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“How come you got a sitter for Gavin? I’m sure he’d love the wheel too,” I push.
“Oh, he wanted to see Holden, and he doesn’t like heights, so I thought it was best to leave him with Violet for the night. He’s fine.”
“He’s staying the whole night, then?”
“Yeah. You sure are full of questions tonight,” she says and bites her lip. Is she trying really hard not to spill the beans? From everything I’ve learned about her, she’s not the kind of girl who is good at keeping secrets.
“I have one more.”
Her eyes hold a measure of worry, and I soothe it when I ask, “Do you always wear a sexy black dress when you’re exploring downtown Seattle?”
“You think it’s sexy?”
I laugh hard at that, because that’s exactly the kind of evasive answer I’d give. “Yeah, I find it sexy. But you turn me on in your little summery dresses full of dog hair, remember.”
Her soft chuckles warm me from the inside out. “A warm breeze turns you on, Liam.”
“Hey,” I say, feigning insult. “I resemble that comment.” What can I say, I’m a red-blooded male, but truth be told, neither a warm breeze or puck bunny does it for me anymore. Harper is the only woman who turns me on. Things have changed drastically for me since hooking up with her. I reach up and grab the ‘oh shit’ bar and she turns to me, her lips tight, her eyes narrowing in on me.
“Hey, I know how to drive.”
I arch a brow when a clanking sound rattles beneath the car, and I look over to see her check engine light on. I make a mental note to get her car checked out for her, or better yet, buy her a new one, although she’s not the kind of girl who accepts gifts, and honestly, I do love that about her. It’s a refreshing break.
“It’s not your driving I’m worried about,” I inform her.
She whacks my stomach and I take her hand, bring it to my mouth and kiss it.
“Sweet little Dixey here has not let me down yet.”
“You call your car Dixey?” I take in the tiny smile on her face and sense a story. “Spill,” I say.
She laughs. “You sound like Violet and Emma. They were all over me to tell secrets at Jason’s birthday party.”
“Did you?”
“Honestly, I didn’t have to. One look at us and they knew. But I sort of said I was tapping you.”
I laugh out loud. “My God, the things that come out of that sweet mouth of yours.”
“Maybe it’s not so sweet.”
“It’s sweet. You’re sweet.”
I’m fucking in love with you.
She takes her eyes off the street for a second to turn my way and honest to God, as cliché as it might sound, she really does take my breath away. Tonight, her blonde hair is up, perfectly styled, and the strands that are falling around her face are on purpose, not because the clip can’t contain them. A hint of blush sculptures her cheekbones, and brings out the blue in her eyes. There is no way on the face of this earth that I can leave here next week without knowing she’ll be here for me when I return. I have one weekend left to convince her that we should be a family and add to it. She never did go get that morning after pill. She started her period right away, and as much as I hated to talk about a girl’s period in the past—juvenile, I know—I like that she’s open about her body with me. Heck, I even ran out to pick up her tampons. In the past, I might have thought something like that would force me to cash in my man card, but you know what? That’s bullshit. It makes me more of a man to help her like that. It makes me a better man. She makes me a better man by allowing me to be who I really am all the time, not just behind closed doors.
I think about a future with her, and how she talked about ending things when the picture of us came out. I can handle anything her ex wants to throw at me, and I’m relieved that nothing came from the photo. Well, I guess what I should say is I’m glad nothing negative ca
me from it. My coach loved it and so did the media. Lots of great publicity, and no sign of her ex. I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t dare show his face when I’m around. I definitely would have left my mark on him, fuck the coach and fuck the contracts. Harper and her son come first. But I don’t want to think about that right now. No, we don’t have a lot of time left before I leave and I damn well want to make the most of every minute.
“I had this mare growing up. She was ancient. Every year my father said she’d never make it through the winter, but every spring she came out kicking.” I love the smile on her face as she takes a happy trip down memory lane. After getting to know her, it’s clear she doesn’t have too many good memories, but the future is a different beast and I plan to make hers and Gavin’s amazing, if she’ll let me. “She was so feisty.”
“And her name was Dixey.”
“Look at you,” she teases with a grin. “Hot and smart.”
“You think I’m hot?” I reach across the seat and put my hand on her bare thigh. Her little intake of breath washes over me and strokes my thickening cock. I slide my hand up, and the heat from her sex warms the blood rushing through my veins. “How about we skip the wheel and go somewhere private?” She casts me a fast glance and I love the flush on her face. Love that she wants the same thing I do. In the bedroom, for now, and hopefully out of the bedroom before the end of the weekend.
