There’s no hiding the skepticism on her face.
“I just want to give you my number in case you change your mind or you need your lawn mowed.”
There goes the eye roll I’m starting to live for.
“Sorry, that sounded bad, but you know what I meant.”
She pulls her phone out of her back pocket, unlocks it and hands it to me. She’s biting her lip again. I’ve already figured out this is something she does when she’s feeling shy, and knowing I do that to her feels good as long as she doesn’t shy away from me in the process.
I program my number into her contacts but pause before hitting send on a text to myself, so I have her number too.
“You okay with me sending myself a text so I have your number too?”
Biting her lower lip a little harder, she nods her approval still looking shy.
I hit send.
My front pocket chimes, and I hand her back her phone.
Walking backward until she reaches the door, she says, “Thanks for walking me home. I’ll see you around I’m sure.”
Isn’t she cute, thinking she’ll see me around. Like this would ever be it for us?
“I’ll wait here until you're inside.”
“Oh, um…okay.”
She digs her key out of her front pocket, and I realize she isn’t carrying a purse. And for some reason this really turns me on.
She turns and fumbles with the lock but eventually gets the door open.
“Night.”
“Sweet dreams, Mason.”
CHAPTER 8
Mason
Itold Miles I couldn’t spend the day with him because I had to write, and even though it really was my plan for the day, it was a lie.
That kiss on the porch scared the bejesus out of me.
He says all the right things.
He looks at me in a way that makes me weak in the knees.
His kiss…well, I’m still feeling it this morning.
His rough hands couldn’t have been gentler, holding me as if I were precious.
I’ve had plenty of kisses in my life, but none have ever felt like they were taking my breath away while filling me with everything I’ll ever need to survive this crazy roller coaster of life.
It was a moment unlike any other before it.
It was perfect yet too much all at once.
I can still feel every touch.