V Card Sweetheart (Sweetheart, Colorado) by Hope Ford

Author:Hope Ford [Ford, Hope]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-05T00:00:00+00:00

7

Dutton

As soon as she said yes, I made sure she had everything she needed and disappeared with the promise I would be back to get her for dinner. I knew she needed time to process everything. Her mind is working double time and I know she’s stressed out – and that’s the last thing I want. I worked outside, went to the shop in Steamsprings and stopped by the college to talk to Martin- his cherry red Mustang was easy to find. I know without a shadow of a doubt he won’t be messing with Jane anymore. But that doesn’t mean I’m going to let her go back to her apartment. I’m finally making leeway with her, and there’s nothing that is going to come between us now.

I arrive back at the house in time to shower and get ready. She is still in her bedroom, so I grab the flowers from my truck and go back to the front door and ring the bell.

A few seconds goes by, and she opens it.

Right then, I knew I did the right thing. Her lips raise in the biggest smile I’ve ever seen, and she breathes my name softly as I hand the flowers to her.

“Dutton, you didn’t have to get me flowers.”

“This is our first date, Jane. And I want it to be the first of many, so yeah, I definitely should have brought you flowers.”

She blushes prettily, and after I help her find a vase for her flowers, I take her out to my personal truck and drive toward Steamsprings. As soon as I get onto the highway she asks, “Where are we going?”

“I made reservations at Giovanni’s. I hope that’s okay.”

She doesn’t answer, and I look over at her. “We can go somewhere else if you want.”

She looks surprised. “No. I love Italian and I’ve never been there before. I’ve actually wanted to try it for a long time.”

The way she’s smiling at me, I would promise her anything at this point.

The restaurant is beautiful, but nowhere near as beautiful as Jane. She keeps fidgeting, telling me that she’s nervous and insecure, and it makes me hate her family even more than I already do. I may not know the whole situation, but according to Alice, Jane’s parents didn’t want anything to do with her.

“You look beautiful,” I tell her, hoping she can see how much I mean it.

She shakes the compliment off. “Thank you for bringing me here tonight.” She leans in and lowers her voice. “I wish this was my first date because already it’s a hundred times better than last night.”

I reach for her then because there’s no way I can resist. I wrap my hand around hers, and she smiles at me. “Last night doesn’t count. Forget about it, forget about him. This is your first date.” I don’t tell her, because I don’t want to freak her out, but if I have anything to do with it, I will be the only man she dates from here on out.

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