Page 12 of Silver Sanctuary
“Hey, Wings, I thought you were hanging at the office today?” Gage, Sloane's boyfriend, closed his laptop as they walked into the reception area.
“Yeah, I am. Just wanted to show Lacy where her flowers go each week.”
“Oh, the one for Sloane’s office is so nice. I really liked the blue theme.” Gage smiled.
Lily stood up from behind her desk. “She’s in with a client right now for a session, but I put my arrangement in Sage’s playroom. Do you want to see it?”
Lily had gotten an arrangement from Nash, too? He was getting them for all the women in his life. Her heart warmed at how unbelievably precious that was.
Lily opened the door next to her desk and waved to Lacy. “The purple and pink flowers this week just screamed ‘princess’ so I had to put them in here. She loved smelling them with me when Nash dropped them off earlier.”
“He buys them for all of you?” she whispered.
“All of us?”
“I thought Nash bought them just for Mae. I thought that meant they were… But he gets them for all of you.”
“Yeah, isn’t that adorable? He has such a big heart.” Lily sighed. “All the guys do, honestly. But the flowers are such a sweet thing to do for us, although I’m convinced it’s more about the fact that he knows he’s going to see the florist at Petals each week that has him still doing it.”
Her heart skipped a beat. “I didn’t know. I think I just made a big scene over nothing…”
“Hmm… so maybe he hasn’t been the only one pining all this time?”
“Have you seen him?” Lacy hissed, her hand resting over her heart. “He’s likethe mosthandsome man I’ve ever met. And he’s so sweet. I don’t understand why he’d be interested in me.”
“Oh, Lacy.” Lily laughed. “As someone who fought against her attraction to her husband for far too long, here’s my advice: Let yourself enjoy the attention. Flirt. Kiss… a lot… and as hard as it may be, let him have a piece of your heart. Because he will take such good care of you, and Embrie. I bet, when we turn around, we’ll see him staring this way with hearts in his eyes.”
“I don’t think?—”
Lily hooked her arm though Lacy’s and turned them both around. Sure enough, her silver fox was looking right at her, eyes wide enough to tell her he knew he’d been caught.
“Oh.” She giggled.
“Thanks for showing her the flowers, Lily,” Nash said as he closed the distance between them. “Now, I’m going to make sure this pretty lady makes it back safe and sound to her shop.”
While the spot where Lily’s arm had just been grew cold in the absence of her friend, Lacy’s hand buzzed as Nash threaded his fingers once again through hers.
“Tell the good doc we said hi, and bye,” Nash said over his shoulder as they walked out of the building.
Lacy’s heart took off like she was running a marathon, knowing she needed to apologize to Nash for jumping to conclusions. But before she could even blink, he was pulling her into the alley. Her back rested against the brick and her breath caught in her throat at the way his eyes flared with something she couldn’t quite place. Not dangerous—no. She never felt unsafe around Nash.
Her stomach quivered as he dropped his mouth close to her ear. “Now, do you understand? I’m not buying flowers for Mae. I buy them so I can spend time with the woman I can’t stop thinking about.”
“Y-yes, I understand now.” That answer had come out barely better than a moan and Lacy’s face burned as she reached out to steady herself on his shoulders.
“I want to take you out. I’ve been going slow because of Embrie, but I don’t think I can wait any more, Lace. Will you say yes? Let me take you out.”
“Nash… I don’t know.”
“Do you want to?”
“Yes.”
“What’s holding you back?” he asked as he pushed one of her curls behind her ear.
“I’d have to find someone to watch Embrie. She has a sitter I use when I work late sometimes, but she isn’t the nicest woman and is a pain if it’s off her normal schedule…” She cut off her rambling with a sigh, biting at her bottom lip to stop herself from carrying on.
“I wasn’t going to ask you to leave Brie behind. I think we could have a great time—the three of us—if you’re comfortable with that.”
