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And then it clicked, the puppy part, and I blinked in realization, breaking the moment as an idea started to form in my head. It was one I would need help with, but something that may just make a difference for Summer.
As soon as the time was right, I would execute the plan that was becoming clearer by the second in my mind.
When I first walked into the house it had taken everything in me not to swallow my tongue at the woman before me. While Summer may have looked tired and I could tell she hadn’t felt the greatest, she was still a sight for sore eyes.
Her gorgeous, slightly flared, luscious hips and body moved to the music in the most enticing, hypnotic way, while she was free of the glitz and glamour she usually possessed on the outside. And as I had said to her minutes before, she’d taken my breath away.
She leaves me speechless on a regular basis.
Getting control of all the thoughts spinning around in my head like an old record on a turntable, I took a quick breath and shut the shit down so I could focus on how to make the evening stress-free and enjoyable for the woman who sat in front of me.
“You can relax, Sunshine, it’s just two friends having a nice evening.” Truth is, she was my friend. Only for me, now that I’d realized what she meant to me, and that wasting precious time was not an option in life, she was so much more.
So I intended to do something about all the ways I felt about her in due time. But right now, anything else was too much for her, so getting to know each other, and letting her know she could count on me was key. Though my fondness and desire for her slipped out at times, I was only human, and she made me tick with need, like a clock winding down for the big event. What that was exactly or when it would happen, I had no clue yet. Only time would tell.
“How about some dinner, a glass of wine, and a movie?” I asked with a smile, finally dropping my hand from her face, and placing it back on her leg as I waited for her response.
She jumped at the lifeline I had tossed her way by changing the subject and not focusing on what was going on with her. “Chinese?” One word and her stomach growled. She threw both hands to her belly, as her beautiful face blossomed with a rose pink from embarrassment versus the ghostly pale color it had been a bit ago, and she giggled.
The sound was music to my ears.
Reluctantly moving my hands from her thighs I raised to a standing position. Gritting my teeth, a low groan erupted from deep from within my throat, seeping past my lips, as excruciating pain took hold of my leg. Once upright, I paused to get my bearings and ground my back teeth together working to control the agony that burned like a red-hot poker.
Fuck, I hate having her see me like this.
Rising from her seated position, she stood and placed both her soft hands tenderly on my cheeks. Her touch sent a whole new level of feelings through my body. Her obvious concern warmed my heart, and her touch sent a shit ton of desire racing the track through my veins as if it was the speedway for the Indy 500.
“Deep breath, in and out,” she softly whispered.
Closing my eyes and doing as she asked, I soaked in the feel of her caress to my face, because I didn’t know when I’d ever have that again. Damn it felt amazing.
I knew deep down, this was Summer. She was caring, kind, and she felt things deeply. But whatever was going on in her life was making her hold back. With people, happiness, and quite possibly love.
Shit, did I just say love?
I didn’t have time to contemplate the thought because a jolt of energy rushed through my hands as I laid them on top of hers which still rested on my face. Her eyes widened and her surprised expression told me she felt it too.
“I’m okay, thank you. Let’s get the Chinese ordered and pick a movie, what do you say?” I dropped my hands to my sides, and she followed suit.
I missed her touch immediately.
“Sounds good, the takeout menu is in the kitchen,” she mumbled as if unsure how to act now and sauntered out of the room, leaving me to follow.
Summer
How do I handle this man?
I felt like I’d been on a teeter-totter of emotions. Up, down, up, down, I went. After I played there I was thrown on the merry-go-round, in a never-ending circle of confusion that was spinning out of control. Definitely not carefree and fun like the playground when I was a kid.
There was no doubt that sparks flew between us anytime we were around each other; my attraction to him had been instantaneous from the second my eyes landed on him.
But I was trying to do the right thing. Neither my mind, heart, nor my body could handle much right now, and whatever was to come, or not come for that matter, based on my health issues and life, he didn’t need to be mixed up in my shit.
I want to cave and let him in something fierce.
Knowing at the beginning that he had held back himself—which had been obvious by the way,—I’d let him keep his distance and have the space he needed. He hadn’t really been doing that with me lately.
Gyth had been hovering over me for months now, and it was getting harder and harder to remain neutral, not letting anything more than a simple friendship bloom between us. Although, that had been strained lately because of my standoffish attitude and behavior.
