“And you didn’t think to come and ask me?”he asked.“I could have helped.”
She winced.“You know, I didn’t think to ask.I’m so used to having to do everything at the shop.I’m sorry.”
He reached out and cupped her chin.“From now on, you ask me for help.You got it?You’re not alone, Mae, and I don’t want you to start thinking you are.”
“You’re right.”
She leaned in close and he took possession of her lips.Then, Mae groaned.
“What?”he asked.
“We can’t ...you know ...have sex.”
He laughed.“Baby, I love the way your dirty mind is going, but trust me, sex is the last thing on my mind right now after the night we’ve had, but for now, can I just hold you?”he asked.
“Absolutely.”
Chapter Nine
“You want to do what?”Pete asked.
Caleb looked from Emily to Pete, and back again.
It was Monday morning.He’d already dropped Mae off at her shop, after spending Sunday night, into the early hours of this morning, making up for the past week.He’d made love, fucked, and worshipped every single inch of her body, and it had only cemented in his mind exactly what he wanted to do.
“I want to propose to her in front of the whole town on Halloween night,” Caleb said.
Emily’s eyes went wide and Pete’s mouth formed a perfect O.
“What?”
“It’s just ...why the sudden change of heart?”Emily asked.
“This is not a change of heart.I want to marry Mae.What she wants, I want.I want the family and the house and the matching Christmas sweaters.I want to wake up in the morning with her by my side, and I don’t want to go to sleep without her,” he said.
“Why Halloween?”Pete asked.
