He opens the door for me and follows me out to my car. I hit the Unlock button, and he opens that door as well. Before I climb in, I face him, my heart racing a mile a minute.
“Thank you for helping me today,” he says, staring me in my eyes.
“It was fun. I’m always happy to spend someone else’s money,” I tease.
He laughs, stepping a little closer to me. “I meant every word I said earlier.”
I swallow and look up at him, but don’t say anything.
He tucks my hair behind my ear. “I want to see you again. You and Nolan. I know there are rules to dating a single mom—my sister was one for years. I get it. We’ll go slow. But I’d like to see where this can go.”
I nod, and he leans in to kiss me once again. Our last kiss turned passionate quickly, but this one is soft, lingering like he’s promising more to come.
He pulls back, and I instantly want more. The smile he gives me proves he knows it, too, so I tuck my head down and climb into my car to hide my blush.
“Don’t forget to text me,” he says.
“I won’t. Bye.”
“Bye.”
He waves before I shut the door, and I start the car, feeling like I need to get out of here as fast as I can before I open the door back up and jump into his arms for one more kiss.
CHAPTER EIGHT
Christy
I send Sasha a text message.
I’m about to pull up. Want to just send Nolan out?
When my phone rings, I drop my head, knowing I wasn’t going to get off that easily. I click the Answer button on my car. “Hello?”
“You have lost your mind if you think I’m just sending Nolan out and not asking you a million questions about your day,” my sister rants without even taking a breath.
“I didn’t think that was going to work, but it was worth a shot. I’m in your driveway.”
“Nolan, baby, grab your things. Your mom’s here,” Sasha says as she opens the door and walks outside to meet me. “Youhave one minute to spill all the details before he comes running out. Go.”
I laugh. “What can I say? It was a great day.”
“And …” she says as she walks up to my car and hits the End button so we can talk face-to-face. “Did you kiss him?”
I grin, feeling my face flush.
“You did!” She claps. “Tell me everything!”
“He first kissed me after saying he only played games on the field, and then he kissed me goodbye.”
She places her hands on my windowsill and leans down so she’s more at my level. “Was it amazing?” she asks, hopeful.
I nod with a huge smile. “It was.” I drop my head to the headrest and inhale a blissful breath. “He invited Nolan and me to join his sister and her family at the opening day game on Thursday.”
“Ahh!” She jumps for joy. “Are you kidding me?”
I shake my head. “Nope. Nolan is going to be so excited.”
“So … what are you going to say to Nolan about who he is?”
