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How did this girl not know how gorgeous she was?
It blew his mind.
But he guessed he got it. Too many people had hurt, ridiculed, or ignored her. Rhodes had done his best, but he was one person. And he was busy with his life too.
Well, Ethan had time and motivation.
He was going to show her how amazing she was.
“But I don’t want you to worry about that. I can move at your pace.”
“I’m uncertain whether I have a pace.”
“You ever had a Daddy Dom, baby?”
“Me? God, no. I’ve never even had a boyfriend.” Her pale cheeks flushed pink. “I don’t usually share so much about myself. It’s you. You’re a secret whisperer.”
“I like that people tell me things. Although you’re very hard to get things out of. So I need to know if you want this.”
“Want this?” she repeated.
“A relationship. With me. Are you attracted to me, Cate?”
She didn’t say anything.
“Cate?” Reaching over, he touched her chin so he could turn her head to face him. “I know it’s hard to trust me. To believe in me. But the last thing I want is to upset you.”
She lowered her gaze, not meeting his eyes. “We don’t know each other very well.”
“So we’ll get to know each other. We’ll go on dates.”
“You really want to date me?”
“Why do you seem so shocked?” he asked. “You’re the one that suggested we get to know each other better.”
“You’re twisting my words to suit your agenda.”
Was she upset?
“I can appreciate that,” she said, surprising him. “It’s smart.”
“Thank you. I have to try and keep up with you.”
She waved her hand in the air. “You do all right.”
He had to grin. Damned by faint praise.
“Well? Do you want to date me?”
“Because you want to get to know me and for me to trust that you . . . want me?”
“Yes.”
“Because . . .”
“Look at you, fishing for compliments,” he teased.
Her eyes widened. “I wasn’t, I can assure you. I really have no idea why you’d want to spend time with me.”
