The moon was only a crescent over their heads, casting its silver light over them and the garden.
"The grass is dry," she looked down and his gaze dropped down to her feet, bare and pale against the dark, spongy grass. "We could sit out here if you'd like. Enjoy the moonlight."
"Anything to spend time with you."
"You say the sweetest things," she smiled back at him, "but the crazy thing is... I think you really mean it."
"I do." He copied the words she'd said earlier, but he knew that the words had more meaning to him. She'd been burned once before, but he'd never do that to her. He'd never let her wonder where his heart was.
Because it was with her.
He gestured at the Bronco. "I think I have a blanket in the back."
Kawehi reached out and took his hand in hers. "We don't need a blanket unless you want one."
KAWEHI
When he didn't say anything else, she smiled and drew him along with her as she moved to the expanse of grass under the front windows of the house. She only let go of his hand when she sat down on the grass.
He sat down beside her, his fingers gently moving over the hem of her nightgown. "This is beautiful."
"It's just a nightgown."
He turned his hand over and brushed his knuckles against the fabric where it lay over her thigh. "It's almost ethereal."
He continued, moving his fingers over her knee and down her calf.
Oh wow.
She'd dreamed of his hands on her like that. Of course, they were usually in a bedroom, but this was nice, too.
No, this was amazing.
When he slipped his hands under her foot and her ankle she had to bite into her bottom lip.
Dom must have seen her expression change.
"You don't have to worry, Kawehi. I'm not going to hurt you."
She shook her head. "I'm not worried about that." He turned and laid her calf across his thigh. Dom turned his hands and used his thumbs to dig gently into the bottom of her foot. "That's what I was worried about."
His smile said he knew exactly what he was doing. "It feels good?"
"It feels," he pressed his fingers deeper into the bottom of her foot, "sinful."
"Looks like I've found a way to make myself invaluable." He laughed softly as she bit back a groan.
"Even if you never rubbed my feet again," she sighed, "I still want you around."
"Yeah?"
She nodded and groaned as he found another place that needed his attention. "Absolutely. I worried about you while you were gone, hoping and praying that you'd be okay."
"I missed you, too."
Her gaze met his. "Yeah?"
"The guys said they've never seen me smile so much."
