Page 201 of The Path to Loving Him
“I’ve been in worse situations,” she teases. “I think I can handle being attached to you.”
“Good, because I have no intention of letting go.” I pull her in closer and run my hand up her back. “Did you have fun tonight?”
“I had the most fun. The only thing that would have made it better was if Bennett was there. But maybe after the season, he can come and hang out and meet everyone.”
“I’d love to spend more time with him,” I say.
“Ethel was saying it might be fun to have some sort of homecoming to Almond Bay for him when the season’s over. I know he’d hate it, but I kind of feel like celebrating his accomplishments.”
“I think it’s a great idea. And we can hang his jersey in the athletics hallway. We always do it for those who have reached the big leagues.”
“Really? Oh, that would be so cool. I’ll let Ethel know. She said she loves throwing events.”
“She lives to throw events,” I say. “You should have seen the number she did on Aubree and Wyatt’s proposal, which, now that I think about it in the context that it was all for show and that they weren’t in love at that point, makes it funnier.”
“I keep hearing about this proposal. I’m going to need to see pictures.”
“I’ll let Aubree know.” My hand glides down her back and rounds over her ass. “I’m glad you had a good time tonight. I loved seeing you mesh so well with my family.”
“It’s hard not to. They make it very easy.”
“Feels seamless, doesn’t it?”
“It does.”
“You know, I was talking to Aubree earlier . . .”
Her fingers pause on my chest. “Let me guess, she told you about a conversation we had out by the rocks.”
“Maybe,” I say. She nods slowly, so I try to ease the obvious tension growing there. “I need you to know I have the same feeling as you. That this all seems too good to be true.”
“You do?” she asks, looking shy.
“Yes, I think about it all the time. It feels like you fell into my lap, and it’s hard to comprehend that something so good could happen to me.”
“That’s exactly how I feel,” she says.
“Like something is bound to happen to mess it all up.”
“It scares me.” Her hand drags down to my stomach. “Because I like you so much, and I don’t want anything to ruin that.”
“I don’t want anything to ruin it either,” I say, gliding my palm over her curves and up her side.
“But it does scare you?”
I nod as her finger circles my belly button, immediately making my cock ache as it grows hard from her innocent touching.
“Scares me a whole fucking lot. And I know this seems to be moving fast, that we said we’d give it time and see how Mac feels, but fuck, sometimes I think she likes you more than me.”
“Not possible. She loves her Uncle Dad.”
I chuckle. “I guess she does.” I wet my lips. “I’m glad Aubree told me how you felt, because it made me feel even more connected to you.”
“It did?” she asks as her fingers connect with the head of my cock.
I suck in a sharp breath before answering. “Yeah.” And then I push her to her back and move over her, letting her gently wrap her hand around my cock as I take her mouth with mine, kissing her over and over because I’ll never get enough of this. Of her lips. Of her taste, of her entire body.
I want this forever.
