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Against my better judgment, I do as he asks and narrow my eyes when he grips my bottom in his large hands.
“You’re enjoying this?”
“Aren’t you?”
Instead of replying, I bend to his earlobe and nibble. His grip tightens and he smacks my ass.
“Stop,” he changes my position, and presses me against his impressive erection, “I’m going to have to forget about dinner if you don’t stop teasing me.”
“I think you better put me down if you want to eat first.” My stomach growls again.
“Okay, babe, but after…you’re all mine.”
My mouth drops to the floor at his sexy words.
He chuckles and moves to the back of his truck, where he holds his hands out for me. “I’ll help you up.”
Before my head can catch up with him, I’m sitting in the back of his truck on a sleeping bag while Jace passes me some food.
“Don’t wait for me.” He roots around in the insulated bag. “This is what I’m looking for. The cheese bread.”
He offers me a slice, which I take in excitement.
I adore this bread with lasagna, and I’m guessing he sweet-talked them into giving him the meal to-go because they don’t normally do take-out. I’m certainly not complaining though.
“Now I know why you love this restaurant.” Jace shovels more food into his mouth, and adds, “Next time I take you to dinner, we’ll eat there. I had no idea how cozy the whole place was inside until I collected the food… It was nice, and I’d like to see you sitting across from me in the candlelight.”
I pause with my fork of food halfway to my mouth. “That would be…good.”
He smirks. “You like that idea, huh?”
“I like the idea of being cozy with you,” I admit.
His eyes heat with lust.
Dipping my head, I try to ignore my body’s response to his nearness, and his words. He’s amazing and knows everything to say to make my insides melt. Jace is sincere and knowing how romantic he’s being is causing my desire to push forward now that my belly is full of Italian food.
“Hold that thought,” Jace uses a plastic bag to keep our trash together, “I want to talk about Tammy.”
I frown. Why would he want to talk about Tammy, at least right now?
“Don’t look so worried.” He kisses my forehead.
Now that he’s cleaned up and put everything away to the side of his truck, we can spread out and recline on the sleeping bags he brought with him. Pulling me into his arms, I wait for him to tell me what’s on his mind. I don’t have long to wait.
“I wasn’t going to say anything just yet because I didn’t want to frighten you away, but if you need any help, with anything, please ask me. I want to help you get Tammy, Savannah.”
I smile and find that I have to fight back the tears, but one or two manage to slip free.
“Hey, I didn’t mean to make you cry.” Jace cups my face and tries to mop the tears up with his thumbs.
“I’m trying to tell you that I want to be involved, and that I want to be with you through every step along the way. I know that it’s a large commitment on my part, but once I’ve made up my mind, I’m afraid that I can’t be swayed… So deal with it, babe.”
I can’t help myself and laugh at his cockiness.
“We need to talk a lot more about that, but right now I just want your arms around me.”
“That can be arranged.” He pulls me back into his arms and I smile at the sigh of pleasure he exhales.
