‘Anyway, enough of that. Can I come over tonight?’
‘Your sister just arrived in town.’
‘She’s fine.’
‘I think her opinion of me is shaky at best, without me taking you away on her first night in town. I should get an early night while I can—I seem to be running on coffee and a handful of hours of sleep lately, thanks to you.’
‘Who needs sleep when we have awesome sex?’ he replied, his voice dropping a note to that husky, rugged sound that made her all tingly whenever she heard it—until she remembered how stupid she’d felt when his sister had looked at her when she found out how old she was.
‘True. But I think I’ll take some sleep while I get the chance all the same.’
He let out a long, extra dramatic sigh. ‘Fine. I’ll talk to you tomorrow?’
She smiled. ‘Absolutely. ’Night.’
‘’Night, babe.’
Babe. She grinned as she disconnected the call. She never imagined hearing all the little endearments he came up with could make her feel so good. It was silly—he’d probably called a million women babe before, but somehow he made it feel special.
Jenny rolled her eyes and imagined what Beth would say right now—You’ve got it bad!She really did. A small sigh escaped as she got to her feet to head up to bed. This whole thing would be perfect if he was just … older.
A small voice inside her head gave a rude snort and she had to concede that maybe she was being a tad contradictory. Nick had come to mean a lot more than she’d initially beenexpecting. It wasn’t just about the sex—it was how she felt around him, how he made her feel. She’d never imagined anyone could make her feel so important. She supposed she’d been important to Austin at one time—she was the mother of his children and the one who stayed home to take care of them, but that was apracticalimportant. Nick made her feel like … She paused, trying to figure it out. He made her feel that without her, the sun wouldn’t come up tomorrow and the world wouldn’t be the same. Her heart gave an almost painful lurch. He made her feel loved.
I love him.
The realisation took her breath away.
Shereallyloved him.
