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I slowly brought my head up to meet his worried gaze.
“Are you okay?” He asked, smoothing his thumbs over my cheeks.
“As long as I don’t get on the ferry.”
“No ferry,” he grinned. “I would never make you do anything you absolutely didn’t want to do.”
“You made me jump off a bridge!” I exclaimed.
“Yeah,” he shrugged. “But that’s because I knew, in the end, that you’d love it. It’s my job to push you out of your comfort zone.”
“I’m not getting on that ferry. It has nothing to do with a comfort zone.”
“Woman, did you hear what I said? I would never force you to do anything. Not that I’d have to,” he grinned crookedly.
“You’re so full of yourself.” I playfully pushed his shoulder.
“I have a lot to be proud of,” he waggled his eyebrows as he took my hands and hauled me up. “Come on,” he slung an arm across my shoulders, “we have a statue to see.”
I let him lead me to a better viewing point. The statue was quite spectacular, and I would’ve loved to see it even closer, but I wasn’t going near the ferry.
“I’m sorry,” I said after we’d been standing there for a few minutes.
“What for?” He looked at me questioningly.
“I know you would’ve liked to have gone,” I pointed to the ferry pulling away. “You could’ve gone by yourself.”
“But I didn’t want to,” he smoothed his hands up and down my arms. “I’m perfectly fine standing right here with you. This,” he motioned around us, “makes me happy.”
I swallowed thickly. “Sometimes, I feel like I’m holding you back from things. Without—”
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He silenced me with his lips.
“Why do you do that?” I gasped breathlessly when he pulled away.
“Do what? Kiss you senseless?” He smirked, pleased with himself.
“Yes, that,” I snapped.
“Sometimes, you need to shut up and kissing you is the most pleasing way to do it.”
“You have one strange thought process,” I commented, fighting a smile.
“You say strange, I say spectacular. Any excuse to kiss you is a good one,” he chuckled. “But what I was going to say to you is, in no way do you ever hold me back. How could you ever think that? Look at all the crazy shit we’ve done.”
I laughed, feeling lighter. “I guess you’re right.”
“I’m always right. I’m a Wentworth after all,” he winked.
We gazed out at the water and statue for a little while longer before he said, “Ready to go?”
I nodded. “Yeah.”
Since I wasn’t getting on the ferry, there was no point in hanging around here any longer. At least I’d gotten to see it.
“Wanna head into Manhattan?” He questioned.
