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Greer’s face turned red as he pushed away and tried to escape from me. But I knew what I’d done, or rather, hadn’t done. He had no idea what I was thinking, and I had to fix that.
“I’m sorry, babe.” That word had never felt right coming out of my mouth until I’d said it to him. “I wasn’t laughing at you. Well, I was, but not why you think.”
His brows drew together as I pulled him back to me.
“Austin, what are you talking about? You’re beginning to ramble like me.”
I laughed again but leaned in to kiss his forehead. “Greer, you listen to me, and you listen good. You listening?”
I expected him to roll his eyes or scold me, but he didn’t. I was ready to tease him and laugh with him, but that was not what he showed me.
As I got lost in his eyes, Greer looked like I’d hung the moon for him.
Like no matter how much of an asshole I’d been, he’d still forgive me.
And he looked at me like no one ever had before. That was the look that brought tears to my eyes.
“First, there will be no waiting for you to learn how to kiss. You just keep kissing me back like that, and we’ll be just fine. But I wasn’t laughing at you. What I was laughing at was how wrong you were. You are perfect, just like you are. And I’m so sorry I was an asshole to you for so long.”
His eyes teared up. But before I let him speak, I just needed to say it before it killed me.
“I know this might be too soon, and I might be jumping the gun, but I have to tell you something. Physically, I can’t hold it in one more second.”
He gave me that sexy grin he’d been haunting me with for years. “Then say it before I tell you how much I love you.”
My brow furrowed as my mouth dropped open. “You asshole! You stole my line.”
He shrugged, but pulled me closer. “You were rambling again. But you can say it now. Go ahead, I’m listening.”
“I don’t think I want to anymore. Maybe I was wrong.”
He snorted. Again. “You weren’t wrong. I’m perfect, remember? You said I was perfect.”
I laughed. “You are perfect for me. Perfect. For. Me,” I clarified. “That’s what I meant.”
“Yeah, whatever,” he said, but the look was there all over his face.
“We’ve wasted so much time.”
He nodded. “We have, but we also weren’t ready to be together. It would have been too difficult.”
Before I could ask what he meant, a yawn broke free from his chest. We were both wiped out from everything today.
“Can we go to bed? We need to shower again. I’m exhausted.”
I leaned in and kissed his forehead. “Yeah, let’s go. We can talk in the morning.”
I stood and held my hand out to him. He slipped his hand in mine, and I pulled him to his feet.
We walked in, hand in hand, as Greer closed and locked the door. I looked over my shoulder to check the fire, but it had burned down to only a few red embers. It was secured behind a heavy screen and surrounded by a stone wall.
When we walked into the bedroom, the warm white glow of the landscape lighting drew my attention to the balcony. It had one of the most spectacular views of the beach, and I could see why Greer loved this house so much.
I turned my attention back to hunting through my bag and pulled out sleep pants I never used. I’d only brought them because we’d be staying in the same room. And now that I knew his family would be here, they were a necessity.
Greer passed by me to open the sliding doors and trailed his fingertips over my back. I shivered at his feathery touch. “I’ll go shower in the other bathroom.”
He returned to where I was standing next to his bed. “Give me five minutes to rinse off and change, and you can use this one.”
