"You are hungry, sunshine." He reaches for my hand, as the elevator swings open in the lobby. "Thai food it is."
Chapter 14
"I have a gift for you." He finally moves his hand from my thigh. He rested it there when we sat down at the table of a small, dimly lit restaurant. "Something I think it's important that you have."
"Is it the pen?" I ask expectantly. I've felt badly about it since the day he offered it to me and I threw it in his face.
"That's on your desk in your room at home." He smirks. "I put it there when I was snooping in your room the night of your mom's party."
"You were in my room before I got back up there?" I try to remember if anything seemed out of place. "How did you know it was my room?"
He blushes. It's the first time I've seen a pale pink tint rush over his face. "This is humiliating."
"You found my vibrator?" I grimace.
He throws his head back with gleeful laughter. "You have a vibrator?" The words are barely audible through the chuckles.
I scrunch my nose and nod my head quickly. "Now who is humiliated?"
"That wasn't it but you'll have to show me that and more importantly what you do with that." He winks at me.
"We'll see about that." I move the food around on my plate. "How did you know it was my room?"
He reaches between his legs to pull the wooden chair across the floor so his knees are touching mine. I don't hesitate when he brushes his soft lips against mine. I moan at the sensation of his tongue dueling with mine.
"You're the only woman who can make me hard with a kiss," he whispers into my mouth. "Only you."
I smile at the words. I want to be the only woman. That's what I want most. It's the only thing I truly want.
"I got on the bed and smelled your pillow. I breathed it in. I imagined being there with you." He lightly brushes his lips against mine again. "I could have stayed there forever."
Emotions course through me. I can't speak. I just nod slowly holding my hand to his cheek.
"The gift." He pulls back slightly and reaches into his pocket. "Close your eyes."
I hesitate. I'm so witless when I'm around him. He has the power to make me forget everything. He's doing that now.
"Close them." He reaches to lightly kiss my left eyebrow.
I close them and feel his hand opening mine. Something metal is there. It's a set of keys. My eyes pop open.
"These are keys to my place." He pulls my hand in a fist to cover the key fob. "They're for you."
I search his face for anything he can offer. "Why?"
"I don't want there to be any doubt." He brings my hand to his lips and kisses it.
"You don't have to do this." My hand pops open. "I don't want to push you into anything."
"I can't lose you, Sadie." He whispers as he presses his face into my neck. "I'll do whatever it takes to keep you."
***
"Did you make plans for me to meet your young man?" My father is standing in the doorway of my bedroom, leaning against the frame. "I'm anxious to meet him."
"Not yet." I turn to look at him. I thought I could bring the subject up last night after dinner but Hunter insisted on driving me home. The lingering doubt about someone being with him was quieted by the gift of the keys but I still had questions I knew he'd likely not answer.
"What about tonight?" He walks into the room and picks up the keys Hunter gave me that I threw onto my desk.