He leans down to see my face. “The. Most. Important,” he repeats.
I chew on my lip anxiously.
“I haven’t even been back here a week,” he says. “We’re going to figure this out, Olive. It may be messy, but we’ll work through it.”
“So you told them,” I say, trying to return us to the topic he started with. “They never had a clue when we were younger. What was different when they saw us together this time?”
“I’d given them a couple of big clues they’d never had before.” He fills me in on his trip to Maine and how Colton nearly spilled about us. “And I let them know it was a forbidden relationship. When he saw us together, Dylan said I looked at you the way he looks at his wife. And Brayden…I’m not sure. He said he just knew.”
“Dylan’s married?”
He laughs and fills me in on Dylan and Jasalie eloping.
“Good for him. That’s awesome. And I wouldn’t worry about them finding out. I never expressly told you, but Hayley knows too,” I say quietly.
“I assumed.”
Our eyes catch and hold.
I study his face, trying to see his expression in the dark. “What else is going on? You look like you have something else to tell me.”
He reaches for my hand and pulls up to a stop. “Your radar’s still intact, huh? Yeah, I have something to tell you. My realtor called. She has a great lead on a house rental.”
I swallow. “In Liberty Falls?”
“Yes. About ten minutes from you on the other side of Main Street. By the old train station.”
Holy crap.
“I love that area.”
His eyes brighten. “I remember. We always said we’d like to live there together.”
“Have you seen it?” I say.
“I’m going tomorrow. The house is empty, so if I like it, the owners want me to move in as soon as possible, which is fine with me.”
“That would be…”Amazing. “A big change.”
“A good change,” he says as he leans in close.
The minty scent of his aftershave engulfs me, and his eyes burn with heat. His jaw clenches as he fixes his gaze on my mouth.
“Let’s go,” he says in a rough tone. “I need to be alone with you.”
* * *
As we walk up the front steps, Jenson takes the key out of my outstretched hand and unlocks the door. “Is it okay if I come in?”
I don’t think I would allow him to leave even if he tried. I need Jenson so badly right now it hurts. The ache between my thighs is painful as I nod yes and gesture him in ahead of me. I close the door slowly, wanting to give myself a moment to clear my head before I go forward. Because I’m opening up more and more with each moment we spend together, and I hope to Jesus I know what I’m doing.
“So if it feels right…” I say as I turn to face him.
“Then yes.” Jenson’s eyes are heavy with lust as he steps closer to me, unbuttons my suit jacket, and abruptly pulls it off my shoulders until it drops to the ground.
He unbuttons my blouse next, and doesn’t stop until it too is on the floor.
My nipples immediately harden underneath my thin cotton bra, and a sexy sound escapes Jenson’s throat.
