“Stop it.” I drop a kiss on each of their cheeks and climb into the waiting car. “I’ll see you Monday.”
“Bye, honey.”
I rest my head on the headrest as we head home. Only three drinks over the course of a few hours, but it’s loosened my restraint.
Why shouldn’t I have fun with my husband? We’re only doing this for the next year. I’ll get my inheritance to get the shop and Declan keeps his image with the team clean.
I never do anything that’snotexpected of me. I’ve always colored inside the lines and done what is asked of me.
Marrying Declan?
It’s just about the craziest thing I’ve ever done in my life. So why not take that extra step with him?
Thanking the driver, I press the code into the front door lock and push it open.
I hesitate at Declan’s door. If I do this, there’s no going back. I want this. I can’t stand being in Declan’s orbit— moving around each other and having this weirdness between us—and not having him.
You can do this, Alice.
Giving myself one last pep talk, I crack open his door.
Chapter Sixteen
DECLAN
Iknow the minute Alice gets home. The front door clicks shut behind her. Her shoes clack against the floor as she walks into the kitchen before coming down the hall. I can hear her lingering outside my bedroom door.
Fuck. Come on, Alice. Get your ass in here. I want it more than anything.
Things have been…let’s say tense these last few weeks. Ever since the celebration, we’ve been tiptoeing around each other. Well, Alice. Not me. It’s like she’s nervous I’m going to make a move on her. Like I said, the ball is in her court.
I’m not going to do anything unless she wants it. But fuck, it’s taking everything I have to stay right where I am.
Light from the hall slips inside as the door cracks open.
“Declan? Are you awake?” she whispers.
“Yeah. Is everything okay?” I pop up onto my elbows, watching as she comes into my room and shuts the door behind her.
Soft footsteps pad into the room. “It’s fine. I just…”
“Yeah?”
I sit up, watching as she comes around to my side of the bed and sits down.
“I thought about what you said after the party.”
“And?” I lick my lips in anticipation of what she’s going to say next.
“I want you to kiss me.”
“Only kiss?”
I can make out her smile in the dark. “To start with.”
“Then get over here, Alice.”
She scoots toward me and the second she’s close enough, I grab her and flip us around so she’s under me.
