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“Hi,” I whispered before settling h ood at felt I was so ready to see how good it would feel having him touch me everywhere But I needed to e before this went any further

I forced o back to norer over his lips when I saw that he was going to answer ht away “I need to know if you still want uy”

“What guy?” Ethan asked softly

“The one in your letter…that daht of hiain “The guy who loves your fa I couldn’t love them or that I’d ever make you choose between us because I wouldn’t,” I said hastily “But I uy atches football with your dad at Thanksgiving ti with your brothers or dances with your -”

“Our wedding?” Ethan interjected, his pretty green eyes going wide and his lips spreading into a big smile “You think about stuff like that?”

“Focus, Ethan,” I said with a smile “And yes, I think about stuff like that because you’re it for me”

He grinned and then dragged me down for a kiss I let hi my head

“Right, focusing,” he said quickly as he tried to pull his face into a mask of seriousness “Is it my turn to talk yet?”

“Not yet,” I said, though I was the one having trouble focusing now because that happy look was back and more prominent than ever But reality forced me to sober “I promise to try all that stuff, but I need to know if I can’t be that man, that you still want this…me Truth, Ethan,” I reminded him

He scowled at“Okay, is it my turn now?”

“Yes,” I said with a sigh because I knew he hadn’t really thought about it

“Don’t do that,” he ordered and then he was pushing htest bit of anxiety as he settled his weight on me “Just because I already know the answer to your question doesn’t mean I didn’t think about it, Cain It just means I don’t need to think about it because I’d already come to that decision on my own First, my dad hates football, but my brothers love it Dad’s the fisherman so just swap the two and your examples work And you shouldn’t dance with my mother because she’s a terrible dancer But e because I love you Not some version of you that you think is better because there is no such thing I want the version of you who thinks this version of ain ten pounds or fifty or that I like nerdy things or that I get too emotional sometimes”