Page 132 of Blossoms of the Heart
“No, no, I’m right.”
“And I should kiss a cow?”
“No you’re lips are mine baby. I pity the cow who thinks he can kiss my woman and get away with it.”
“You are too much, you know.”
I looked at her and could imagine us just like this years to come. Talking and laughing. Being happy.
“Phoebe…”
“What?”
“You should stay in Japan.”
She smiled. “Should I?”
“Hmmm hmmm.”
“Are you asking me to stay, or do you just think it’s a good idea because I like it here?” Thick lashes fanned over her high, exotic cheek bones. She was seduction in every essence of the word.
“Stay for me, as in stay because I’m asking you to stay.”
She smiled.
“Can I think about the staying part?”
“So you don’t want to think about themepart?”
“That part is easy. I would say yes.”
“Then fuck the rest of the idea and say yes.” I chuckled.
She laughed at that. “Would you come to Chicago if I asked you to?”
“Princess, consider my ticket booked. Want me to go to Chicago?” I would do it in a heartbeat.
“Really?”
“Phoebe you know I would. Okay, so I am including that I know how much you love Japan.”
“I do love it here.”
“Then… think harder about it. You know I may be an ass sometimes and people don’t think I value anything, like good advice. My dad taught me a lot. But there was one of thing he told me that always stuck out in my mind.’”
“What’s that?”
“Always make sure your woman knows she comes first.”
She gave me a sweet smile. “That’s beautiful.”
“It is. I guess that’s one thing I’ll take from him to pass on to my kids.”
She pressed her lips together and something shifted in her expression.
“Kids,” she said.
“I know imagine me with kids, my own rebels who will probably be worse than me to teach me a lesson and serve me right for all the stress I put my parents through.”
