Page 137 of Wish I Might
“You can take all the time you need,” he promised.“I’m not going anywhere.”
“I want to believe that.”
His expression twitched, the faintest of flinches.But his eyes were steady on hers.“You will.In time, you will.”
She swallowed lump of doubt, let the hope and the joy flood in.“So we’ll go slow.Date?”
A soft smile curved his mouth.“Not just date.I’m gonna woo you.”
That startled a snort out of her.“Give me a break.”
“Woo the shit out of you,” he insisted, eyes twinkling, dimple flashing.“You’ll be so wooed, baby, you won’t be able to see straight.”
She arched an eyebrow.“Just so you know, after last night, there will be no more ‘wooing’ for a couple of days.”
“I’m not talking about sex.”Standing, he reached down to pull her to her feet.“Wait, does ‘going slow’ mean not having sex anymore?”
Amused, she looped her arms around his neck.“It very much does not.”
“Thank God,” he breathed, then hastened to add, “Though I would’ve agreed to that, if you needed it.”
She patted his cheek.“You’re a brave soul.If you’re not talking about sex, what are you talking about?”
He grinned.“Romance, of course.”
With joy bubbling through her, she grinned back.“What do you know about romance?”
“I’ve been waiting eight years to show you.”He leaned his forehead against hers.“Bailey?”
She closed her eyes, breathed him in.“What?”
“I love you.”
The words sang through her.“I love you, too.But you’re on your own with your mother.”
He was laughing when he took her mouth.“Deal.”
Epilogue
November
“Nash, you have to go.”
“Uh-uh, I’ve got—” He lifted his head to peer at the clock.“Five more minutes.”
“You had five minutes ten minutes ago.”Bailey planted her hand on his forehead and pushed.He didn’t budge.“If you don’t stop, I’m going to tell your mother why you were late.”
“I don’t care,” he mumbled around her nipple.
“At Thanksgiving,” she added.
He released her nipple to frown down at her.“That’s just mean.”
“Whatever works.Let me up, I have to go hose out my vagina.”
“What?”Genuinely perplexed, he frowned.“Why?”
“Because I want a bath in the soaking tub tonight, and Gwen will be annoyed if I leak jizz everywhere on her birthday.”
