DISHING UP LOVE by Robichaux KD & Publishing Boom Factory

Author:Robichaux, KD & Publishing, Boom Factory
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Boom Factory Publishing, LLC
Published: 2020-07-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Curtis

AT THE LOOK in Erin’s beautiful eyes, I snap out of the spell she put me under and joke to try to calm the panic my words put on her face. “I mean, after we date a couple weeks and then give you time to plan a wedding. So like, marry me in a month.” I grin.

“You’re like… joking, right? I can’t tell,” she squeaks, narrowing her eyes on me.

I look down into my drink for a moment, not really knowing how to answer. I’m serious as fuck right now. And if we were in Vegas, I’d throw her over my shoulder and haul her ass into the closest wedding chapel. But I know it sounds absolutely fucking crazy to want to marry someone after not even knowing each other for an entire day, so I… don’t exactly backpedal, but I cool my jets a little while still being perfectly honest. “You are the embodiment of everything I’ve ever dreamed of in a woman, and more. You have qualities about you that I didn’t even know I could ask for in a partner, and I’m pretty damn sure that after experiencing… well, you—just being around you, spending time with you, getting to know you—I’ll never in my life be able to live without… you.”

She glances at my drink then back up to my eyes. “Dafuck did they put in your Horny Gator? It’s supposed to make you an insatiable lover, not… crazy,” she murmurs.

I reach over and take her hand, pulling it to my lips so I can kiss her knuckles before enclosing my other hand around it too. “I know. I know I sound absolutely insane right now. But you can’t tell me you don’t feel it too. You already admitted it earlier, and we already promised not to play stupid games. I’m just trying to be completely honest with you.”

Her face looks thoughtful as her eyes drift back and forth between her hand enveloped in mine and my eyes, and just when I think she might jerk away and run out of here screaming, she relaxes a little, pressing her lips together before giving me a slight smile. “I feel it too, Curtis. I do. But there’s something about me you need to know before you go wanting to make commitments, because in the end, I can’t give you what you want out of life. I can’t give anyone what they want in the end. Not even myself.”

I squeeze her hand, pulling her closer across the table. “So why don’t you take me to the more adult destination you promised me, and let’s have a grownup talk about everything, and you let me decide just what I want out of life,” I suggest gently, and she nods.

Without another word, she weaves her fingers through mine, picks up her drink with her free hand, and leads me out of the bar and onto the sidewalk. The street isn’t as crowded as it was before, still full of life and partying, but not nearly as packed.

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