Page 45 of Going Down Hard
“I need it clearer.”
“Fine, can you take care of my security needs and sleep in my bed with me?”
“Sleep in your bed?”
“I want you to move in with me.”
“Wow.” Shit. That was way more than he’d hoped for when he’d walked away all those weeks ago. Except… “Why? Why do you want me to move in here?”
She blew out a breath and looked up at the ceiling. “Anyone ever tell you you’re a very frustrating man?”
“Sure. But that doesn’t answer my question.”
“Okay, how about this.” Soph brought her gaze to his. “I’m in love with you and I know you feel the same.”
“Confident.”
“Definitely. I respect that you thought we needed time to be sure our feelings weren’t a product of the high-stakes situation that brought us together, but I’m done giving you time to be sure.”
“Me?” he croaked.
She frowned. “Yes, you.”
“It wasn’t me who needed to be sure.”
“Of course it was,” she argued.
Stone chuckled. How could she be so oblivious? “I’ve known from the second I pulled you into my arms that first day. I might have fought it and tried to deny it, but it was a done deal from that moment.”
“So you were givingmetime?”
Stone nodded.
“Bloody hell. We’ve wasted weeks!”
He laughed.
“It’s not funny! I’ve been going out of my bloody mind. I even had to throw out my phone charger so Icouldn’tcall you.”
Reaching down, he grabbed her hand and tugged her to her feet, pulled her against his chest. “Will you sign those papers now?”
She tilted her head and squinted at him. “I don’t know…I’m not sure I like you anymore.”
“Is this like the Ferris wheel?” He bent to nuzzle the soft skin of her throat. “I seem to remember you pretending you didn’t like me then too.”
“I want to go back.”
Stone raised his head to look at her. “What?”
“To Sapphire Falls. I want to go back for the festival.”
“It’s over.”
“Yes, but it’s on every year.”
“Okay.”
“Easy as that?”
“I think we established when it comes to each other, we’re both easy.”
“A tough guy like you?”
Stone smiled. “When it comes to love, it’s the tough guys who go down the hardest.”
