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“There’s only one way to fix this now,” he breathes against my lips once he breaks the kiss. “Marry me, Lynn. Be my wife.”
A gasp floats from my lips as I look up into his eyes. His long lashes have drops of rain clinging to them. However, I don’t doubt the sincerity I see in them.
“Trevor, what?”
He palms my face and kisses me tenderly. “I said marry me. Your daddy wants to see you safe and secure. Be my wife. Let me show him I’m serious about you.”
My mind races and my thoughts get all jumbled up. He can’t be serious. My daddy would kill us. I’m not ready to get married. I’m only eighteen.
“I just graduated high school. I’m about to take off to start a career as a singer. We’d be doomed before we even started.”
“But we wouldn’t be forced to be a part. In a year, we can start our life together. I’ll have our house built by then. And?—”
“And what about you finishing school? Slow down, Trev. We can’t allow him to force us into anything rash. Besides, now, it’s really starting to feel like he’s right.”
“What do you mean?”
“It feels like we’re lying and sneaking around behind his back.”
Trevor jerks his head back as if I’ve slapped him. I ball my hands into the front of the sweatshirt he’s wearing. He shakes his head as if to clear it.
“So I want to do the right thing and stop sneaking around. Make you my wife and tell your daddy you’re the only one for me, but you feel like we’re doing just the opposite?” he says incredulously.
I lift my hands in the air and look around us. “This isn’t exactly how we go about gaining his trust. I did just sneak out my bedroom window.”
Trev places his hands on his hips and looks down at me exasperatedly. “Then you tell me your suggestion, darlin’.”
I sigh. “I don’t know,” I admit honestly. “Mama put her foot down before Daddy grounded me. She told him I’m going to Nashville and New York. Which only made your rejection more confusing for me.
“I… I don’t think I’m ready. Maybe all of this is happening for a reason. This could be a bad time. Let’s give it a while. Maybe in a year, we’ll be able to see things differently without my father’s influence.”
He shakes his head before I can finish my words. He palms my cheeks and runs his thumbs across my wet skin as we stand there as if the rain isn’t coming down on us. Trev places his forehead to mine and breathes me in.
“I don’t think that’s the right thing to do. It don’t feel right. Lynn, baby, marry me.” He kisses me. “Marry me, Babycakes.” He kisses me again. “Come on, darlin’. You’re the one for me. Be my wife.”
He kisses me again, and this time, it feels like he’s trying to pull a yes from my lips. He begins to sway us as if dancing to a song only he can hear.
My breath hitches and I’m tempted to say yes. However, there’s something holding me back. I love him, I truly do, but this is too soon. If I say yes, it will ruin us.
“I’m sorry, Trev, but I can’t. I love you. I do. I… I just don’t want to rush into anything we’ll regret. You don’t even know how your daddy is going to react to you not going into the draft.”
“I don’t care. I’m a grown-ass man. I don’t need my daddy to plan my life for me,” he growls.
“Oh,” I say and drop my head.
“Oh, Lynn, baby, no, no, no. I didn’t mean it that way.”
“I should get back. It’s cold out here,” I mutter.
“Darlin’, wait.”
“I have to get back?—”
He rushes around me and tugs me into his embrace. He buries his face into my wet hair. Reluctantly, I wrap my arms around his waist.
“I’m sorry. I’m losing my mind trying to figure this out. I don’t want to rush you.
“Take all the time you need. I’ll finish school and sort out my own mess. You go do what you need.
