the time alone with Wyatt. Even though I knew without a doubt that most eyes were on us, I didn’t care. I wasn’t going to allow thing opportunity to pass me by.
I placed my hand over Wyatt’s that was resting on my lower abdomen, and felt his chest rise and fall against my back.
We quickly fell into a rhythm, our bodies swaying as one and our feet shifting in sequence. I didn’t care that there was people around us, let them look, let them talk. This felt too good.
“You don’t understand how badly I wish I would have taken a left turn instead of a right one all those years ago.” His lips skimmed over the side of my neck while he spoke. “That action is my biggest regret. To imagine what my life would be like right now had I not made that mistake.”
I chose not to speak, I felt too raw to try.
“I think you should give me a chance to show you exactly who I am.” His free hand glided over my hip, only to come to rest on my outer thigh. “Don’t you feel it,” when he kissed that space just beneath my ear, the one spot on my neck that ignited every want inside of me I sighed. “There is something here Sadie, something between us. Something I think we both want and that maybe you’re too afraid to act on.”
“You don’t know me.” My words were breathy and immediately my thoughts were, maybe he did.
“I know that I hurt you once, and that you have every reason to be cautious, but I can assure, if given the chance, I would never willingly hurt you again.”
This man was saying all the right things and if I’d listened to the way my body felt pressed to his I would have agreed to just about anything in that moment. But my mind was telling me to proceed with caution.
“Dinner,” he whispered near my ear.
“We already had dinner, remember?” I smiled when I felt his chest vibrate with laughter.
“How could I forget, I’d hit repeat on that night if I could.” The song changed, and his hold on me loosened just enough I was able to turn in his arms. Suddenly my hands are rested upon his chest and his are on my hips. I could feel his breath on my cheek, knowing if I looked up, our mouths would only be inches apart.
“You scare me.” The confession felt premature. Maybe I shouldn’t be opening up to him, giving him more power than he already seemed to have.
“I don’t want to scare you,” his left hand wrapped around me, resting on the small of my back. Applying the right amount of pressure, he moved me in closer to him and then I found we were tucked away in our own little cocoon. The place where he could whisper in my ear so softly and it was a guarantee that no one else could overhear. “I want just the opposite. I want you to feel safe with me. I want to make you laugh and smile, I want to hold you just like this as much as you’ll allow me to.”
What did he have a book tucked in his back pocket containing all the right things to say?
“The way I feel when I’m near you, excited and hopeful, Sadie I haven’t that way is so long. I don’t want it to go away, I want it to grow. All I’m asking is for a shot.”
I lifted my chin, bringing us closer. Our eyes locked with one another’s and I took in a slow deep breath before releasing. “Do you promise not to make me regret it?”
Leaning in he rested his forehead to mine and said nothing for what felt like minutes but I know it was only seconds. “I promise.” Standing tall once more, but remaining close we stared at each other. That charming grin of his returning.
The music continued and we both started to move together once more, but didn’t look away from the other. The distance between us growing shorter and shorter until I could feel the scruff along his jaw tickling my cheek.
Closing my eyes, I waited, anticipating the feeling of his lips on mine.
“Our first kiss shouldn’t be on a dance floor with more than a hundred people watching us.” I froze, opening my eyes to find a soft look on his face. His hand rose and his thumb skimmed along my cheek before cupping