He kissed her forehead. “You’ll forgive me?” he asked.
“I knew I was going to forgive you when I got another room and didn’t drive away.”
“I never want you to drive away from me,” he said, his arms tight around her. “Or walk away. Nothing.”
“And I don’t want to,” she said.
“One more thing,” he said. “Just so there are no more secrets.”
“Oh boy,” she said leaning back. He was still smiling. “I was going to ask if this one was going to hurt but I don’t think so.”
“Not hurt. Jonah has been asking me when he’s going to get a mom. I just wanted you to know if it came up. He’s never had a woman in his life other than Carly. He’s young still.”
“What did you say?”
He ran his finger down her cheek. “I’m not sure. That’s why I want you to know. I was shocked and shouldn’t have been. You and me, it’s early, but it’s right. And if I said something that I shouldn’t, or do again, I just want you to know, it’s all coming from a place of love.”
She pressed her lips to his. “I’d say that’s the best place for it to come from.”
EPILOGUE
Four Months Later
“We’re here, Dad,”Jonah said on Valentine’s Day. “Right when you said to come in.”
He laughed over his son’s enthusiasm.
And that Molly took the afternoon off, picked his son up and was bringing him here for an early dinner.
The three of them were going to eat in the back.
And by early dinner, it was three.
Though the place was still hopping.
“Let’s go in the back. You got it covered, right, Sheila?”
“You know it, boss.”
“She called you boss,” Jonah said giggling.
He winked. “Because I am the boss.”
Everyone still only knew him as the manager.
There was no reason to change that fact.
If it ever came out, it did, but why change what was working?
But those in his life. Those important people. His son and the woman he loved.
They knew everything there was to know.
“Do you have a bunch of specials running today?” she asked.
“Marcus had fun with the menu.” He reached for the printed sheet and slid it in front of them as they sat in the booth. Molly and Jonah both sat across from him.
His son really was attached to Molly now.
