Page 17 of Love at First Flight
He laughed, “You aren’t asleep Fairy. Sorry to break it to you. You are exactly the type of girl this happens to. You are my love. My fairy. My life.”
He turned her in his arms, “Why do you question this? I thought I already made it perfectly clear to you how I feel?”
She pulled free from his arms, “I know you have,” she wrapped her arms around her stomach, “This is just so overwhelming. I went to yell at Gunner for breaking Arielle’s heart, and then you come out of nowhere, wanting to give me the world, and make all of my dreams come true. Then, you have this amazing house, you are well off and it’s so overwhelming. When I woke up this morning I wasn’t expecting this.”
He could tell that she was starting to freak out. He went up to her and cupped her face in his hands.
“Kadence, love. Stop. Don’t question me. Don’t question this. This is forever and while it seems fast, and it is fast, I will never feel like this with anyone else and I haven’t even tried. You are it for me. You. And I know that you are overwhelmed. I am too. This is scary and crazy and again, fast. Yet it feels so right I don’t want to waste any more time. I want to start our lives together. Life is too short. I have been without you for 29 years. And I don’t want to be without you for another day.”
She shut her eyes, and then when she opened them, she smiled at him. “You are pretty dang perfect aren’t you?”
He shrugged, “Only for you. Only ever for you.”
Her smile widened, “Okay,” then she gave a tiny nod, “Okay. You are right. I shouldn’t question this. You haven’t given me a reason to and I don’t think you will.”
He shook his head, “I wouldn’t ever give you any reason to be hurt Fairy. You are my most important reason and the one I need to protect most of all.”
She sighed, “I’m sorry for questioning this. It’s just something I wasn’t prepared for. But I doubt I could prepare for you anyway.”
He laughed, “Nope. Come on, let’s go make some dinner. Otherwise, I will claim every single inch of you in our room. On our bed.”
Her eyes widened again and she let out a laugh, “Oh really? What if I want that?”
He shook his head, “I don’t think you are. You need to be on my same page.”
She gave a pout, “But, I want to.”
He groaned, “Trying to be a respectful gentleman babe.”
She laughed, and he led her back inside and she sighed when she saw the bed.
“Can I use the bathroom first?”
He pointed the way to the room that had the toilet. “I will be down in the kitchen.”
She nodded and he kissed her.
