Crashing with Cupid by Khloe Summers

Author:Khloe Summers [Summers, Khloe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Summer to Winter Publishing
Published: 2022-02-07T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Penelope

It’s not that I don’t want to go, I do. I really, really, do. Not to mention that seeing Ford with the kids gets my ovaries vibrating like nothing else. He’s probably as close to perfection as I’ll ever get. He has the blue jeans and a tight white shirt to prove it. Hell, I’m pretty sure anyone hearing this story would slap me in the face for not taking this opportunity, just on experience points alone. He’s an adventure. A hot, wild, exciting adventure. But that’s just it, that’s what scares the hell out of me. I’m falling fast and there isn’t room left in my heart for disappointment that will inevitably follow this super high feeling of wonderment. It’s inevitable. It’s destiny. We fall fast and hard for each other, we’ll think it’s going to be the best relationship of all time, then the hormones will wear off and we’ll be left with another failed relationship just like the millions of other people that fall for it every year.

“Penelope, are you okay?” Ford’s eyes are on mine with heavy concern and care.

“I’m so sorry. I want to go. I just… I don’t want to move so fast with you that we burn out.”

He looks down and pulls me into his chest, resting my head against his heavily beating heart. I’ve only been here a few times, but it’s already my favorite place to be, which is exactly what’s terrifying. I pull my head away and stand back. “I’m going to head back upstairs. I’m really sorry for—”

“I can’t leave you here,” he says. “I wouldn’t be able to stop thinking about you.”

“I’ll be fine. I just need to slow this down. I need you to see I’m not perfect, that I’m actually a huge mess of a person full of mistakes and bad habits and terrible decisions.”

He laughs and a wave of embarrassment rushes through me.

“Penelope,” he says, holding me against his chest again. “No one is perfect. It’s about finding what’s perfect to you. You were spying on me after our first date. That might not have worked for some people… but I thought it was pretty damn cute.” He laughs and kisses my forehead rushing a tingling warmth throughout my body.

“I just don’t want to drag you into something super messy, Ford. I mean, all the drama with Damon last night and I don’t know. What if we get to Saudi Arabia, and you realize I’m not the fun, adventurous girl you thought I was? What if you realize I’m actually a stick in the mud who hates adventure and is scared of my own shadow? Because I am… I’m terrified of it.”

“If you’re scared of everything, does that mean I get to hold you more?” He runs his hand up and down my back. “You don’t have to go with me. In fact, if you don’t feel comfortable going, I think you should stay. I can hire someone to watch over you, like I am Lisa.

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