Page 108 of Keep My Heart
‘What do you think?’ Nick asks, coming up behind me and wrapping me in his arms. ‘You okay spending the night with me?’
‘I can’t wait!’ I say, spinning around to face him. ‘But we don’t have a suitcase.’
‘I’m sure the front desk has a toothbrush and some toothpaste. We’ll ask when we go back down.’
‘But what about clothes? I didn’t bring anything to sleep in.’
He kisses me, then talks softly in my ear. ‘I’m kind of hoping we won’t be getting much sleep tonight.’ He kisses my neck. ‘And if we do, I’d prefer you wear nothing.’
Tingles course through me as his hand cups my ass and he leaves kisses down my neck.
‘Nick, we should probably get downstairs.’
‘Do we have to? You look so damn good in this dress, I don’t think I can wait until later.’
I pull back, smiling at him. ‘It’ll be worth the wait. I promise. And then we’ll have all night together.’
He sighs. ‘This better be a quick reunion. How long do these things usually last?’
‘I don’t know. This is my first one. Probably a few hours?’
He groans and rubs his hand over his jaw, looking like he wants to devour me. ‘And you’re sure we can’t show up late?’
I laugh. ‘The sooner we get down there, the sooner we can leave.’
Chapter 24
Lyndsay
Nick and I take the elevator to the main level and go down a long hallway to the ballroom. There’s a table set up outside it where a woman checks us in.
‘Nick?’ She smiles at him. ‘I can’t believe you came.’
‘Kami. Hey.’ He smiles back. ‘How have you been?’
‘Good.’ She gets up and goes around the table to give him a hug. Nick dated Kami junior year. They only went out a few times. Back then, she had long dark hair and was skinny with braces. Now her hair is shorter and blonde, and she’s wearing glasses. I almost didn’t recognize her.
‘Is this your wife?’ she asks.
‘No,’ I say, laughing. ‘It’s Lyndsay. Lyndsay Davis?’
She gasps. ‘Oh, Lyndsay, I’m sorry. You look so different with the darker hair.’
‘I decided I was tired of being a blonde,’ I say, jokingly, but the truth is I felt people didn’t take me seriously with my blonde hair so I starting coloring it. I did it a few weeks after I got my associatedegree, thinking it might help my chances of getting a bookkeeping job.
‘Where’s Chris?’ Kami asks, looking behind me.
Here we go with the questions about Chris and I’m not even past the door yet.
‘Chris didn’t come,’ I tell her.
‘We should get inside,’ Nick says, taking my hand.
‘Yes, go ahead,’ Kami says, going back behind the table. I see her looking at my hand in Nick’s. ‘Wait, are you two—’
‘We are,’ Nick says, and leaves it at that as we go into the ballroom.
‘Thanks for handling that,’ I tell him as we look around for a table.
