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“Sav, if you want us to tell him right now, we’ll march in there and do it. But he’s got so much on his plate, and I don’t even blame him for not liking the idea of his sister being with me. At least not until I can explain to him and make him see what you mean to me.”
I could see her swallow. She sniffed. “You really do intend to tell him after the wedding, don’t you?”
Where was this coming from?
“We’ve talked about this. We’re going to tell him together. As soon as they’re back and all the wedding stress is behind them, we’re going to sit down with Sean and tell him about us.”
It bothered me that she didn’t say anything. She cleared her throat. “Do you have any idea what it’s like to see another woman doing her damnedest to lay one on you from across the bar? And want to run up to her and tell her that you’re mine, but be unable to do that?”
I cupped her cheek. “I wanted that too. It wasn’t a hell of a lot of fun on my end, either.”
“Why didn’t you walk away from her the second she got too forward with you?”
Did Sav think I’d enjoyed any of that? “I was trying to be polite. And my patience ran out, so I put a stop to it.”
She let out a long, slow breath. “Seeing her flirting with you, thinking about all the other women like her—”
“No, baby. Not like her.”
“—and all the gorgeous women—”
“You’re the most beautiful woman I’ve ever known.”
“—all the experienced women, and how you might start to think about what you’re missing out—”
I shot to my feet and rounded the table to pull her up by her shoulders. “Savannah, don’t. I don’t know why you’re thinking these things, but you’re wrong. I don’t care what other women look like, or how much experience they have. There’s not a single woman I’ve ever known who can hold a candle to you.”
I took her face in my hands. “No one has ever made me feel the way you do, Sav. Are . . . are you having second thoughts about me?”
Again, Savannah didn’t answer the question, and panic start to build behind my breastbone. “You’re what matters to me, baby. No other woman will ever change that. I only want you.”
She looked so sad, I almost couldn’t stand it. I kissed her softly, and to my surprise she returned it eagerly. Sav clung to me, pressing her body against mine.
“Sav, I want to kiss you so badly, but somebody might see us out here.”
She stiffened in my arms and pulled away. “I know. But I’m not ready to go back in there.”
“You don’t have to. Come on,” I said, gesturing toward the parking lot.
She hesitated for a few seconds before she started walking next to me. I didn’t know what was going on or why she was feeling how she did, but I’d whatever I could to fix it.
30
SAV
Chris’s truckwas parked along the back fence of the parking lot where there were few cars and only one nearby light to illuminate the space. It was the kind of place a woman wouldn’t want to walk alone because of the poor lighting and distance from the bar.
We got into his truck, and as soon as the cab light faded, he put his arm around my shoulder and pulled me close.
“What can I do to make you feel better, Sav?” He cupped my cheek, and I let the arm around my shoulders pull me in for a soft, slow kiss.
Part of me wanted to push him away and go back inside. I worried that he didn’t want to tell Sean about us, even after the wedding. It felt like a ridiculous fear, but I couldn’t shake it after seeing him lie so easily to my brother. And seeing Anna get so close to him made me think about all the other women he’d been with.
And how he’d pushed me away that first time we’d kissed.
That was insecure Sav really getting into my head. I could hear Penny’s voice telling me to stop worrying so much, but it wasn’t helping.
Another part of me, the less hurt and more jealous part, had wanted to stride across the bar and kiss Chris in front of Anna and everyone so they’d all know he was mine.
