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“I mean … While we’re seeing each other.”
He dropped another kiss on her lips when he understood what she meant. “I don’t think you’d be happy to stay here for that long.”
She met his gaze.
“You, my little sprite, seem to have it in your head that I’m with you for something short-term – like this is some fling.”
She shrugged, and he held her closer.
“I’m seeing this as long-term. I’m seeing this …” He probably shouldn’t tell her just how long-term he hoped their relationship would turn out to be – he didn’t want to scare her off by getting too serious too fast.
“Put it this way, whatever you decide your next move is, I want to come along for the ride if you’ll have me.”
That put the smile back on her face. “Seriously?”
“Seriously.”
“What about the job with Cash?”
“I need to call him and tell him thanks, but no thanks. If you want to stay in Nashville, it’ll be easy enough for me to find work there. And that’s true wherever we decide to go. It’s not as though I desperately need a job anyway – I have my Navy pension.” He didn’t even need his pension. Both he and Tori were fortunate that they came from family money – although he knew that she supported herself, just as he did.
Happiness bubbled in his chest when she went up onto her toes and gave him a quick kiss. “How about we go to Nashville on Monday, and then see what happens from there?”
“Sounds like a plan to me.”
She gave him a sexy little smile. “Me too, but I have other plans for tonight.”
“Yeah?”
She nodded eagerly. “I’m done with overthinking it all. I think you should take me home now.”
“You sure?”
She caught his hand and led him off the dance floor. “Absolutely.”
Chapter Six
When the taxi stopped in front of the house, Tori climbed out while Xander paid. She looked up at the huge oak front door. She’d been coming to this house for as long as she could remember.
Even when she was a little girl, she’d adored Xander. He was so different from her. Where she felt as though she flitted around the edges of their group, he was always in the middle of things. He was outgoing and popular – everyone loved him, while most of them didn’t even notice her.
She smiled when he came up behind her and slid his arms around her waist as the taxi pulled away.
“You good with this?”
She turned within the circle of his arms. “I am. I feel like I’ve waited a lifetime for this.”
He chuckled. “That’s my line. You don’t need to go trying to make me feel better just because you now know that I’ve carried a torch for you since we were kids.”
She laughed. “Carried a torch? Who even says that?”
He kissed the tip of her nose. “I do. You know what I mean.”
“I do. And I feel as though I should confess that I’ve carried a torch for you, too.”
The way he raised his eyebrows said that he obviously didn’t believe her. She smacked his arm.
“Don’t look at me like that; I have!”
