“I should probably head back and let him out.” She stands from the chair, picking up her plate.
I stand quickly to take it from her. “I got this.”
“Are you sure?”
I nod before gesturing over my shoulder toward her house. “Go let Reginald out.”
Her face lights up with a warm smile before she takes a few steps toward me, stopping only inches from me, which forces her head to tilt up to keep eye contact with me.
“Thank you for dinner,” she says.
I swallow, letting my gaze travel from her eyes to her plush lips.
Would it be so bad if I kissed her right now?
She shocks me when she wraps her arms around my waist while the side of her face presses into my chest. I suck in a breath and still my body just before I wrap my arms around her neck. Holding her into me as if I don’t want to let her go. She doesn’t move to leave either. I swear we stand there, holding each other for hours when in reality, it’s only been a minute.
I rest my chin on the top of her head.
“You’re really not such an Angry Cowboy, are you?” she asks against my shirt.
“Not anymore.”
And it’s got everything to do with her.
CHAPTER 22
HOW GOOD DOES BLAIR LOOK TONIGHT?
Griffin
Lily
Are we invited to the party tonight?
Me
Not a party.
Lily
Karaoke night. Party. Same shit.
Me
It’s not my event.
Lily
That’s what I thought you would say. See you soon, brother.
Poppy
I’ll be there tonight guys!
Lily
ALERT THE MEDIA. POPPY IS COMING OUT.
