was it.
“I’m not sure,” she said. “It’s a Connecticut license plate. Your guess is as good as mine.”
They got out of his truck, and Sage grabbed the appetizers she’d put together. He asked if he could bring wine or anything and had been told no, it was all covered.
He’d never had a big Thanksgiving dinner. Not a loud one either but had been warned he might need earplugs here.
They went up the porch and through the front door and into the back and he bumped into Sage when she stopped.
“Surprise,” a stunning tall blonde said and rushed toward her. “And I brought the wine.”
“Kate!” Sage said, turning and handing him the box full of snacks as she went to hug the former model. Damn, he didn’t even recognize her.
She was the talk of their school back in the day, but she wasn’t in school all the time either. Sage had told him Kate ended up home schooled when her career took off.
“Oh my God, I’ve missed you,” Kate said. Then pushed back and moved over to him. “I’m Kate, but you know that. Everyone knows me. I want to know about you.”
“You know about Knox,” Sage said. “And you said you weren’t coming.”
He shook hands with Kate while Sage took the food back and put it on the table. “It’s nice to meet you. I’ve heard a lot about you too.”
“Everyone knows about Kate,” an elderly woman said. Small with white hair pulled back at the base of her neck. She had an apron on and he knew beyond a doubt this was Nonna and she’d taken over the kitchen at Violet’s.
“You must be Sage and Trace’s nonna,” he said, moving forward. “I’ve heard a ton about you. You’re the one I have to impress. Go gentle on me.”
There was a round of laughter to that statement. He heard Kate whisper, “I like him already.”
“Mom and Dad, I don’t know if you remember Knox. I don’t believe you met him, but he’s in at least two of my yearbooks. Knox, Frank and Sophia Mancini.”
He shook hands with Sage’s parents. “You need to impress us too,” Frank said.
“Stop it,” Sophia said. “Knox isn’t like the last one.”
He lifted one eyebrow at Sage. “The last one?”
“We all have exes,” she rushed out to say. “Mine was almost two years ago. You know that. In the past. Everyone moves on. I have.”
