I laughed, my head falling back. I couldn’t even be mad at Irenna.
“And I hope you like flowers…” She shook her head as her eyes went wide.
“Stop!” I practically screeched. “Oh my God! What did he do? No, wait, don’t tell me. Just, shhhhh. I wantsomethingto be a surprise.”
The rest of the room joined in on our laughter.
And then they were telling me what to wear and how to do my hair and everything I didn’t realize I needed. You know, for when that special night came, even though I didn’t have a clue about it. Like, was he going to take me out? Was all of this really necessary? Then I realized that it wasn’t about helping me be prepared, it was about letting them share this moment with me because they wanted to show their support and excitement.
So yeah, it turned into a total girl’s night, for sure. Oh, I didn’t hate it, not even a little bit. And though I was a little overwhelmed and exhausted by the time I left, I still had a smile on my face. A real one.
“How was your night?” Silas asked as I walked into the bedroom.
I paused to take off my heels and pull down my hair.
Then I just stood there for a long moment taking him in.
He looked so relaxed and sexy sitting there in the bed leaning up against the headboard. He was wearing one of our many adventure shirts and a pair of black trunks.
Yeah, that was my man.
While the suits still remained in his clothing rotation, he was all casual once he was home. Most of the time he wore those comfortable tees that we’d gotten on that first trip we’d taken together. We might have picked up a few more since then too. I loved them for many reasons, but the biggest one was that I saw the part of Silas that I’d known back when I was a girl. The one that didn’t have money coming out of his ears and knew how to have fun on a dime.
“Good,” I finally said as I began to crawl up the bed.
I knew I couldn’t hide the knowing smirk that was plastered to my face.
“Dammit,” he muttered. “She told you didn’t she? God, she can’t ever keep a secret!”
“Well, to be fair, it was brought up by the group.” I straddled his lap and ran my hands up his chest. “But I can pretend like I don’t know anything if you want me to.”
“How much did she tell you?” he asked with a raised brow. I could tell he wasn’t really mad. He loved his sister too much to let it get to him.
“Something about a big ring and flowers. That’s all I know, I swear.”
“I’m taking the ring back,” he said flatly.
I laughed and then pulled him in for a kiss.
“No, you’re not,” I mumbled against his lips.
“No, I’m not,” he agreed with me with a sigh.
And then I was being flipped onto my back.
His body settled over mine and his lips were instantly attacking my neck with hungry kisses.
“Just out of curiosity,” he said in between kisses. “What would your answer be?”
I could tell he was nervous. Which was so stupid.
Because of course, I would say…
“Maybe,” I panted out and just barely remembered to shrug my shoulders nonchalantly.
The kissing was very distracting. I wasn’t sure how much longer I’d be able to keep it up.
“Oh, okay. Sure,” he said as his lips brushed against my chest. “Makes sense.”
