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him. He walked around the bed, careful to avoid the killer sheet
,
and set me on the mattress. He jumped over me onto the bed, making us both bounce.
I laughed and more tears escaped my eyes.
Chapter Eight
Baker
I wiped more tears from her cheeks and smiled at her. Rainey was, without a doubt, the most beautiful woman I’d ever encountered. She returned my smile and I leaned down to kiss her gently. Even though I was primed and ready for a romp in the sack, I wanted her to know that what was between us was more than just sex for me.
So I rolled onto my back and dragged her over to me so that her head was cradle
d
in the crook of my neck. Her left hand trailed down my chest toward my erection
,
but I grabbed her hand and brought it back up to my chest.
I kissed her forehead. “Let’s just enjoy each other’s company,” I suggested. I heard her sigh and smiled with satisfaction.
Whether she liked it or not, I would make her fall in love with me before the summer ended. And I’d make her mine forever. If that meant moving to LA with her in the fall, I was okay with that, too. The bar was stressful and I was positive I could find a job in LA without any problems. I shook my head at my thoughts. I hadn’t even told her I loved her yet and I was planning our future together. But I did love her.
I loved her so much my heart ached every time I looked at her pretty green eyes, every time I heard her infectious laughter – she was perfect. If she needed time, I was okay with it, but there was no way I was letting her go again. When she moved to LA, I wished I had the courage to tell her about the way I felt about her then, but it wasn’t meant to be…yet. Once she told me her news, I would tell her how much I loved her, how she was the sun in my life, shining her brightness into the dark recesses of my body and soul.
Rainey curled into me, rubbing her face across my chest.
“How do you always know the right thing to say?” she whispered with a sigh. Her eyes were closed and my grin widened as I rolled my eyes.
“I don’t. But it’s good that you think so,” I
replied
. Her body rumbled next to mine as she stifled a laugh. We fell asleep, wrapped in each other’s arms.
The next morning, I woke to fins her staring at me.
“Tell me something,” she demanded.
“Anything.”
“When I tell you, do you promise not to freak out?”
I didn’t answer her right away. The seriousness of her tone suggested she was completely serious, and although I had never freaked out about anything in my life, I wasn’t so sure I could make that promise.
“Define freak out. ”
She laughed nervously. “You know, like tell me I’m an idiot or yell at me, or even… Leave me
.
”
S
he looked somber and I wanted to smother her fears.
“Well I sure as hell won’t leave you, Rainey. We have a pretty good thing going, don’t you think?”
“I do. Which is why I’m worried that you’ll leave once you know,” she trailed off, her eyes closing again.
“If you’re dreading it so much, just tell me,” I demanded, angry with myself for already pushing the subject when I told her I wouldn’t. I just couldn’t help myself.
“I can’t .” Her voice broke and she pulled away from me, sitting up and wrapping her arms around her knees. She shivered.
“Rainey, you do realize that this isn’t just some damn summer fling for me, right?” I asked, as close as I would get to admitting that I loved her. “I want us to be together for more than just a few weeks in the sunshine.”
She turned to glare at me. “No, Baker. That’s not how this works. We only agreed to a summer fling and I am not about to get caught up in the idea that we could be together for any amount of time, because it’s just not possible!” She got up off the bed and threw on one of my
T
-shirts. It reached the tops of her thighs, effectively covering her body. When she turned back to me, her eyes were pools of
,
and set me on the mattress. He jumped over me onto the bed, making us both bounce.
I laughed and more tears escaped my eyes.
Chapter Eight
Baker
I wiped more tears from her cheeks and smiled at her. Rainey was, without a doubt, the most beautiful woman I’d ever encountered. She returned my smile and I leaned down to kiss her gently. Even though I was primed and ready for a romp in the sack, I wanted her to know that what was between us was more than just sex for me.
So I rolled onto my back and dragged her over to me so that her head was cradle
d
in the crook of my neck. Her left hand trailed down my chest toward my erection
,
but I grabbed her hand and brought it back up to my chest.
I kissed her forehead. “Let’s just enjoy each other’s company,” I suggested. I heard her sigh and smiled with satisfaction.
Whether she liked it or not, I would make her fall in love with me before the summer ended. And I’d make her mine forever. If that meant moving to LA with her in the fall, I was okay with that, too. The bar was stressful and I was positive I could find a job in LA without any problems. I shook my head at my thoughts. I hadn’t even told her I loved her yet and I was planning our future together. But I did love her.
I loved her so much my heart ached every time I looked at her pretty green eyes, every time I heard her infectious laughter – she was perfect. If she needed time, I was okay with it, but there was no way I was letting her go again. When she moved to LA, I wished I had the courage to tell her about the way I felt about her then, but it wasn’t meant to be…yet. Once she told me her news, I would tell her how much I loved her, how she was the sun in my life, shining her brightness into the dark recesses of my body and soul.
Rainey curled into me, rubbing her face across my chest.
“How do you always know the right thing to say?” she whispered with a sigh. Her eyes were closed and my grin widened as I rolled my eyes.
“I don’t. But it’s good that you think so,” I
replied
. Her body rumbled next to mine as she stifled a laugh. We fell asleep, wrapped in each other’s arms.
The next morning, I woke to fins her staring at me.
“Tell me something,” she demanded.
“Anything.”
“When I tell you, do you promise not to freak out?”
I didn’t answer her right away. The seriousness of her tone suggested she was completely serious, and although I had never freaked out about anything in my life, I wasn’t so sure I could make that promise.
“Define freak out. ”
She laughed nervously. “You know, like tell me I’m an idiot or yell at me, or even… Leave me
.
”
S
he looked somber and I wanted to smother her fears.
“Well I sure as hell won’t leave you, Rainey. We have a pretty good thing going, don’t you think?”
“I do. Which is why I’m worried that you’ll leave once you know,” she trailed off, her eyes closing again.
“If you’re dreading it so much, just tell me,” I demanded, angry with myself for already pushing the subject when I told her I wouldn’t. I just couldn’t help myself.
“I can’t .” Her voice broke and she pulled away from me, sitting up and wrapping her arms around her knees. She shivered.
“Rainey, you do realize that this isn’t just some damn summer fling for me, right?” I asked, as close as I would get to admitting that I loved her. “I want us to be together for more than just a few weeks in the sunshine.”
She turned to glare at me. “No, Baker. That’s not how this works. We only agreed to a summer fling and I am not about to get caught up in the idea that we could be together for any amount of time, because it’s just not possible!” She got up off the bed and threw on one of my
T
-shirts. It reached the tops of her thighs, effectively covering her body. When she turned back to me, her eyes were pools of
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