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F I F T Y
- Finn -
She wanted me back, wanted me by her side. Wanted to have my baby. Babies? Whatever. It didn’t matter. I wanted all of her, and if that meant wanting what she wanted, I was cool with that.
All this time, I thought I had everything I needed, and I was right. But there was more to life than making sure my needs were met.
And having realized that, I felt invincible. Like all the detours I’d taken in life happened for a reason. Because they made me the kind of man a woman like Maeve could love. It seemed impossible, but the proof was right in front of me, written in her sparkling eyes.
“I love you, too, Finn,” she said, her cheeks glowing pink. “I don’t know why I didn’t tell you sooner. I guess I felt like I needed to talk myself out of it.”
“Why?”
“I don’t know,” she said with a shrug. “Because fun-loving bachelors aren’t known for sitting around wishing workaholic homebodies will show up and siphon the joy from their lives.”
I laughed and tipped her chin up. “You’re so wrong.”
She cocked her head. “Am I?”
“You are my joy,” I said. “And you’re not the only homebody in this relationship.”
Her smile pulled to one side.
“If you want to stay in and play naked pancakes every night for the rest of our lives, that’s fine by me.”
“The rest of our lives?”
“What?” I asked, feigning surprise. “I thought you liked planning ahead.”
“Maybe not that far.”
“I’m in this for the long haul, Maeve. On one condition.”
She drew back and eyed me warily.
"We start trying tonight.”
“Trying what?”
I flashed my brows. “You know what I’m talking about.”
“Are you sure you’re ready?” she asked, setting a hand on my chest. “I understand if you want to wait.”
“I definitely don’t want to wait.” I draped my hands around her lower back and pulled her hips against mine. “Waiting almost made me lose my chance.”
She looked up at me hopefully.
“I want the job,” I said. “I want to be The Guy. Your guy. If you’ll have me.”
She lifted onto her toes and pressed her lips to mine, one hand clenched around my shirt as the other hugged my cheek. “I thought this day was a disaster,” she whispered against my lips. “But you’ve turned it right around.”
“And we didn’t even get to the trying part yet,” I said, kissing her again, only deeper this time so she’d know how much every part of me wanted her.
“I never thought I’d say this,” she said, dropping her forehead against mine. “But I’m so glad I chickened out.”
"Sometimes chickening out is the bravest thing you can do.”
She laughed but kept her face where it was, our breath mingling between our charged bodies.
