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“I didn’t just want a massive piece of strawberry cheesecake or a slice of peanut butter mud pie, which was what I saw when I viewed their dessert menu. That’s too much. So, yes, I called the chef, and we chatted about some options, and this is what she came up with.”
“A sampler.”
“Was it a little birdie who mentioned she wanted one ... I can’t recall.” His stare grew more intense. So did his smile. “It’s the best of everything, Jovana. Like you.”
I gazed at him in amazement.
And while I took him in, I couldn’t help but compare this version of Grayson to the one I had originally met at the bar and the one who had sat with me while I’d signed our marriage contract.
How much he’d changed.
How our relationship had grown.
How his attitude had simmered.
And out of nowhere, a pang of guilt began to break through my chest.
Did I deserve this man?
The alphahole who I had somehow tamed, no longer constantly battling me or finding things to tear into me about.
There was a kindness to him now. A patience that I saw during the most unexpected moments, like the day I’d brought him to meet my family.
I loved both versions.
I didn’t doubt that.
I just wished that feeling weren’t eating at the skin above my heart.
“Grayson ...” I felt my cheeks redden as I looked at him. “I’m wild for you.” I took a breath. “Completely and madly ... wild.”
He stabbed his bottom lip with his teeth, slowly loosening the grip until his mouth was free. “How about some champagne to toast to how wild you are?”
Before I could respond, our waiter was at our table, holding a standing bucket where the champagne was sitting in ice. He lifted the bottle and poured some into two flutes that he placed in front of us.
Once he was gone, Grayson lifted his glass.
“To us.” I smiled.
“That’s the best you’ve got?” His expression couldn’t possibly be any sexier.
“Sometimes it doesn’t take more than two words—or even three—to make an impact.”
Even though I felt those three words, I wasn’t going to voice them.
Grayson wasn’t ready to hear them yet.
“How about to a future that’s long and ...” His voice drifted off, but his expression remained intact, as did his stare, which was looking right through me. “Everything we want it to be.”
“Mmm. I like that.” I clinked my glass against his and took a sip.
“You need to dig in.” He ran his hand over his beard before he pointed at a dessert that was somewhat toward the middle. “That one I requested just for you.”
I lifted my fork. “I honestly don’t know how I’m going to eat another bite, but I’ll try.” Before I stuck the metal teeth into the dessert, I asked, “Why did you request that one for me?”
“I know how much you like strawberries.”
I put them in my yogurt every morning for breakfast, and it was the flavor of ice cream I kept in the freezer. I wasn’t sure he was into that kind of detail.
