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“Alex’s dad grows them. They have land outside the city with a massive five-acre garden.”
“That would be a dream of mine.”
His brows lifted. “To have a five-acre garden?”
I giggled. “No. To live outside of the city and have land.”
Finn smiled wide. From his reaction, I was going to safely assume living outside of the city was something he wanted someday as well.
“My folks live outside of the city. So do Preston and Harmony. They just finished building their new house.”
“Perfect timing for the baby,” I replied with a grin.
Finn leaned back and took me in as he balanced the chair on two legs. “Tell me more about yourself.”
“Like what?”
“Tell me something that would surprise me.”
I dabbed the corners of my mouth, then placed my napkin on the table and lifted my eyes in thought. “Something that would surprise you?”
I wasn’t sure why in the hell I said it…but it slipped out before I could stop it. “I haven’t had sex in five years.”
Finn did something with his body that caused the chair to go back farther, and before I knew it, he was on the ground.
I jumped up, ran over to him, and kneeled down. “Oh my gosh…are you okay?”
He looked up at me with a look of sheer panic. He opened his mouth to say something, then snapped it shut.
“Oh my! What happened?” the young worker cried out as she ran up and kneeled beside us.
“He um, he fell back. I think he’s okay. Maybe just in shock.”
Yeah, totally in shock. From you telling him you haven’t had sex in forever and a day. Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!
Finn shook his head and sat up. “I need a moment, ladies.”
We both stood and took a few steps back.
The girl leaned over and whispered, “Why is he in shock?”
I cringed. “I might have said something he wasn’t prepared for.”
“Oh,” she whispered, and looked directly at me. “You told him you loved him?”
“What? No! I told him I hadn’t had sex in a while.”
I cringed internally. For the love of all things good. I did it again.
Her mouth dropped open.
“Oh God. I did it again.”
She nodded. “Yeah, ya did.” Turning back to Finn, who was still sitting on the ground and was now mumbling to himself, she stated, “Poor guy.”
“Why him the poor guy? What about me?”
She took me by the arm and led me away. “Now you’ve put pressure on him to perform good.”
My lips pressed together. “You think?”
She pinched her brows. “Oh yeah. It’s probably like being with a virgin all over again. Guys freak out about stuff like that.”
“I’m not a virgin!” I practically shouted. Finn moaned, and I slapped my hand over my mouth before dropping it and giving the young woman a dumbfounded look. “Why are we even talking about this?”
She shrugged. “I don’t know. You brought it up.”
I let out a huff and walked back over to Finn. “For Pete’s sake, stand up already.”
Alex came walking up. “What happened?”
Pressing my lips together, I made sure I didn’t blurt out anything to him. “Nothing. Finn was leaning back in his chair and slipped.”
The girl giggled, but quickly stopped when I shot her a dirty look. I pointed to her and then made a motion of zipping my lips. She nodded and mimicked throwing the key away. “If that will be all, I’ll start cleaning up, Mr. Montell.”
Alex directed his attention to her and replied, “Yes, Nancy, thank you.”
“Nancy! I’ve been meaning to ask your name. Thank you for the lovely lunch,” I stated while shaking her hand.
Her face turned red as she watched Finn stand up and come over to my side. “Yes,” he said. “Thanks, Nancy. It was…delicious.”
With a quick nod of her head, she answered. “It was my pleasure and um, good luck.” Her eyes darted down to Finn’s pants, then over to me. “With everything.”
My mouth fell open as she gathered up the plates and headed off into the museum.
Finn’s breath hit my neck and caused me to shiver. “I think that was a compliment in my direction.”
I nudged him in the stomach with my elbow, then spun around and faced him. His green eyes sparkled. Even if I’d wanted to, I didn’t think I could ever truly be upset with this man. “You’re bad, Mr. Ward.”
He waggled his brows, “Oh, you haven’t seen nothing yet, Ms. Adams.”
My lower stomach clenched and I fought to hold back a moan.
“Okay, well, I feel like I’m a part of a private conversation,” Alex cut in, “so I think I’ll walk the two of you out and you can continue this somewhere else.”
“The library,” Finn said with a smile, guiding me with his hand on the small of my back.
As Alex walked on ahead of us, he mumbled, “Whatever floats your boat, Ward.”
Chapter 15
Rory
Books and first times
“The library? You’re bringing me to the library as part of our first date?”
