by Ali Parker
I got out of the car and walked around to the passenger’s side to lean against the door and dangle the keys on my finger. He looked around before laying eyes on me and freezing.
"I thought maybe you might need a ride?"
A smile tugged at his sexy mouth and he jogged across the street, stopping in front of me. "I wasn't sure you'd be willing to see me after today."
"Why's that? Because you saved my life, stole my heart and forced me to consider giving up my love of panties?"
He laughed and pulled me into his arms, leaning down and pressing a hard kiss to my lips. "I'm not a good guy. My past is going to keep rolling over me until the day I die."
"And I'll be there to help you push it back each time it does."
He reached into his pocket and pulled something silver out before moving back and letting it drop from his fingers. It was a dainty silver necklace with a butterfly charm on it.
"What's this? A gift?" I lifted my eyebrow. "My father uses gifts to say that he loves me because he can't figure out how to mumble the words and mean them."
"I got it for you at the mall when you were trying on your hundredth dress today." He moved behind me and put it over my head. "I don't need an object to tell you that I love you."
I turned and slipped my arms around his waist, lifting up and kissing him. "Do you know what my greatest fear is?"
"Tell me, baby." He tightened his hold on me and watched me closely.
"To be lonely." I glanced down and he rubbed my back softly.
"I'll never let that happen as long as you stay beside me." He kissed the tip of my nose and I blinked back tears. "You know what mine is?"
"What?"
"To be forgotten."
"Never." I pulled him down for another long kiss as he pressed his hips forward, the language of our love roaring to life in the middle of the street.
He broke the kiss only for a minute and winked. "Get in the car and let's go to the beach. There's a small alcove just a mile down from your beach house. It's good for... exploring."
I laughed and pulled from him, pausing to say the words that scared me most. "Ian, I love you."
He winked and licked at his perfect lips. "I love you too, now, get your fine ass in the car. I got a new tat I want to show you."
"You did not..."
"I did."
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