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your kiss. Now if you don’t mind, I’d like to be alone.”
He didn’t say anything, and she didn’t look in his direction. Her mind was on a loop right now, and his words, that it had been a mistake, didn’t make her feel any better about what had happened and how she felt right now.
~~~
Danburn stood outside her room for twenty minutes, trying to figure out what he could do now. He’d hurt her. He knew that as surely as he was standing there. But how to fix it was something that was beyond him. Then as he stood there, thinking that he should go in and talk to her, he heard the sobs from the other side of the door and he leaned against it. Now he’d made her cry. His mother’s voice from down the hall had him going to her like she was a lifeline.
“I made her cry. How do I stop it? I only wanted a little kiss. Well, that’s not true. I wanted her. I guess that’s too much to tell my mother, but I made her cry and I don’t know what to do about it. Help me.” She looked at him like...well, like she didn’t have any idea who he was. “Kendrick. I made her cry by kissing her. Well, not the kissing part. I think she enjoyed that, but now she’s crying and I don’t know how to fix it.”
“What did you say to her?” He told her everything, even the part where he’d nearly taken her against the wall. “So you manhandled her, then told her that you’d messed up and called her an animal.”
“It sounds much worse when you say it like that.” His mom just stared at him. “Okay, it is much worse now that I say it aloud. I only meant that.... Christ, I have no idea what I meant. Only that I wanted her later and not while she was hurting like she is.”
“That would have been a better way to tell her than you think she’s an animal.” He didn’t think he’d called her that, but his mother was helping right now and he didn’t want her upset too. “Do you have any idea how to grovel? Or to be romantic? I’ve never seen you do it, but I think you might have picked up a thing or two from your dad. Maybe.”
“I can grovel. You make me.... I mean, I do it when I need to, when I’ve messed up with you. And I am romantic. Women love me.” She looked at him, cockeyed. “Mother, I’m a drowning man here. I want her to not cry. It makes me feel…like I’ve gotten hurt myself.”
“Yes, I’m sure it does.” Danburn wasn’t sure what she meant, but before he could ask, she continued. “Grovel. Buy her flowers. No, not flowers, but plants. I think she’d be the one person in the world who would want a rose bush rather than a dozen roses. But then she’d not know where to plant them. I’ll have to think on that. But you can be kind to her. No more ordering her about like she’s the animal you called her.”
“I didn’t call her an animal.” His mother cocked her impressive brow at him. “Well, I didn’t. I said simply that I wasn’t going to take her like one. There is a marked difference in that.”
“Not to her.” Okay, he could see her point in that. But he still had no idea how to make her not hate him. And for a reason that he couldn’t, or maybe didn’t want to, explain to himself, he didn’t want her to hate him. “Go to work for now. I’ll make sure that she’s cared for today. You must, however, think of every little thing you can do to make this work with her, Danburn. I like this girl a great deal, and I don’t want you to mess it up.”
As soon as he got to work he sat at his desk and began looking up things about being a romantic. He found a great deal of speculation on how that could work for men. Danburn wasn’t sure any of it would work on Kendrick, but he made notes. At several points while he was working quietly at his desk, he considered calling her and asking her what she wanted. But he knew that most of the time, women had no idea what they wanted. He’d read that several times now as he worked through the information on the computer.
When Noah came in
He didn’t say anything, and she didn’t look in his direction. Her mind was on a loop right now, and his words, that it had been a mistake, didn’t make her feel any better about what had happened and how she felt right now.
~~~
Danburn stood outside her room for twenty minutes, trying to figure out what he could do now. He’d hurt her. He knew that as surely as he was standing there. But how to fix it was something that was beyond him. Then as he stood there, thinking that he should go in and talk to her, he heard the sobs from the other side of the door and he leaned against it. Now he’d made her cry. His mother’s voice from down the hall had him going to her like she was a lifeline.
“I made her cry. How do I stop it? I only wanted a little kiss. Well, that’s not true. I wanted her. I guess that’s too much to tell my mother, but I made her cry and I don’t know what to do about it. Help me.” She looked at him like...well, like she didn’t have any idea who he was. “Kendrick. I made her cry by kissing her. Well, not the kissing part. I think she enjoyed that, but now she’s crying and I don’t know how to fix it.”
“What did you say to her?” He told her everything, even the part where he’d nearly taken her against the wall. “So you manhandled her, then told her that you’d messed up and called her an animal.”
“It sounds much worse when you say it like that.” His mom just stared at him. “Okay, it is much worse now that I say it aloud. I only meant that.... Christ, I have no idea what I meant. Only that I wanted her later and not while she was hurting like she is.”
“That would have been a better way to tell her than you think she’s an animal.” He didn’t think he’d called her that, but his mother was helping right now and he didn’t want her upset too. “Do you have any idea how to grovel? Or to be romantic? I’ve never seen you do it, but I think you might have picked up a thing or two from your dad. Maybe.”
“I can grovel. You make me.... I mean, I do it when I need to, when I’ve messed up with you. And I am romantic. Women love me.” She looked at him, cockeyed. “Mother, I’m a drowning man here. I want her to not cry. It makes me feel…like I’ve gotten hurt myself.”
“Yes, I’m sure it does.” Danburn wasn’t sure what she meant, but before he could ask, she continued. “Grovel. Buy her flowers. No, not flowers, but plants. I think she’d be the one person in the world who would want a rose bush rather than a dozen roses. But then she’d not know where to plant them. I’ll have to think on that. But you can be kind to her. No more ordering her about like she’s the animal you called her.”
“I didn’t call her an animal.” His mother cocked her impressive brow at him. “Well, I didn’t. I said simply that I wasn’t going to take her like one. There is a marked difference in that.”
“Not to her.” Okay, he could see her point in that. But he still had no idea how to make her not hate him. And for a reason that he couldn’t, or maybe didn’t want to, explain to himself, he didn’t want her to hate him. “Go to work for now. I’ll make sure that she’s cared for today. You must, however, think of every little thing you can do to make this work with her, Danburn. I like this girl a great deal, and I don’t want you to mess it up.”
As soon as he got to work he sat at his desk and began looking up things about being a romantic. He found a great deal of speculation on how that could work for men. Danburn wasn’t sure any of it would work on Kendrick, but he made notes. At several points while he was working quietly at his desk, he considered calling her and asking her what she wanted. But he knew that most of the time, women had no idea what they wanted. He’d read that several times now as he worked through the information on the computer.
When Noah came in
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