“I’ve faced worse, but I’d do it again for the chance to spend the evening with you.”
“Maybe…next time I can cook something fancier?”
“Or…” he said, opening the door and stepping into the hallway.He turned and faced her, just inches separating them.“I could take you out.”
“I’d love that,” she said.
“Can I pick you up tomorrow?Say, six?”
“Yes.”
His gaze landed on her lips and then he smiled softly, his eyes darkening.He leaned down and brushed his lips over hers, and her whole body tingled.
When the kiss was over—far too soon—he brushed his knuckles along her jaw and said, “Goodnight, Darcy.”
“Goodnight, Ford.”
He walked down the hall, waving at her before he took the stairs.She stared at the empty hallway for a few minutes, her pulse racing and her lips still tingling from the kiss, and then she closed the door and leaned against it.
She hadn’t felt like this before.Like she was just breathing, just experiencing life and all it had to offer with fresh eyes.
And for the first time in her life, she let herself believe that something amazing was about to happen between her and Ford.
Because she was pretty sure, even after just knowing him for a day, that he was her Mr.Right.
Ford spent most of Monday pretending to work, but all he could really do was think about Darcy.
Their first date?Spectacular.
That kiss?Changed him on a cellular level.
Time?Freaking crawling.
Six o’clock couldn’t come fast enough.
His stallion was restless all damn day while he’d spent time in the farmhouse working on the cabinets in Avi and Fallon’s bathroom on the first floor.His newly mated friend’s mate—a jaguar shifter—was pregnant and the two had claimed a bedroom on the first floor that had an unfinished bathroom, next to another bedroom that would become the nursery.
As the guy who handled this sort of thing, Ford had taken the day off from working on the tractor in the barn to lend his carpentry skills to finishing the bathroom cabinets.
He settled back on his heels and admired his work.
“It looks great, man, thanks,” Avi said, leaning against the open doorway.
“Fallon has great taste.These cabinets look really nice in here.”
“She definitely has great taste, she picked me.”
Ford snorted with a laugh.Gathering his tools, he rose to his feet and turned to leave the bathroom.
“So when are you picking up Darcy?”Avi asked.
“Six.”
The two walked into the bedroom and Ford put the tools in the box he’d brought from the storage barn.
“You’ve been working in the bathroom since before breakfast,” Avi said.
“I wanted to keep myself busy.Otherwise I just sit around smiling and thinking of Darcy.”
