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“Aaron, why the hell were you flirting with Caity at the party?”
He sighs and shakes his head. “It was her stupid way of trying to get to you and Aiden. I wasn’t expecting her to kiss my neck, and I put an end to it after that. Told her to go talk to Aiden. Then I was going to talk to you—”
“But you saw me with Jesse.”
“Yeah.”
“We’ve both made so many mistakes and bad decisions. I don’t want to agonize over them anymore. I want to let them go. Move forward. So,” I take both of his hands in mine, “for all the stupid things I did, for the ways I hurt you, I’m sorry.” I gently run my hand over his cheek. “And for slapping you. I’m so sorry.”
He grabs my hand and pulls it to his lips, softly kissing it.
“I forgive you. And I’m sorry for all the dumb shit I did, for dating Caity, for letting you down, and for hurting you. I never want to be the one who hurts you.”
“I know. I forgive you, too.”
He softly kisses my nose. “Thank God.”
“So, where does this leave us?”
A flirtatious smile crosses his lips. “I’m thinking we pretend we’re picking up the night I kissed you on my truck. I know there are some things we can’t forget or let go of, but when it comes to how we handled this between us, I agree, letting go and moving on is most important. Because I want to be with you. No more games or bullshit. Just us, together. But I think we need to take our time. I don’t want us to rush into dating.”
He extends his arm, and a half-smile crosses my lips. My heart lightens as I snuggle against him.This feels right. It feels like home.
I let out a little exhale. “That’s exactly what I was thinking—taking it slow, but being committed to dating once we feel likeusagain.”
He slides a hand into my hair. “Perfect,” he whispers, inches from my lips.
“Mm. Where does that leave kissing?” I ask, trying to ignore the heat pooling between my legs and instead focus on the happiness radiating in my heart.
“Well, we alwaysfriendlykissed.”
I move even closer. “And if I want to more-than-friendly kiss?”
“I think that’s a good part of becoming us again.Blurred lines.”
“Don’t sing the song,” I groan, but he hums it in my ear anyway, knowing how much I hate it.
I give his shoulder a shove and he laughs, then wraps an arm around my back and pulls me closer before crushing his lips into mine for an epic, heart-stopping, breathtaking, absolutely perfect kiss. The kind that fills my brain with cotton candy, whisking all other thoughts away. Except for one. One thing I haven’t said but need to.
Gently untangling our lips, I look into those gorgeous bronze eyes, watching as the gold flecks shimmer in the starlight.
“I love you, Aaron. I’m yours. Always have been. Always will be.”
He kisses me again, then meets my eyes, looking deep into my soul. “I love you, Beautiful. With everything inside me, I love you. And I know I always will.”
I launch forward, kissing him ravenously. Grabbing the back of my neck, he deepens the kiss, rolling on top of me as his luscious lips devour mine and his tongue owns my mouth like he owns my heart.
Maybe we should take it slower, but I feel like I’ve been waiting my whole life for this kiss, and I don’t want it to end for anything. I could spend the rest of my life like this.
Kissing him is the most natural thing in the world. I lose all sense of what’s happening around me. I think time stops. Or maybe it just feels that way. All I know is I have no idea how long we’ve been kissing when we hear a voice boom out the window.
“Rae McKinley and Aaron freaking Cooper!”
Uh oh, busted.
Reluctantly, we pull apart and see Sarah climbing out the window, sleeping bag in hand.
“Well, the two of you lookcozy.”
