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He shrugs. “Honestly? Probably since the night I met you.”
I gasp. “What?”
“That night I met you, I was drawn to you first. But you didn’t seem interested, and your sister took the reins, and I buried whatever I thought I felt for you. The rest is history. Or it was, anyway, until she cheated on me, which I get the feeling may have been happening the entire time we were together.”
I slip my dress back over my head and smooth it out. “I didn’t seem interested that night?”
“Not as interested as she was.”
“I was. The moment I met you, I felt like we were a better match. But you left with her because she was louder.”
He takes a step toward me and wraps an arm around my waist, pulling me against him. “It was your quiet beauty that always intrigued me, Gracie.”
I don’t know why, but hearing him call me that feels intimate and precious. “It was everything about you that always intrigued me,” I admit. I glance up into his eyes, and I see it there.
We’re both at the precipice of this…this…this thing. It’s big and lovely at the same time that it’s terrifying. We could dive into it headfirst and see where it takes us, but neither of us is used to taking those sorts of risks.
Especially not when I need him for the next year. I can’t go all in only to lose both him and the winery before our year together is up.
And I especially can’t lose to Amelia. Not again.
Not ever again.
He presses a quick kiss to my lips before things get too much heavier in here. “Let’s head back down, okay?”
I nod, and slipping my hand into his feels so natural. So right.
I just hope I can hold onto that feeling for longer than a year.
Forever seems like a decent amount of time to me.
Chapter 31: Spencer Nash
Heard You Praying Earlier
Four Days After the Wedding
“I can’t believe I go home tomorrow,” she says quietly as we sway to the voice of John Legend. “I’m not ready to leave you.”
I get the very real sense that this is the longest number of days she’s been away from the vineyard, and I’m sure she’s missing it—especially since she wants to take it over. She must feel the need to be there now more than ever.
But I feel her words harder than I was expecting to. “I’m not ready, either,” I admit.
And maybe we don’t have to part just yet.
“What if I came with you?” I ask softly.
She pulls back and glances up at me. “What?”
“We can tell Maggie and Amelia together.” I shrug. It’s the first time I’ve had that thought, and I sort of think it’s a good thought. It’s not right to send her into the lion’s den alone.
Her jaw slackens. “You’d do that?”
I tighten my arms around her. Does she really have to ask after what we just shared upstairs?
When we came back down, the party was back in full swing. Grayson and Asher both gave me knowing, wolfish smiles, but apart from that, I don’t think anybody knows where we disappeared to. I don’t even think anybody noticed.
But that little disappearing act has me fully in love with the woman currently swaying in my arms. It wasn’t just the sex—though hearing her moan how good I felt inside her was certainly something for the books.
