And out of all the women on the planet, for some reason, Kodie Rivers has chosen me.
“I’ll be whatever you want me to be,” I tease as he takes a left at an intersection that’ll take us out of town.
“Are you going to tell me where we’re going yet?”
“Nope. But you might want to get comfortable. We’ve got a while to go yet.”
“Hmm…interesting.”
I glance at the screen, but despite it showing a map, there’s no navigation on. Wherever we’re going, Kodie knows the directions without instructions.
“Sutton wanted to know if you were staying the night again,” he says after we drive for a few minutes in a comfortable silence.
“Glad she wasn’t too traumatized by finding me in her house yesterday morning.”
“Traumatized? She was elated. You were all she talked about for the rest of the day.”
“She’s awesome.”
“So?” Kodie asks.
“So what?”
“Are you staying tonight?”
When he asked me on this date, he didn’t mention anything about that, so I’d assumed this was an evening-only thing.
“I-I don’t know. I didn’t realize it was an option.”
“Having you in my bed is always an option.”
“You’re always welcome in mine too.”
“I like your place. But seeing you in my bed Thursday night…fuck, Casey.” He wrings the wheel as if he’s trying to contain himself. And when I look down, I find that he’s hard all over again. “If I had my way, you’d be in it every night.”
“Taking it slow, remember?”
“I know. Fuck, I know. It’s just…”
“Hard?” I offer.
“Yeah. Really fucking hard.”
“If you’re happy for me to stay tonight, I’d love to. I’m just aware that I’m intruding on a family, on a little girl’s life. We’ve got a game tomorrow, though, so I’ll need to leave early.”
“Maybe we actually set an alarm this time,” he suggests.
Pulling my cell from my pocket, I open my clock app and set one right here and now.
“Done.”
“I love your eagerness.”
And I love you…
“Kodie?” I question when he pulls up into some woods and puts the truck in park. “Where are we?”
“Somewhere no one will find us.” My brows lift as I stare at him. “Okay, that sounded creepier than it was meant to.”
