She shrugged.“I don’t normally let anyone.”
“I know.”
They’d arrived at the development at Four Mile Creek, and he followed the road up past the lodge.“What do you think?”he asked.“Want to park down here at the bottom or up at the top?”
She thought about it for a moment.“Probably up at the top — that way we’ll have to face the hill after lunch, and it’ll be good to walk it off.”
He liked that idea.And he liked that she’d thought of it.Girls he’d dated in the past had seemed more concerned about not getting their shoes dirty or having to walk too far in heels than they were with getting some exercise.
He drove all the way up to the very top parking lot and parked in the far corner.
Savannah turned to him with a puzzled smile.“Are you making sure we have to walk as far as possible on the way back?”
He laughed.“No.I just don’t want to park your baby anywhere it might get dinged.”
“Oh, thanks.I forget that you think the same way I do.”
When they got out of the car, he locked it and held the keys out to her.She took them with a smile and dropped them into her purse.
“I wasn’t sure if you’d want to hang on to them.”
“I did… I do.I’ll be happy to drive back if you want me to.But I didn’t want you to feel like I might run away with your keys.”
She laughed.“I didn’t — but now I’m wondering if you plan on running away from me.”
He laughed with her and wrapped his arm around her shoulders.“That’s the last thing on my mind.I’m more interested in sticking right by your side.”
A rush of warmth filled his chest when she wrapped her arm around his waist.
“That sounds good to me,” she said.
As they walked down the cobbled walkway between the stores, she looked up at him.“How tall are you?”
“Six-two.”
“You make me feel like a shrimp.”
He chuckled.“Nah, you’re not that small.”
“I didn’t think so — until I stood next to you.”
He tightened his arm around her shoulders.“Are you saying you don’t like it?”He bent his knees, lowering himself so his head was almost at the same height as hers.“Is this better?”
She laughed and pushed at his arm.“No.I like you just the way you are.”
“And I like you just the way you are.I’d say we’re the perfect height for each other.”
He loved the way her eyes shone as she looked up at him.
“I would have said you were too tall for me, but…”
He held his breath as he waited for her to continue.
“But what?”he asked eventually.
“You’re not,” was all she said.
Chapter Six
