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“What’s he doing here?” Ben asks when I return to the table. “Eating. Exactly like us," I snap, and immediately regret it. “Sorry.” Ben’s brows furrow. “I don’t like the way he looks at you.” “Like he’s going to kill me?” I mutter. “No.” He scowls. “Like he’s going to eat you.” His scowl deepens as he stares over my shoulder. “He’s watching you right now.”
“Can you give the gentleman a message, please?” “Of course.” She beams, clearly delighted to have the excuse to talk to him again. “Tell him that I won’t be bought.”
“You’ve just ruined me forever,” he growls from below me. “I’ll never fucking recover from this.”
“When did I ever give you the impression I thought you were useless? On the contrary ...” Danny leans closer, and I feel the warmth of his breath on my forehead. “I think you are sensational.” His eyes move
“No, I prefer hot-headed, foul-mouthed brunettes who never run a brush through their hair, take mice to dinner parties and sleep in beds so damn uncomfortable and tiny, I have to go to a physio. You say I’m the moody one,” he continues,
“You’re mine,”
Watching her will never get boring. Her breath falls out softly from her full lips. If I have to sit like this all night, I will, just so she can sleep here, peaceful and protected by me.
I am hopelessly, utterly irrevocably in love with this man, but I can’t admit it out loud. I want this man from my very core. I’ve never wanted anything more, and that thought terrifies me because to love this deep means I have so, so much to lose.
“I’m wiping the slate clean. I love you, Charlie. I’ve never loved anyone like this before. I want you to be my girlfriend; I want you to be my last girlfriend. I’ve
never been so sure of anything in my life. I’ve wanted you for ten years. I’m forty-one. Someday in the not-too-distant future, I want us to live together. I want you to be my wife and the mother of my children.” He draws breath. “So, there it is. I’m not expecting you to want all these things right now, but I’m hoping since you travelled halfway around the world that you want something, too. All my cards are on the table.” His voice breaks low and gruff. “You have my heart. Do with it what you want.”
