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Apparently they believed that Lacey was here to see Carter after all.
“Fine.”
He started for the door again, not trusting himself to look at Lacey when they were this close.
It was bad enough that he could smell her.
She smelled like jasmine.
She’d always smelled like jasmine.
He marched her through the Logans’ front door, down the steps, across the grass, and up the porch steps to his own front door.
He paused and dug for his keys, still holding her arm.
“Where are we—” she started.
He unlocked the door and shoved it open, nudging her through.
“Oh.”
“You almost got it right.” He was amazed that his voice sounded as calm as it did.
“Oops.”
He hit the switch on the wall, bathing the foyer in a soft light.
And finally looked at Lacey.
She gave him a small, wobbly smile.
Fuck.
He wanted her with every fiber of his being.
“What are you doing here?”
He realized he hadn’t let go of her yet, but he couldn’t quite bring himself to do it now either. He was only holding her arm and it wasn’t even skin to skin, but he hadn’t touched her in twelve months. Not even when they’d both been grieving Garrett. The last time he’d touched her had definitely been skin to skin and it had changed his life.
Yeah, he wasn’t quite up to letting her go just yet.
Then she licked her lips. And Carter realized not letting go of her was a huge error in judgement.
Everything in his body tightened and he had to consciously keep his hand from squeezing her arm too hard.
“I had to see you,” she said. Her voice wavered slightly. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have surprised you.”
“Or my neighbors.”
She nodded. “Right.”
“So why did you? Why didn’t you call?”
They were standing too close. He was touching her, smelling her, feeling the warmth of her body reaching out to him.
He hadn’t been this close to her since that night. That night. The best, most horrible, most amazing, awful night of his life.
“I didn’t think you would want me to come,” she said softly. “I thought showing up without warning you was a better idea.”
