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“I still don’t like the thought of you going out and performing with the people looking for us,” I say, my chest tightening. “But it’s just two shows a week. I’ll be able to keep making time in my schedule to be there, and the security team will be there too. We’ll figure it out.”
“Thank you.” She gives me a smile that makes my heart skip a beat.
I would die a happy man if I got to see that smile for the rest of my life.
That scares the hell out of me.
“Working on your music sounds like a great idea.” I twist in my seat to face her. “You’re talented, Zoe. You’re going to make it far as a musician. I have no doubt that you’re going to be signed to a label before you know it.”
“Are you alright with that?” Her voice is soft and shy, like she’s not sure it’s a question that she should be asking. “If I get signed to a label and start doing tours and things like that, what’s it going to do to us?”
I swallow hard, trying to sort through the dozens of thoughts swirling through my mind. “I might be a horrible man a lot of the time, but I’m not going to hold you back from your dreams, Zoe. If you want to go on tour all over the world, I’m going to be right there with you when I can be.”
The tension in the car grows thicker as she looks at me.
Her gaze flickers between my eyes and my mouth.
My heart pounds against my chest and my blood rushes in my ears.
“What do you want out of this marriage?” Her voice is a mere breath.
Her hands shake as she reaches out and takes my hand, lacing her fingers through mine.
“I don’t know.” I run my thumb over her knuckles. “I don’t know if I could ever be the kind of man you should be with. The world I live in is not the kind of world you should be in.”
“That sounds like there’s a but coming.” Her voice wavers.
My stomach ties itself into knots. “There is. I don’t know how to be the man you should have in your life, but I’m too selfish to let you go. I want you too much to be able to sit back while you walk away from me.”
She stares at me for too long.
It feels like she is stripping away the person I present to the world and trying to get to who is at the core.
I know that I should put some distance between us. I should keep myself from falling deeper for her.
But when it comes to Zoe, I don’t know that I can.
“I know I told you earlier tonight that I don’t really know what to do with both sides of you. I don’t. But I think I would regret it forever if I didn’t try to embrace both those sides. Despite the way you scare me sometimes, I think I’m falling for you too.”
My breath hitches as I look at her.
The next moment is what makes or breaks us. I can feel it in the air, and I’m sure that she can too.
I don’t have the words to say to her right now. Instead, I lean over and kiss her.
Zoe holds my hand tighter as I nip her bottom lip.
Her soft gasp breathes life into the car as I tease her tongue with mine.
Her lips are soft as I kiss her, leaning back as she follows me.
Zoe pulls away long enough to climb over the console before straddling my lap.
She looks down at me as she runs her fingers through my hair.
As I stare up at her, I can’t help but wonder where we go from here.
I want her and I’m scared to have her.
