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It could grow intoeverything.
“You’re quiet.”
“So are you,” I return.
“But you're never quiet.”
I snuggle deeper into him, unable to help my smile. “I feel peaceful right now.”
“Peaceful,” he parrots, like he’s testing out the word. The meaning.
“Mmhmm,” I confirm. “Peaceful.” Lifting my head from his shoulder, I look into his eyes. “What do you feel?”
There's that hunger again. It flashes in his eyes like a lightning bolt, hot and powerful.
He clears his throat, not giving me the answer I want as he rumbles, “I just want to make sure you're okay. I probably shouldn't have done that. Kissed you like that.”
“Why not?”
His eyes search mine again, and there's so much uncertainty in this big, rough man. So much self-doubt. Like he’s waiting for the shoe to drop. For the glass floor he’s standing on to give way.
“Did you want it? The kiss?”
“Nick,” I breathe his name incredulously. “If I didn't want it, I wouldn't have kissed you back.”
This answer seems to surprise and please him. Still, I lean forward and touch my mouth to his. I can feel his hunger simmering below the surface. A beast desperate to claim, but he holds back.
He doesn't deepen the kiss. He doesn't take control.
He lets me kiss him, and he kisses me back gently. Even though I can feel an urgency simmering below the surface, he’s keeping it restrained for me.
When I pull away, I feel a blush staining my cheeks. “I like kissing you.”
“I like kissing you too, Sunshine.”
Sunshine.Again, I snuggle into his chest and we're quiet as we listen to the storm rage, cocooned by the warmth of the fire in the stove.
And I know with a certainty I'll always know that I am safe with this man.
Safe in his arms in his home. As long as he's here, I want to be here too.
It's been twenty-four hours. I never knew, never believed it was possible to start falling so fast. I should have known better. Look what happened to Mom and Dad.
A girl’s trip to Arizona.
A love to last a lifetime.
ChapterEleven
Sadie
I wake up the next morning intent to make Nick breakfast. Who can sleep after a kiss like that, anyway? I couldn't. I thought about that kiss all night.
The sleep I did get was restless. My body felt achy and hungry and needy…
I knew exactly what I was needy for.
For him.
