“And for what it’s worth, I love you too.”
I blinked because I wasn’t expecting Cat to tell me that. Sure, I’d told her the night before that I loved her, but I thought she hadn’t heard me. “You love me?”
She rolled her eyes. “Of course I love you. I’ve always loved—”
I kissed her. I had waited forever to hear those words. “Let’s go make new memories,” I finally said when we needed to catch our breath.
“What do you have in mind?”
I smirked. “Let’s get married.”
“What?” she shrieked.
My grin widened. “I’m kidding.”For now. “But seriously, change your flight home to tomorrow. Let’s go be tourists.”
She stared at me for a beat and then smiled. “Okay.”
“Music to my ears, Kitty Cat. Music to my ears.”
Cat moved closer and kissed my ear. “Starting with your ears is only the beginning.”
14
Cat
Seth hadtattoos that turned me on.
Last night when we were getting hot and heavy, I didn’t get a good look. But now as we lie in bed, my head on his right shoulder, my finger traced the lines over his arm. I wasn’t exactly sure what I was looking at other than it looked as though the black and grey tattoo was of skin ripping away from the bone.
“Tell me about your tattoos.”
He looked down at his arm and shrugged. “You think there’s a meaning?”
“Isn’t that why people get them?”
“If I tell you, you’ll think it’s a line.”
“A line?” My eyebrows furrowed.
Seth took a deep breath. “I wanted something badass. I’m a man in blue, but when you left in a taxi with my heart, it felt like my skin was being ripped from my body. Like I was being torn apart.”
A lump started to form in my throat, and I tilted my head up at him. “You got the tattoo because of me?”
He gave a tight smile. “Yeah.”
I sat up and moved to the left side of the bed so I could look at it closer. When I did, I noticed that it was his “bones” being exposed, but as my eyes traveled down his shoulder and bicep, I noticed that there was a cat blended in on his wrist. My gaze flicked to his the moment I realized he was telling the truth.
“You’re gonna make me cry.”
Seth sat up and cupped my cheeks. “We’re not reliving the past, remember?”
I nodded, wishing that things were different back then, but sometimes the wrong decisions bring us right to where we were meant to be.
I wasn’tone to blow off work. I had patients. I was the boss’s daughter. Hell, I was going to take over the practice in a few years. But this was Seth, and he was asking me to be with him, something I’d wanted to hear for so long. My patients could wait.
After Seth and I showered the night before, I’d sent a text to Nathan, confirming to meet me at the airport. I’d realized that in my lust-filled haste, I’d left my luggage on the front steps. Luckily, when Seth went down to grab it, it was still there. Now I was sending a text to Nathan that I was staying for another day. He’d understand. Then I sent a text to my dad and one to Corinna who ran our front office asking her to reschedule my Tuesday patients when she went into the office on Monday. I wasn’t sure what time I would make it home, but I needed a day to sleep because I wasn’t getting much now.
“Booked us a suite,” Seth stated as he came back into his room and sat next to me on the bed. I’d suggested Bally’s because it seemed to be in the center of everything on the strip. Plus from the room I shared with Nathan, it had a view of the water show atThe Bellagio. That was cool to watch.
