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“So,” Aiden asked with a wicked grin as they approached her Highlander in the almost-deserted parking lot. “Your place or mine?”
She grinned in spite of herself at his cheesy line.
“Probably yours. But I need to run to my house to change and grab my toothbrush.”
“Why do you need to change? I wanna see you in those jewels and heels and nothing else.”
His blatant desire for her made her feel sexy. Still, she protested, “I need a toothbrush.”
“I have an extra toothbrush.”
“For all your overnight visitors?”
Dakota didn’t know why the idea that he had other overnight visitors made her jealous. She imagined he made them all feel sexy and special.
“For the record, the only ‘visitors’ I’ve ever had in my home—overnight or otherwise—are Kailey and Brianna, and their friends on occasion. The girls used to forget to bring their toothbrushes a lot in the beginning, even though I told them to just leave one at my house, so I bought them in bulk.”
She pressed her lips together to keep from smiling at his admission. Not about his daughters, but that he hadn’t brought another woman to his house.
“I need something to wear in the morning. I’m not doing the walk of shame.”
“Walk of shame? Pffft. Try, stride of pride.”
That made her roll her eyes, even as she broke into a grin.
“Still, I don’t need my grandson seeing me come home tomorrow morning wearing tonight’s outfit. His little three-year old mind would have too many questions.”
“First of all, you’re not going home in the morning. But I respect you won’t want to wear an evening gown to breakfast, although I would be happy to make you pancakes while you wear nothing but my shirt.”
She pictured herself sitting around his kitchen in nothing but his tuxedo shirt, and it gave her a warm feeling in her stomach.
“I’ll follow you home and wait for you,” he continued.
“That’s not necessary. Just send me your address and I’ll—”
He cut her off. “Sunshine, I’m not letting you drive alone at night.”
Dakota felt her eyebrows shoot to her forehead. “Lettingme?”
“You know what I mean. It’s not safe.”
“I’ve been driving alone at night for the last twenty-three years, Aiden.”
“That’s great. Fortunately, I’m with you tonight so you don’t have to.”
She could dig her heels in and insist she could drive alone, but his concern was sweet, so she relented.
“Fine. Get in, I’ll drive you to your car.”
He opened the driver’s door and waited for her to slide behind the wheel before closing it and going around to the passenger side.
“I’m at the back of the lot,” he motioned in the direction he wanted her to drive.
“No valet tonight?”
“I had valet, then you told me you were going to be late, so I had them move my car into the lot, so they weren’t waiting for me.”
It was those kinds of things that put her heart in danger. For all his alleged bluster—although she’d only seen it once, when they first met—he was a thoughtful dad and a considerate human being.
