Chapter 28: Chapter 28

“Gray, I’m so flattered I can barely speak.”

“As long as you aren’t disillusioned. So much for my bad-boy image, huh? I hope I haven’t come off sounding like a fool, like a blithering sap, so forgive me if I have. Shit, we haven’t even had a first official date yet, and here I am babbling like a hopeless romantic, a lovesick puppy. I pray I haven’t scared you off by saying all of this crap or—”

I caressed his face with both of my hands and gave him a kiss, a deep heartfelt smothering of his mouth, so I could hopefully convey to him my understanding, and my own feelings. “It’s not crap,” I said after pulling away from his lips. “It ishow I feel. It iswhat I’ve also wanted for my future.”

He smiled, obviously relieved at my statement. We sat in relaxed, companionable silence for several moments, until that mischievous twinkle I had come to adore filled his hazel eyes. “So now it’s yourturn.”

“To what?”