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It was a sobering thought. Especially when she might never have broken things off with him if the business hadn’t gone broke.
Then, she might never have moved to New York.
Never have met this man . . . who was fast becoming her everything.
Who she couldn’t imagine living without.
And wasn’t that a scary thought?
Perhaps she’d had to go through the worst time in her life to get to the best time of her life.
To this man. This life.
Perhaps she’d failed. But, also, maybe she wasn’t entirely to blame.
“Baby?” Reuben grasped hold of her chin, tilting her face back. “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.” She smiled up at him. “Nothing at all.” Leaning up on her tiptoes, she kissed him lightly. “I’m just so grateful to have met you. To be here with you. Thank you.”
He cupped her face between his hands. “I know I’m not the easiest man. And I’m not going to change. But I want you to know that I’ll do whatever it takes to look after you.”
“I know you will.”
He kissed her again. This time it was deeper, hotter, dirtier.
God, she loved when he kissed her dirty.
When he drew back, she was shaky. He turned her toward the gate and slapped her ass. “Go play. I’ve got to go get a few supplies.”
Part of her wanted to ask him what he was going to get.
The other part of her thought that she probably didn’t want to know.
Instead, she ran into the play area.
“No running!” Reuben ordered.
“It’s fine for her to run. It’s safe,” Andrea said.
Faith turned to see him glaring at poor Andrea again.
Yikes.
Moving into the castle, she squealed as she saw that it had steps leading up to the turret. She climbed them and stepped out onto the turret. She was queen of the world!
There was even a slide on the other side. She used that to get down.
Whee!
At the bottom, a man stepped in her path. For a moment, nerves filled her before she realized it was Charlie. The Little boy who’d gotten his bottom smacked earlier.
Like you got your bottom smacked.
Yeah. She didn’t want to think about that right now.
“Um, hi,” she said shyly.
“Hi, I’m Charlie.”
