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She’d set boundaries, and I’d follow them. Right up until she told me not to. I really hoped at some point, she’d tell me not to.
“Because your mama would have never asked me to give up something so ingrained in my soul. She would have never asked me to be someone I’m not.”
I ground my teeth to keep from blurting out that I would have sat in the stands by myself if she were my girl. I would have been there no matter what.
But at some point soon, I was going to tell Summer Hunt exactly how I felt about her, and I was going to hope like hell that she felt the same way back.
I had no idea how I was going to get through the next few hours without losing my mind completely. Because my heart had already fled my body and was beating for her.
The next time I kissed Summer Hunt, I was going to do it properly. And it was going to blow her mind.
“I’m not a one-night stand. Not for you. I’m the guy you fall in love with, Summer. That’s all there is to it.”
In that moment, I realized I’d never been kissed before. Not like this. Not where kissing became a whole-body experience that blocked out everything around us. The parking lot disappeared in Dom’s kiss, the bouncer, the music playing on the truck speakers. All of it paled in comparison to the way Dom held me, and the way his body felt, moving with mine. He was right. He wasn’t a one-night-stand sort of guy. He was the sort of guy who had the power to make you fall in love right there and then, with a solitary kiss.
Because in that moment, he was everything. And I was the girl who was willing to open up her heart again, willing to fall, no matter how much it might hurt if the day ever came when he changed his mind.
“This isn’t goodbye, Sum,” I assured her. “You’re it for me. So even if I’m in Wyoming, and you’re here, you’re always my girl.” “Always,” she promised. I enveloped her in one last hug. Then I walked onto a plane. Leaving my heart behind me.
“I love you, Summer. I’ve loved you long before I ever told you, and I’ll love you long after the last time I get to say it. But I want there to be a million times in between. I want to be by your side for all the moments. The bull riding. The teaching. The traveling. Family. Babies. I want to watch you chase your dreams and then conquer them. I want you to watch me achieve mine. Then I want to make new ones together. For the rest of our lives.”
