“You love me?” Ruby
whispered. “Already? How?”
“Yes to your first and second
questions. As for your third, I don’t know how it happened. All I know is that
it did happen. What started as an instant attraction that night at the club
turned into something deeper by the next morning. When I recognized what it
was, I decided to go with the flow.”
Ruby also felt something deep
for Gavin, but she wouldn’t necessarily call it love…yet. She erroneously
thought she was in love before. All that turned out to be was yet another
attempt to please her father, who’d always been a strong Logan fan. That
was why she’d been able to leave him so easily and never look back. In fact,
she didn’t miss Logan one day, one hour, or even one minute of her college
career. Interestingly enough, she missed Gavin as soon as they parted ways this
morning.
“You’ve gotten quiet on me,
Red,” Gavin prompted after a full minute had passed. “Does that mean that
you’re trying to find a polite way to turn me down? Or are you seriously
considering my offer of marriage? To help make your decision easier, I think
you should know that I don’t expect you to love me back. If it eventually
happens, so be it, and I’ll be a happier man for it. However, I do expect you
to keep making love to me. After all, that’s what you would have done
anyhow had our relationship continued the normal way.”
He had her on that last part.
Ruby definitely would have continued to make love to Gavin from here to
eternity…without a marriage license. That’s how strong their attraction was.
That’s how much she enjoyed his body and all the things he could do with
it.
“First of all, let me just say
that you should have been a lawyer instead of a dentist/pilot because you’re
very convincing. Secondly, I accept your offer of marriage, which means you
need to be at my house by 3:30pm next Sunday. Bring a ring with you. It doesn’t
have to be fancy, but pretty enough to impress my mother and sisters. Bring
your best manners and words to impress my father,” Ruby replied.
Gavin let out a long breath of
relief. He didn’t realize he’d been holding his breath all this time. It’s a
wonder he hadn’t passed out by now. “First and foremost, I’m so glad you consented, Red. I really
think we’re going to have a lot of fun together over the next year. Secondly, are
you still planning on having a raging toothache Friday morning?”
Ruby laughed. “There’s no need
to now that we’re getting married and all.”
Gavin growled and rubbed his
free hand across his hardened desire. “Trust me, there is a need. Parts of me are aching now and we’ve only been apart for
a few hours.”
“Six hours, thirty-five
minutes and…” Ruby paused. “…eighteen seconds to be exact according to the
watch on my arm.”
Gavin chuckled. “I miss you
already, too, baby.”
For the rest of their call,
they forced themselves to focus on the nonsexual details of their pending
union. They also spent time learning more basic facts about each other’s
backgrounds. Things like their home addresses, full names of their closest relatives,
birthdates, birthplaces, favorite colors, clothing styles, and even favorite ice
cream flavors among a wide range of other things.
They couldn’t appear too
unfamiliar with one another, lest her family suspect that their marriage was actually
one of convenience. They also agreed to tell everyone that they’d been secretly
dating for a month in case anyone asked how long they’d known each other. The
only people who would know any differently were Nancy and Peggy Lee, but of
course, they wouldn’t tell anyone.
To make sure that didn’t
happen, Ruby headed over to Peggy Lee’s place two hours later. She called Nancy
and asked her to meet her there, too. Not only did she have to tell them how
her night had gone with Gavin, she had to share all the other things that occurred
since last seeing them.
(c)0 2014 by Mi'Chelle Dodson/Suprina Frazier
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