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Once I was in there, I sat down beside her and smiled, “Everything looks great. And by the way, for future reference, you make me a plate of food, I’ll eat it all.”
She raised a brow at that, “And what? Grit your teeth at something you don’t like?”
“For you? You’re fucking right. So, to avoid me having to do that, I won’t eat Brussels sprouts, clams, clam chowder, lamb, or lobster.”
She nodded, “I'm right there with you, but add blue cheese and Caesar salad.”
I smiled, winked, and ate my first bite, chewed, swallowed, and then tapped the blanket, “Looks great in here.”
She laughed.
“Seriously? You’re a big biker? You think my pink blanket looks cute in here?”
I quirked a brow at her, “Do you like it?”
She bit her lip and nodded.
“Then, it’s cute. Keep it on the back of the couch,” I told her, winked, and then ate some more food as I looked at the television and had to fight the fucking urge to drop to one knee again and ask her to marry me. Again.
But I had to know, “You like this movie?”
“Yeah, it’s my dad’s favorite and mine,” she said, then grabbed the water I set beside my beer and offered it to me.
Loving that we had this cute little thing, I grinned, placed my fork down, unscrewed the cap, and then got back to eating. Yeah, I was going to be proposing to her for the rest of my life until she said yes.
“Thank you,” she mumbled, and the sound of her voice caught my attention.
When I looked at her, it was to see that her attention was on my hands.
If not for the look I caught in her eyes, we would have missed an important moment.
And that look, I didn’t like it. Not one fucking bit.
Because it seemed that she wanted to ask me something, yet was almost afraid of my reaction to her question.
And well… we couldn’t have that.
Therefore, I lifted one hand and placed my finger underneath her chin, lifting it so that our eyes locked, and there, once I had her eyes, I said, “Don’t ever be afraid of me, Angel. You want to ask me something, you fucking ask it. I don’t give a good goddamn what it is or who is around. You want to know, you fucking ask it. Okay?”
She took in a deep breath, let it out, and then ever so softly, she asked, “What happened to your hands?”
“Fucker that honked the horn at me and made me forget to check the crosswalk has a busted-up face,” I told her nonchalantly as I took a sip of my beer.
And for some reason, seeing the tears in her eyes as she ducked her head from my view caused something in my heart to start pumping double time.
Reaching my hand out, I placed my index finger underneath her chin and turned her face my way. Then I exhaled a breath when she didn’t hesitate to direct those eyes with mine.
“I will not evernotbeat the fuck out of someone that causes you harm, you need to get that now. If that’s something you can’t handle, tell me fucking now before I fall even deeper.”
I held my breath as I waited.
Chapter 7
Savannah
“No one’s really ever stood up for me. I… I don’t know what to make of it.” I held onto the courage I felt and continued to meet his eyes, eyes that I could find myself becoming lost in.
“Not even your dad?” he asked, concern laced his tone.
