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“Is there a story for the tattoo?”
“A long one,”
“I’ve thought about it. There’s just never been anything I wanted to look at for the rest of my life.”
“What would a gentleman do on a date now?”
“On a proper date, he’d tell you what a great time he had.”
“This is when a regular guy would lean in and kiss you goodnight.”
“But you don’t want a regular guy,”
“I don’t?”
“You deserve a hero. Someone who would take care of you, even though you’re capable of caring for yourself.”
My lips parted. Was he saying...
“A hero would lean in, kiss your forehead, and walk away, because, with a girl like you, he’d kn...
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Tyler stepped closer, pressing his lips to my forehead, and with one final sweep of his eyes over me, he turned and walked away.
TYLER DAMNIT
Feeling eyes on me, I looked over my shoulder, seeing Tyler smiling at me—me—before he opened his pickup door and got inside.
Unsure my heart could take any more, I let myself in and leaned back against the door, smiling wider than I ever had and feeling tears burn my eyes.
I wondered what Tyler saw when he looked at me. The small mole on my cheek? The fullness of my lips? The perfect shape of my waxed eyebrows (the one splurge I regularly allowed myself.) Or did he notice my broad shoulders? My full hips or the extra flesh on my stomach?
“Honey, I never meant to put you in danger. I only mean to help you find someone like my Harold.”
“A partner, a true partner, can change everything. They’ll bring out the best in you, force you to acknowledge your weak spots, help you grow faster than you ever could on your own. I’d hate for you to miss out on that because you don’t think you deserve it.”
“So he’s from out of town and has no one to keep him company other than a pretty thing like you?”
No matter how many times I bench-pressed, squatted, or pulled myself up on the bar, I could still see that asshole pressed up against Henrietta. Still feel the soft skin of her forehead underneath my lips.
And even though I didn’t want him telling me to back off from Henrietta, I knew I needed him to.
“I’m in deep shit,”
“Do you need money?”
“No, I need a...
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“I met a girl.”
“Considering they make up fifty-one percent of the population, it was bound to happen at some point.”
“They’re not like t...
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“She’s smart and funny, driven, selfless, loves her family and friends, has a smile that makes you forget how to breathe, and her curves...” I closed my eyes. “She’s the total package, Gage. But she works for the company we’re building for... I can’t date her. I can’t.”
“What?”
“You’re in deep shit.”
“Why do you think I ca...
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“Honestly, Ty?”
“I don’t see the problem.”
“You’re already planning for children with her? How serious is it?”
“I know you said it’s technically allowed, but does Jim have something against it? Or her company? Is it the kind of thing that would be frowned upon?”
“Tyler, I know you’re responsible. That’s why you went out and made a career for yourself outside the farm. Lord knows Rhett could use some of those brains. But you can’t read the future. No one can. Say you go on a couple dates with this girl and it fizzles. That’s better than sitting around, beating yourself up over a fictional breakup that may or may not ever happen.”
“What if we don't break up?” I asked. “I can't ask her to move to Texas, and I can't move here.”
“It sounds like you're asking the wrong question.”
“What do you...
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“I think the question is, ‘How could I miss out on a ...
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Confession: I can’t stop thinking about him.
“Who knows? Maybe I'll be making a cake for your wedding soon.”
“I’m closer to a house full of cats than I am a house full of kids.”
“It may not be pizza and beer, but I think you’re winning them over.”
“I have my ways,”
“You only needed that smile.”
“In a lot of jobs, you do the work and then you have to do it over and over again. With construction, you can actually see the effects of all the work that we're doing and the lasting results. Fifty years from now, I’ll be driving my kids by this building and saying, ‘When I was your age, I built this.’”
“So I told my grandma about how you rescued me on Friday. And she wants to thank you personally at my nephew's birthday party on Saturday.”
“She does?”
“In fact, I'm pretty sure if you don't come, she will call a senior ride and ...
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“Well, I can't disappoint...
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