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“I don’t want that for you either, Grant, but the past is what it is. Those people are gone and you feel that loss the same way she does.” Living with grief was hard as hell but we all learned, we all adapted.
“You’re right, I know.” He let out a frustrated sigh that told me just how badly he wanted to take on this burden for his daughter and dammit, it only made me like him more.
“Is there anything hotter than a man telling a woman she’s right?” I laughed to break up the tension and sadness.
“Yeah? Give me a minute and I’m sure I’ll think of other things you were right about.” He wiggled his eyebrows and I laughed. “Like that blue nightgown.”
It was my turn to laugh. “That was a stroke of genius, I have to admit.”
“There was a lot of stroking that night, after a very long and very cold shower.” His gaze darkened and my mind flashed with images of him in the shower, stroking his cock to thoughts of me.
“Yeah? Tell me about it.” Shock registered on his face and I laughed. “Unless you want to show me?”
“Brenna,” he growled. “I’m trying to be a good guy here.”
I shrugged. “Who asked you to?”
“I did. I want you to see that I want you for more than your gorgeous body. I do want you, Brenna, and it has nothing to do with Mariana.”
I swallowed at his words and nodded. “Wanting me makes you a bad guy?”
“No. I’m just trying to show you it’s about more than that.”
“Okay, fine. I guess I’ll live without you putting on a show for me. For now.”
He grinned and shook his head. “Go out with me, Brenna. Let me take you on a date. Dinner and dancing, the whole thing.”
I wanted to say yes immediately but I didn’t. “Okay but on one condition.”
“Name it.”
I sucked in a deep breath and let it out slowly. “The minute you lose interest or this stops working for you, just tell me. Don’t hurt me further by trying to spare my feelings.”
He blinked, stunned by my words. “Right back at you, Brenna.”
I laughed and then I nodded. “Sure, I can do that. Let’s just be honest about what we want and how we feel, always. Does that work for you?”
Grant nodded as he stood and strode around the table. “It more than works for me, Brenna. What I want right now is you and what I feel is happy that you’re going on a date with me, and incredibly turned on knowing that I’ll have you again. Soon.”
My breath hitched in my throat and I nodded. “I feel anxious and excited about the date. What I want is to go home and try out those cold showers I’ve been hearing so much about.”
Grant laughed and I swear it was the best damn sound I’d heard in a long time.
Grant
“I thought the flowers were a nice touch, but this place, it’s like a first date right out of a movie.” Brenna smiled across the candlelit table, a sexy little grin on her red painted lips. “Good pick, Grant.”
I laughed at her plain spoken words, so typical of Brenna that sometimes I didn’t know if she was making fun of me or being genuine. “Thanks, I think.”
“Oh, don’t let your ego betray you now, handsome, I’m being for real. This place is,” she looked around the dimly lit restaurant with soft instrumental music playing in the background, giving couples plenty of privacy to talk and flirt, the long white tablecloths and the single rose that decorated each table, and smiled. “It’s very romantic. Be careful Grant, I might get the wrong idea about all this.” Her words were teasing but there was a hint of fear in her voice that made me sit up a little bit taller.
“You should be careful, Brenna because I think you’re finally starting to get the right idea.”
She sucked in a breath and shook her head. “Grant, please.”
“What? I don’t know how much more obvious I can be about my intentions, Brenna. I want you. I want to spend time with you, in and out of the bedroom. I want to be the reason you smile and, my god the reason you laugh. I just can’t seem to get enough of your laugh.”
She smiled, sitting back in her seat with a little sigh. “Grant, you make me smile all the time.”
“I know, but I want to be the main reason you smile. I want you to think about me and flash one of those big goofy grins that makes your girlfriends jealous. I want you to close your eyes and see my face, smiling at you, tasting you. Kissing you.”
“Grant!” Her blue eyes went wide and she looked around the restaurant to see if anyone was more interested in our conversation than their own. “People can hear you.”
