Page 76 of The Rescue

Hell, I never thought I would be here. I’m freaking myself out. My anxious thoughts are dashed when his green eyes meet mine, and a large smile spreads across his face. He places the bowl down on the kitchen island and walks over to me.

“Good morning,” he smiles as he runs a hand through his hair.

“Morning, thank you for my coffee,” I let out a heady breath.

“You’re welcome. I really wanted to stay in bed with you,” he admits. He runs his large flour cover hand over my shoulder and tucks a piece of hair behind my ear.

I can’t seem to think straight when he’s looking down at me like that. A smirk forms on his lips and I think he’s enjoying seeing the roles reversed.

“How’d you sleep?” I ask, trying to break the tension between us.

He bites down on his lips, and looks at me with a cheeky grin.

“Och, I slept like a king. I had some smoking hot redhead grinding her perfect arse into me, was heaven,” he winks at me.

I fight back a laugh that is forcing its way out. “Aren’t you a lucky man,” I banter with him.

“The luckiest,” he smiles.

The song over the speaker changes to Cruel summer, and I’m brought back to the day I took pictures of him. He looks down at me with a playful look, and before I can think he wraps his arms around my waist and pulls me in close to him. He sways with me in his arms, whilst he hums softly in my ear. I’m flush to his muscular body, and moments from last night flash back and I can’t help but think how perfect we fight together.

“You listen to this song too much,” I tease him.

“It’s my favourite song, it reminds me of you. The day you took pictures of me, you reaching into my pocket. Fuck I was nervous to have you that close to me.”

His admission sends my thoughts reeling. He kisses me softly on the lips as we sway to the music, and he hums along to the song. I allow myself to lean in closer to him, his head rests on top of my head. We slowly sway out of beat to the pop song, we’re so lost in each other that we don’t notice Nellie andDavid standing at the back door. Nellie softly clears her throat to politely interrupt our moment, she has a warm smile on her face as she looks at us. David looks gobsmacked to see us dancing together like this so early in the morning.

Rabbie squeezes me before he lets go of me, breaking our embrace. I can feel my cheeks flush as the twins take us in. David gives Rabbie a cheeky wink, that Rabbie quickly rolls his eyes at.

“Good morning,” Nellie greets us both with a wide grin.

“Morning, Nell. Morning David,” Rabbie greets them.

I can only manage a sheepish smile. I feel a little embarrassed that they caught us in an intimate moment. I don’t know why but when it comes to Rabbie I want to keep things private, I know he’s been the talk of the town lately with his mom showing up. I don’t care that people know we could potentially be dating, but I want to keep our intimate moments between us. I want to keep them safe, keephimsafe.

The twins rush about with their morning tasks before the cafe opens, and I find myself needing to rush off to my table to figure out how I’m going to tell Rabbie that I’ve finished the website.

He looks down at me and a look of concern spreads across his face. I try to hide my worry by smiling at him, but he’s right. He’s good at reading my face.

“Everything okay?” He asks, with a hint of hesitation in voice.

I can tell he’s probably thinking the worst, and I place my hand on his chest. I can feel his heart beating fast under my palm. I need to reassure him that it’s not what he thinks, and I know what he’s thinking, that I’m regretting us. Him.

“Everything is perfect,” I stand on my toes to kiss him.

He melts around me, and I’m glad he believes me when I tell him.

“Let’s have lunch together, if you get a chance to have a break. We need to talk business,” I wink at him. I’m trying tomake it sound less scary, he freezes but relaxes when he sees my face teasing him.

“Aye, okay.” He kisses me on the top of my head.

“Umm, Rabbie?”

“Mhm?”

“You have to let go of me, if we’re going to get any work done around here,” I laugh into his chest.

He takes a deep breath and gives me one last squeeze before letting me go. He steps back with a soft smile on his face, and returns to his work. I make my way out the front of the cafe and take my seat at my usual table. I try to clear my head, and come up with the best way possible to tell Rabbie that I’ve finished his website.

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