Never with Me by Kaylee Ryan

Author:Kaylee Ryan [Ryan, Kaylee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kaylee Ryan
Published: 2022-07-25T16:00:00+00:00

“Well, what did you think?” he asks.

“I loved it. I’ve not seen any of the others, but I need to.”

“My girl has been sheltered,” he teases, wrapping an arm around my waist and guiding us to his car.

“I work three jobs,” I remind him as he opens the door for me. Always the perfect gentleman, even when no one is watching. He waits for me to be belted in before closing the door.

“Is that a ‘need to’ thing? Or just a ‘security’ thing?” he asks once we’re on the road.

“A little of both, I guess. I have a good nest egg, but I never want to be in the position of needing to rely on someone else for my basic needs. If Aunt Carol and Uncle Raymond hadn’t taken me in, I don’t know what I would have done.”

“I hate even thinking about the way you were treated and the life you were living, but I can’t hate that it brought you here to Willow River. To me,” he adds, glancing over before putting his focus back on the road.

“I know this sounds terrible, but I don’t even miss them. My parents, I mean. Or Robert, for that matter. I just… They were never good to me. No matter how hard I tried to be what they wanted me to be, they just didn’t care about me.”

“You know you’re not alone, right?” he asks. “Ramsey, you will never be alone again. I know with absolute certainty that the Kincaid clan will never let that happen. They’re good people. I’m not sure where the relation comes in. I don’t know if it’s your mom’s side or your dad’s, but they are nothing like the family you left behind. You have Palmer, and you have me.”

I nod because there is a lump in my throat. I know it’s dark in the car, and he can’t see me, so instead, I reach over and place my hand on his arm, giving it a gentle squeeze. Without taking his eyes off the road, he links our fingers together, placing a tender kiss on my knuckles before resting our joined hands on his muscular thigh.

The remainder of the drive is quiet but comfortable. In fact, I’ve never felt this overwhelming sense of calm with anyone else.

When we pull into my apartment complex, he rushes around the door to open mine. It’s weird to have a man do it when no one is watching. The only time Robert ever did anything remotely nice for me was when it was for show. I shouldn’t compare the two, but they’re light-years away as far as their differences go. It’s just going to take some getting used to.

“Thank you for tonight,” I say when we reach my door. “Do you want to come in?” I offer. I’m nervous, but I’m not ready for the night to end.

“Yes. But I won’t,” he quickly adds. “I don’t trust myself to not want to take things further, and we’re not there yet.”

“What if I said that we were?”

He leans in and kisses just below my ear.

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