Page 62 of Pursued By My Grumpy Fiancé
“You are murdering me! You’re putting me into hyperthermic shock!” I dramatically faint in his arms.
“It’s hypothermic shock, you drama queen,” he says, then starts tickling my sides.
I squeal and stand up before swimming away. I lounge on my back for a moment, admiring the feeling of being in water.
“My sister would love this,” I say out loud.
“Would she?” Landon asks.
I stand up and nod.
“Oh yeah. It’s way better than the beaches in San Francisco. You can’t even swim in them!”
“I didn’t even think about that.”
“Brrrrr,” I say teasingly.
Landon rolls his eyes as he starts swimming back to the beach.
“Come on. Let’s go inside and warm up. We can order something to eat too.”
We’vebothchangedintodry clothes. Landon is evenly doling out food from Chinese take-out boxes onto two plates. He brings the two plates over to me on the couch.
I eagerly grab my plate and spin some lo mein around my fork.
“Mmm.” I let out a sound of pleasure as I pop the fork in my mouth. Delicious.
“What are we going to do?” Landon looks at me suddenly.
I swallow the food in my mouth before I speak.
“About what?” I ask.
“Us. I don’t want everything that’s going on with Victoria to ruin our relationship, especially since it’s just now beginning. Will this get in the way of everything?”
He’s looking at me earnestly, his eyes filled with genuine concern. It’s sweet how worried he is. I can tell how much he wants this to work.
I put my plate down and grab his hand.
“Look, I’ve given that some thought. I believe you when you say that you haven’t been with Victoria during our relationship. And even if the baby did end up being yours—”
“Which it won’t,” he cuts in, and I smile at his insistence.
“Okay, but even if it did, that would have happened before we even knew each other. Which means that I think it would be worth us still giving it a shot.” I smile at him and he stares at me thoughtfully.
The truth is, I’m seriously falling for Landon. He’s really changed since I first met him. Or has he? Maybe this has been Landon the entire time and I just never knew the real him.
“So, you would be willing to be a step-mother, and co-parent with the worst woman on earth just to be with me?” he asks.
I stare at him.
“Are you telling me you have a kid with Mrs. Renalteux?” I look at him in mock horror.
He rolls his eyes and tosses a crab rangoon at my head. I laugh and pop it in my mouth.
“Stop being absurd. Victoria is dreadful. Especially with this latest scheme she’s concocted…I just have to wonder what she’s up to. It’s not like it could be about money. She has plenty of her own; she’s an heiress, for crying out loud.”
“You know, I think we have had enough of this Victoria drama for tonight. I say we do something more interesting,” I say as I put down my plate.
