going into his home office. At all. His brothers had promised to let him know if they needed something, and Hudson didn’t bother checking in with them every single day.
We hadn’t gone out every single night. We’d spent a few days just enjoying the beach, swimming, and playing around outside.
However, as promised, Hudson had done his best to woo me on his date nights, and he’d been successful every single time.
Probably my favorite date had been a romantic dinner harbor cruise. It had been a nice warm evening on the water, which had made the entire night seem…magical.
I’d been beyond grateful that I’d let Riley talk me into so many outfits when we’d gone shopping.
So far, I hadn’t worn this comfortable, black swing dress, but I’d slipped it on tonight, and put my hair up in a sexy style that left some loose curls around my face.
I’d gone all out tonight, even doing a very careful makeup job, and adding a pair of strappy black sandals that had been an impulse buy to match the dress.
“Taylor, you take my breath away,” Hudson said in a raw, hoarse voice. “Just when I think you can’t possibly get more beautiful than you already are, somehow, you do.”
I sighed as I stopped right in front of him. “When you say things like that, I realize exactly why I love you so damn much,” I muttered as I carefully kissed his lips, trying not to smudge my lipstick.
There would always be a big part of me that wasn’t a dress up, fussy type of woman, but I had to admit that I enjoyed Hudson’s reactions when I was in the mood to explore the ultra-feminine side of myself. Honestly, before Hudson, I hadn’t even known that part of me even existed.
He kissed my bare shoulders, and my neck, his hands exploring the silky material. “Jesus, Taylor, you aren’t wearing a bra. I think you could fall out of this thing at any time. Normally, I’d be the last one to complain about that, but one wrong move and every damn guy in the restaurant will be gawking.”
I laughed. God, sometimes I really adored his alpha possessiveness. I stroked his jawline. “Number one, I won’t fall out of it because my boobs are too small for that to happen.”
Okay, maybe if I got really crazy in this dress, the drape might fall forward enough for somebody really close to me to see the tiny curve of my breasts, but it wasn’t going to happen when I was sitting at a table eating dinner.
“Second,” I added. “You’re the only guy who’s really going to be looking.”
“I highly doubt that,” he grumbled as he wrapped his arms around my waist. “I notice every single guy who looks at you just a little too long. Shit, Taylor. Don’t you ever see how men look at you? And tonight, they’ll definitely be looking.”
Personally, I thought Hudson was delusional, but if he wanted to believe that I was irresistible to every man on the planet, I doubted I was ever going to convince him otherwise. I wound my arms around his neck. “Does it ever occur to you that I really don’t give a damn about any man in the room except you? That maybe the only eyes I see looking at me are yours?”
He only looked partially placated as he said huskily, “Oh, mine are always going to be all over you. Count on it.”
I shivered at the predatory note in his voice.
Sometimes it was still difficult to believe that this drop-dead gorgeous, thoughtful, intense, brilliant guy was madly in love with me.
Not that I could ever truly doubt it, because he showed me just how much he loved me every single day.
Still, for a woman who had never been loved with this much devotion, this much passion, this much adoration, it was going to be a while before it wasn’t just a little bit overwhelming sometimes—in a good way.
I smiled up at him. “Just when I think I can’t love you more than I already do, I realize that I love you more every single day, Hudson Montgomery,” I told him lightly. “What’s going to happen when I simply love you too much.”
His intense gray eyes stared gravely into mine. “You could never love me too much, sweetheart. Not in my opinion.”
Yeah, he could never love me too much, either. The more he showed me how much he did, the more I wallowed in it.