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He was silent for a e "YouIt’s okay if I do?" He sounded entirely disbelieving, stunned even

"Do you like lasagna?"

Another pause, then, "Hell, yeah Wait, you want to cook for me?"

"James Dixon, you sound so shocked I’d reckon you were used to dinner invitations fro spices and spaghetti sauce and pasta "I irl in Savannah?"

"Not anyirl I want, and you know it," he answered very quietly, and then she heard hi for her rejection, for words she would never say again, the dreaded, We can’t be together

But she wouldn’t give him her news over the phone It had to be done in person, when she could kiss hiood, then," she said lightly, "I’ll even have fresh bread for you See you in a little while"

And with that she hung up the phone before he could cajole her for more information It was thirty minutes from Isle of Hope to her apartment She had a lot to accomplish in that very short amount of time

Jamie took the steps to Sunny’s apartment two at a time He’d driven here at breakneck speed, lucky as hell that he’d not been stopped for a ticket, but he couldn’t have slowed down if he’d tried

She had good news; she had to So he wanted to hear And she knew that there was only one thing that he would count as a happy announceether

He paced around on her stoop and ran a hand over his hair, trying to neaten it up He’d been so hell-bent on storates that he’d not even bothered to shave or change into nicer clothes

He earing faded jeans and a frayed green polo, but he didn’t even care He just wanted to be with Sunny, was desperate to hear her say that she’d found a way for the the bell, Sunny opened the door She leaned against the doorja up at him with a sexy expression in her eyes "Well," she drawled, "you must’ve broken the sound barrier with that drive over here, Jael"

He was speechless Unlike hi a sleek pair of black jeans with a black cashhtly colored silk scarf patterned in purple and red and black He wanted to take that fabric between his teeth and untie it so he could run his hands all through her light brown curls

"I" He blushed, staring down at his scuffed boots, feeling stupidly shy now that he was here "I couldn’t get here fast enough, sweetheart But you already know that"

"What’s with gabbing on rabbed hold of his ar him inside the apart her ar him down for a kiss Unlike all their previous kisses, this ti for even a heartbeat as she backed hiainst her front door It turned hiressive

It also caused his heart to slaer if

He broke the kiss they’d begun "Sunny, baby" He gasped "Are you telling meCan weIs this allowed?" He didn’t quite dare hope, even as he’d spent the past days desperately praying and drea of this very ht with fire and passion andlove

Cupping his face between both palms, she blessed him with a radiant slow "Yes, Jaether? To fall in love? To be lovers?" he rushed to ask, clinging to her hips

"Please tell ain, her s "Yes, s"

His vision instantly blurred and he sagged against the door behind hiht instantly lifted off his body and soul "H-how?" he sta her sweater in both hands It was alht lose her, so he had to hold her tight

She leaned her cheek against his chest, sighing contentedly "I finally understood what could be done after Kiel cahtwhen I was driving out to stop you"