Baker's Dozen by Wendy Smith

Author:Wendy Smith [Smith, Wendy]
Language: eng
Format: epub

It doesn’t take long for Ginny to make her way back, and she’s got a smile on her face a mile wide.

“I think she was exhausted after the drive, and the food. She fell asleep about thirty seconds into her story. I’ll have to get her some books.”

“What was the story about?”

Ginny sits beside me on the couch, looping her arms around my waist. “It was about a princess in a castle, and the handsome prince coming to rescue her.”

“Is there some hidden meaning behind that?”

She laughs. “Whether you know it or not, you’re saving her, Owen. Saving her from a life of being unsettled and not knowing what’s coming next. I don’t know if she gets it either. We need to make sure she knows the rug isn’t going to be pulled out from under her feet.”

“She’s doing really well.” I look into Ginny’s eyes. “And she loves you.”

“I think ‘love’ is a bit too far. But she’s probably felt safer and more wanted in the last twenty-four hours than she has the last few months. She knows she can trust you, and I’m the lady who gave her cookies at the funeral.”

I laugh. “You’re probably right. Are you sure you don’t want to move in with us?”

Ginny lets out a loud breath, and sucks her bottom lip in. “You need to become her new normal. She’ll become more attached to me if I’m around all of the time, and there’s nothing wrong with that, but it has to be you. You have to be the centre of her universe.”

I link my fingers in hers. “You’re more than just an attachment.”

“Maybe. But we don’t know what will happen to us long-term. I don’t want her getting in too deep with me in case things don’t work out, and she has to deal with another loss.”

My chest tightens at the idea of losing Ginny. She means more to me than she’ll ever know. Not only has she brought me love, but she’s settled me in ways I never thought possible. I miss her when we’re not together, and my heart leaps when she walks into a room.

Ginny’s given me a life.

I can’t lose her.

“That won’t happen.”

She looks at me with those eyes that bore into my soul. “You don’t know that.”

“Yeah, I do. I know you think I just want you to live with us because Ava’s in my life now, but it’s not the only reason. It’s because I want to be with you, and only you.”

Her eyelashes flutter, and it sends my heart racing. “I know you say that now …”

“No. This is it.”

“Owen, we’ve known each other two months.”

“I’ve known it all along. You were who I was meant to meet.” I run my free hand through my hair. “I’ve been thinking about this a lot.”

Ginny smiles.

“I’m serious, Gin. The wedding, meeting you, the accident. Fuck, my heart was broken seeing that car, and knowing Ava had no one. But you were there when I needed you, and you stuck around.

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