Page 72 of Worth Loving
That he’d been dating someone for a few weeks. Counting the time he met her for the first time, it was more than a month.
And if anyone had told him six months ago that after a handful of dates he’d be introducing a woman to his son, he’d not only laugh them out of his bar, but he’d toss them out on their ass.
“He has. It helps that you’ve talked about her too.”
“I haven’t said much more than she’s a friend and her name.”
Carly laughed. “You brought home cookies from her on Monday. That already won him over.”
He laughed. “I was smart enough to not say she made those cupcakes. He didn’t like them at all.”
“I thought that was great. Really, Dean, I’m happy for you. What does she know about you? Besides about Jonah?”
Carly is the only person who knew all the details about his life.
And it took years for her to get it out of him.
When he’d hired her, he’d been honest and told her he owned the bar. That he had a lot of wealth and kept that private and expected her to also.
In his mind, he had to trust the woman with his son and that meant no secrets.
It took longer for Carly to get more out about his relationship with his family though.
And through it all, she was supportive and understanding
It made it easier for her to see when his parents and sister visited those few times.
How they didn’t make too many attempts to get to know Jonah either.
“She knows the truth about Jonah. I think the moment I shared that, I understood that this was more than I realized.”
“That is a good sign.”
“She knows nothing else. Nothing about my family, or even Willow’s visit. Just that it was a family emergency.”
Carly snorted. “Some emergency that was.”
“You get it but very few do.”
“Tell me more about Molly. Why do you think she’s the one you’re ready to introduce to Jonah.”
His son was in his loft playing.
“What do you want to know?”
“What you want to tell me. Maybe if you say all those good things about her out loud you won’t be so nervous.”
“And here everyone says I’m the smart one.”
Carly winked and pointed to her temple. “I’ve still got it.”
“She’s a food researcher, or food scientist. She loves to bake and is always testing funny ingredients in things. She makes her coworkers laugh. Me too.”
“Laughter is a great trait to have.”
“I think so. She’s kind of a chameleon. One day she looks one way, another a different. Her personality is always the same deep down, but I think she’s shy at times.”
“She can’t be too shy if she met you in a bar alone.”
