“Uh oh.”
“What?” she asked.
“That smile of yours. It’s evil. What do you have planned I don’t know about?”
“Well, you said something earlier about a blowjob…”
His eyes grew comically wide. “Here?”
A few couples were on deck, though most passengers remained indoors, out of the wind.
“No, you dope.”
His eyes narrowed.
She had to laugh. “I was just thinking that I’m dating a bad boy.”
His boyish grin took her aback. “Yeah? Well I’m dating the good girl, so I guess we’re even.” He whispered into her ear, “And she’ssogood. She swallows.”
Erin smacked him on the arm, and they walked back to her Jeep in the bay downstairs, laughing.
She’d asked Smith to drive, because she had no idea where they were headed. And she’d never driven onto a ferry before. But now that she’d seen it done, she wanted to drive them back.
“You know,” she said as they entered the vehicle. “I’m learning a lot with you.”
“Yeah? Me too.”
“Like what?” she asked, unsure what the world-wise Marine could have possibly picked up from her.
“Well, I’ve learned that smaller is sometimes better.” His eyes heated. “You fit me perfectly. I’ve never had better sex in my life.”
“You think about sex a lot, it seems.”
“Please. I’m a guy. I think about sex all the time; I can’t help it. Especially if you’re around.”
“Ah, okay.” She tried not to feel flattered about that.
“I also learned that carrots are amazing in baked goods. I have never had carrot cake before you.”
“No way.” She gaped.
He flushed. “Nope. Hey, I thought it was a fake way to get a kid to eat veggies. How was I to know it’s real cake?”
She laughed so hard she cried.
The ferry docked, and people started their cars.
“And I learned something else.”
“What? That zucchini is good in bread?”
He opened and closed his mouth, then gave her a sheepish grin. “Well, that too.” As more of her laughter subsided, he said, “I learned that I don’t want to live without you anymore. I want you to move in with me.”
Cars started leaving.
She didn’t know what to say or think and feared blurting “I love you too” might not be what he meant. She cooked, they had sex, they liked to talk and hug. But she hadn’t known him all that long. Heck, they hadn’t even had a real fight, just a few verbal skirmishes over dinner or what to watch on TV.
He winked at her. “Don’t answer me right away. Think about it. And I’ll go over a pros and cons list with you later tonight. I drafted it a while ago. I just wanted to give you some time to mull over the idea.”
