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Glancing over at Kace who was testing the bottle he just made Denver by shaking the milk out onto his big, manly wrist to test the temperature sent a heart-tugging emotion sweeping through me.
He had so many layers, each of themdeliciousand crave-worthy.
Then my heart sank as the thought of him marrying some other woman took root again. That was a sight I wouldn’t be able to see without falling apart. And as that dimmed the happiness that had been rippling through me as I watched him and my sweet child, his earlier words came back to me.
Hope flared as I ran through it in my head.
He had said he wasn’t letting me or Denver go, we meant something to him, and he called my ass cute. Even tried correcting his word choice in front of my two-week-old who wouldn’t have caught on to the bad word at all. A giggle broke free and I tried to cover it with a cough.
“I’m not sure what you are laughing at, but I love the sound.”
Kace looked away from Denver who was in his arms, bottle in his little mouth and smiled.
“Say yes,” he demanded.
Oh yeah, that was the other part. He wanted to take me on a date.
I was nervous as hell so instead of telling him yes, I focused on his demand. Even though something about when he did it had lit a fire in me, I shouldn’t like it and couldn’t admit it either.
“Is that how you honestly ask a girl out? You tell her what to say?” I made a face and the jerk smiled at me.
“Between your feistiness and the cute scrunched-up face you just pulled that I like so much, your answer may have to wait while I hit the shower again.”
My mouth dropped open. He was really on a roll today and I was struggling to pretend it didn’t affect me. Then his face went all serious and his eyes softened.
“You’re right. Teal, sweetheart, will you please go on a date with me?” He swallowed and held his breath, that vulnerable look back on his face.
I was defenseless against this man.
“What about the baby?” I asked him, my son immediately coming to my mind. I was a mother first and I’d swore to myself I would be the best one I could be.
He looked at Denver and his eyes sparkled. Kace seemed to be attached to the little guy and it was endearing, to say the least.
“Baby, we can bring him or Alley said she and Landon would come here for a few hours and watch him.”
Whoa, he asked Alley?
“You talked to her about this?”
Kace had a worried look on his face. If he thought I was mad, I wasn’t. I thought it was nice they were close and that he wanted to go out with me bad enough he had already thought to ask but also was giving me a choice whether we took Denver or not.
“I’m sorry, honey. I just wanted to be prepared. I didn’t mean to say something to her before you. I just have wanted to take you out for a long time now.”
Why hadn’t he asked before then?
He seemed to once again know what I was thinking. “I thought maybe it was best to wait until I thought you were truly ready and I felt that more in the last few weeks, as well as you filing for divorce.”
Kace was right. As much as I might have wanted to say yes before the baby and prior to finally getting up the nerve to put the divorce into action, I most likely wouldn’t have been ready.
I am now.
“Yes,” I rushed to say, nerves ramping up a mile a minute. “And I trust Alley for a little bit,” I added.
He looked shocked and relieved at my answer.
“If we didn’t have plans with the gang tonight I would take you today. How about next Saturday?”
He looked as happy as I felt.
