Total pages in book: 86
Estimated words: 83986 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 420(@200wpm)___ 336(@250wpm)___ 280(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 83986 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 420(@200wpm)___ 336(@250wpm)___ 280(@300wpm)
“Realizing that I have to leave in three days, and you’ll fly home…that’s hard to think about, but also, I’m not worried.”
“Good.”
“I still wish you were going with me,” he grumbled.
“Oh, I dunno, Turks and Caicos or Chicago…it’s a hard choice.”
He stepped into me then, lifted just a bit, and kissed me.
I enjoyed kissing this man and hoped he would be doing it for the rest of my life. And with that thought came the truth of what I had to do.
Peeling my lips from his, I met his gaze.
“What?” he asked, needing to catch his breath.
“It’s very fast, but—”
“Fast is fine. I love fast,” he assured me. “Say it. G’head.”
I scowled at him.
“Just, c’mon.”
“You’re ridiculous.”
“Yes, but that doesn’t matter because…” He was smiling and nodding.
I shook my head at him.
“Come on, dive in. The water’s warm.”
“You’re annoying.”
“Like I’ve never heard that before,” he said, cackling a bit, using my line from a couple of days prior.
“I love you, all right? I do. I’m invested in this life and this future you’re promising me, and don’t you dare change your mind or—”
“No,” he rushed out, taking my face in his hands, “I won’t. I love you back, so much, more than you can imagine. This, us, has been a gift I never saw coming.”
“Me too,” I murmured.
“I promise you I will take such good care of your heart and keep it safe with me forever and always. You’re all mine, Cooper Davis,” he whispered, then kissed me, harder that time, voraciously, happily, thoroughly, so there could be no question in my mind that he felt the exact same way as me.
He was in love, and I was certainly the most fortunate of men.