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You’re going to bark at me? I’ll bite you back.
Wildflower. She doesn’t want to be tamed, and I shouldn’t want to try this badly. I should steer her in the opposite direction and send her running.
“Hands off if you plan on keeping them.” Griffin’s voice rumbles from behind me.
I spin to see who’s coming my way, I see Griffin. Leading the beautiful and sore, dark bay horse beside him. “What are you doing?” I sniff as he struts straight up to me, holding out the tattered red rope that’s attached to the gelding’s leather halter. “Here.” He can barely hold my gaze. Probably because I terrified him with my meltdown. I take the rope, confusion etched on my features. “Why?” “Because he’s yours now.” “What?” Disbelief paints my tone as my head swivels between the broody horse and the broody man who just handed him to me. “You bought me a horse?” “He’s sorta broken.” He
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“You are. You’re a surly prick, but I can tell you’re listening to me. Most people don’t. Everyone is so involved with their own lives. They listen, but don’t absorb what I’m saying. But you don’t just listen, you hear me.”
“Call me Griffy again, and I’ll spank you like the little brat that you are.”
“You drive me crazy.” And then he kisses me.
“You know what I deserve?” His irises dance across my face. “Someone who needs me badly enough to take me without apology. A man who knows what he wants. A man who wants me.” He nods, pulse jumping in his neck. “And do you know what you deserve?” “What?” “A woman who feels like a goddess when you leave a mark like this on her. A woman who doesn’t want a goddamn thing from you other than to be worshipped any time, any place.” The intense way he’s staring at me almost makes me squirm. “You deserve a woman who drives you crazy every damn day, and nothing less.”
“I like all your words, Griffin. It’s what you don’t say that kills me.”
But I don’t know what I have to give. I’m not sure I can keep sex and feelings separate where he’s concerned. I’m not sure I want to. And that terrifies me.
All I know is that I’m tired. Tired of being scared, and tired of pretending that he isn’t the most real thing I’ve ever had.
“I thought you looked like you needed to be handled by a real man. By me.” I nip at her ear, loving the feel of her fingers tangling in my hair, like she wants to keep me close. “I thought you looked like you were supposed to be mine.”
I’m crossing off that goddamn bucket list of hers if it’s the last thing I do.
“If you think I don’t want more, you’re out of your goddamn mind.”
He looks at me like he cares an awful lot. And that is absolutely terrifying.
His thumb strokes my jawline as he stares down at me like I’m the night sky, full of complicated constellations, dark spots and bright flashes of pure light.
“I’m scared because I want to give you the world, and I know I can’t. Not yet.”
“I’ll give you all my right nows, Nadia. Every fucking last one. I’ll give you anything you want. I’ve been powerless since the first time I laid eyes on you.”
“You’re mine, Wildflower.”
And all our hope for not falling head over heels for each other washes away as he pushes into me slowly, savoring every inch and whispering how incredible I am against the crook of my neck. And as we rock into each other quietly, slowly—gently—a perfect tangle of limbs, I’m pretty sure I cross something monumental off my list without even trying.
“I must be a crazy person, too . . . because I am head-over-heels for you, Wildflower. Please be patient with me.”
Lord help me, I am so far gone for this man. I swore I wouldn’t give anyone the power to take me down. But Griffin Sinclaire has been making a liar out of me since the first day I laid eyes on him.
I spent my night dreaming about her, all the things I want to give her, and about the type of man I want to be for her.
“I want to see the man you can be when you get out from underneath all that shame, all the pain you’ve buried. You deserve a fresh start, Griffin. You deserve to be happy, and I can’t be the only thing that does that for you. I don’t want to be your antidote. I want to be your reason. The reason you put the work in.”
Because even after weeks away from her, I am still head-over-fucking-heels in love with Nadia Dalca.
She only turns back at Tripod’s insistence. He’s pawing at her legs, ready to burst with excitement, and when she finally pets him, his little eyes flutter shut in pleasure. And I’m momentarily jealous of a fucking dog.
“This isn’t enough, Nadia. To repay you for the way you’ve brought me back? It will never be enough. I’ll spend the rest of my goddamn life repaying the favor, and I’ll do it with a smile. This place is yours whenever you want it. With me. Without me. No strings attached. I want you to have it. I want to see you spread your wings and soar. To see all your dreams come true.” I pause, sucking in a deep, centering breath, and then I forge ahead like I planned. “But right now, I’m going to beg you to give me another shot. Before? That was a false start. This? This is a clean slate. I want all your
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“I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my life. But you’re not one of them. You’re the happiest accident I’ve ever known. The very best decision I’ve ever made. My reason.”
“Get over you? Are you out of your mind? I’ll never get over you. I have missed you every single day, Griffin Sinclaire. I’ve ached for you. Never let me walk away again. Tie me up, lock me down, keep me forever. I only ever want to do this life with you.”
“I love the blue roof, Griffin. I love this place. I love how hard you’ve worked. On yourself and on this home for us. But more than anything, I love you.”
