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“I think if we go through with things tomorrow morning…”
“Tomorrow morning,” I repeated to myself, and her eyes glazed over. Less than twenty-four hours until she’d be mine.
“Yeah, maybe before we do that, we should…” Her gaze turned hazy, and my dick was throbbing against the zipper of my jeans so damn hard, I was pretty sure it would leave an imprint on my shaft.
“Maybe we should what, sweetness?” We both leaned in closer, and my free hand moved to cup the side of her face. Her soft exhale tickled my lips, and I was dying to close the small amount of space between us to finally feel those plush pillows.
“Maybe we should kiss?”
“Kiss, huh?” I swallowed. I was dying to taste her. Kiss and explore the depths of her mouth.
“Yeah,” she sighed as her eyes fluttered shut. “We should see if we’re compatible.” Fuck me, she was going to ruin me. I knew it. One kiss, and there would be no turning back. Yeah right, jackass! Like you could really turn your back after falling in love with her at first sight.
“Kinda like a science experiment?” I asked, and her dark eyes popped open.
“Yeah, for science.” She nodded softly. Her lips lifted in a sexy half-smile. Adrenaline flowed through my veins, and need coursed through me in a way I’d never experienced in my life.
“Well.” I cleared my throat. “Who am I to get in the way of science?” I drawled slowly. The hand that had been holding the side of her face slipped to her neck, and I leaned in closer. “You sure about this, sunshine? I kiss you, there’s no turning back.”
“I might be bad at it,” she whispered so fucking softly I hesitated, worried I’d imagined it.
But something clicked in my head.
I’d been the first man she slept in a bed with. I was almost positive she was a virgin. But never been kissed? I swallowed and forced myself to pull back. My mind and heart growled with frustration. The two were now in sync, agreeing and pissed I was putting space where I should be ending it.
“Sunny, baby, are you saying what I think you are?”
“I’ve never…” Her body trembled, and my thumbs stroked her jawline trying to calm her down. “I was just so busy and?—"
“Shh…” I hushed her before shutting my eyes for a moment. Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! There was no way, no way in hell that I could have hit gold the way I did as I tried to find some kind of control.
Sunny Castro was fucking gorgeous. Were the men in California thickheaded? The fact that no one claimed her before was a fucking mystery to me. But not even a kiss? The odds of that, of finding a woman like Sunny with how beautiful she was inside and out, were slimmer than winning the goddamn lottery.
Yet I did.
“If you don’t want to because I might be bad at it, I understand.” She started to pull away when I shook my head. I dropped her hand from mine and held her face with both of my too big paws.
“You want me to be your first kiss? That what you’re saying?”
“Yes.” Her answer was just above a whisper, but it was confident and sure.
“Good girl,” I praised. “First kiss. First everything. That what you’re offering, beautiful girl?”
“March.” My name sounded like a prayer. The weight of responsibility hit me. First everything meant I better make it good. Something for her to look back at with a smile.
“Come here, sweetheart.” I rose off my hunches and extended my hand.
Without missing a beat, my girl took my hand. When I tangled our fingers together and led her toward the backyard, I knew in my gut and heart that whatever fucked-up plan I’d set in motion at the beginning of this had changed. Big time.
I wasn’t going to let Sunny loose come the end of March. Hell no. I pulled my phone from my back pocket with my free hand, pulled up the app I needed, and pressed Play before slipping it back into my back pocket. Those dark eyes of hers rose and connected with mine, and I could see the questions bouncing around in her mind.
“What are we—" Her words died on her tongue as the speakers in the backyard started to play a soft country song.
“Dance with me,” I ordered. I didn’t wait for her. I simply pulled her into my arms. Wrapping an arm around her waist as the other held the back of her head. We swayed together back and forth while my fingers played with the smooth strands of her hair. A lot of things hit me in that moment. The biggest of all was that despite our size difference, we fit. Like two pieces of a puzzle coming together seamlessly.
“Are you being romantic, Mr. West?” she asked with a sparkle in her eyes that rivaled the ones above us.
“Maybe I’m trying to woo my future wife. How am I doing?”
