now?”
Anger pounded through her veins, and she lifted the squeeze cheese and pressed the nozzle as hard as she could at him.
“Shit!” Creed hollered, jerking out of the way. “What is that?” He pulled his black sweater away from his torso and frowned at the cheese worm Gia had drawn on him. “Is that squeeze cheese? Did you just shoot me with squeeze cheese?” Creed looked pissed now.
“You want to get rid of me?” she yelled. “Well, I don’t need an escort. You could’ve just asked me to leave!”
Creed looked utterly baffled. “What are you talking about?”
“Taking me to Minden. I know what this is about, and I’m sorry I ever did it. I’m sorry I said those stupid words because now you’re hurting me with them.” Oh, she felt like a psycho now, but the hormones were a-ragin’, and she was running hotter by the second. She shot him with cheese again.
“Stop it, Gia. Stop it!” He grabbed her smelly weapon and yanked it out of her hand, then hugged her to him. Only her cheek squished against the liquid sharp cheddar, and it enraged her more.
Pushing off him, she glared him down, uncaring how silver his eyes had turned.
“Don’t look at me,” he said.
“What?”
“Look away, or I won’t be able to say it this first time, because fuck it all, I’m not scared of much, but you and water are my Kryptonite, so look at the wall if you want me to tell you what’s on my mind, woman. And I have half a mind to empty this cheese can on you, so do it quick before I give into that urge.”
Baffled, Gia spun away from him. The half empty can made a hollow echoing sound as it hit the floor, and Creed’s hands gripped her shoulders from behind.
“I’m sorry I messed everything up last night, Gia. I didn’t expect you to say what you did because no one’s ever said that to me before. And I’ve never said it before either. The more I waited for the right moment, the more it didn’t feel right. I didn’t want it to be a reaction to what you’d said. So I guess what I’m saying is this is my moment, covered in fuckin’ cheese while Nards stares at us from beside the toilet.” Creed inhaled deeply and released it. “Gia, I love you.”
She tried to turn but he held her steady.
“I love you, and I want to take you to Minden and try to fix things with your folks. Whether they realize it or not, they’re having a grandkid. And shifter or not, that’s a pretty big deal. And I thought if they could meet me and talk to me and see that I’m not that bad, then maybe they’d be nicer to you about all of this. I’m not going there to shoo you off, woman. I’m going there because I care about you and hate that there’s a tear between you and your family.”
Gia cleared her throat as her cheeks flushed with molten heat. “Oh.” She pursed her lips and stared down at Nards, who was now making his way toward the trashcan, dragging his giant testicles behind him. “It seems I was mistaken when I shot you with cheese, and for that I apologize.”
Creed snorted. “And?”
“And I’m sorry I jumped to conclusions.”
“And?”
She turned and braved a look up at him. “And I love you, too.”
“That’s what I was looking for,” he said through a beaming smile.
Chapter Ten
“I’m nervous,” Gia admitted out loud as she wound a loose string from the hem of her blouse around her finger.
“Why? I promise, Damon Daye is stoic, but he’s very polite. You have nothing to be worried about.”
“Yeah, but he’s like a father figure to you, right?”
Creed tipped his head back and forth and squinted at the mountain road they were climbing in his truck. “Kind of.”
“Well, he’s like family to you, and I already know we’re screwed on my side, so I’m nervous Mr. Daye won’t like me. Does he like humans? Does he care? He probably doesn’t care. Not like my parents who are very anti-shifter. He’s not anti-human, is he?” She was rambling, so she sucked her lips in
Anger pounded through her veins, and she lifted the squeeze cheese and pressed the nozzle as hard as she could at him.
“Shit!” Creed hollered, jerking out of the way. “What is that?” He pulled his black sweater away from his torso and frowned at the cheese worm Gia had drawn on him. “Is that squeeze cheese? Did you just shoot me with squeeze cheese?” Creed looked pissed now.
“You want to get rid of me?” she yelled. “Well, I don’t need an escort. You could’ve just asked me to leave!”
Creed looked utterly baffled. “What are you talking about?”
“Taking me to Minden. I know what this is about, and I’m sorry I ever did it. I’m sorry I said those stupid words because now you’re hurting me with them.” Oh, she felt like a psycho now, but the hormones were a-ragin’, and she was running hotter by the second. She shot him with cheese again.
“Stop it, Gia. Stop it!” He grabbed her smelly weapon and yanked it out of her hand, then hugged her to him. Only her cheek squished against the liquid sharp cheddar, and it enraged her more.
Pushing off him, she glared him down, uncaring how silver his eyes had turned.
“Don’t look at me,” he said.
“What?”
“Look away, or I won’t be able to say it this first time, because fuck it all, I’m not scared of much, but you and water are my Kryptonite, so look at the wall if you want me to tell you what’s on my mind, woman. And I have half a mind to empty this cheese can on you, so do it quick before I give into that urge.”
Baffled, Gia spun away from him. The half empty can made a hollow echoing sound as it hit the floor, and Creed’s hands gripped her shoulders from behind.
“I’m sorry I messed everything up last night, Gia. I didn’t expect you to say what you did because no one’s ever said that to me before. And I’ve never said it before either. The more I waited for the right moment, the more it didn’t feel right. I didn’t want it to be a reaction to what you’d said. So I guess what I’m saying is this is my moment, covered in fuckin’ cheese while Nards stares at us from beside the toilet.” Creed inhaled deeply and released it. “Gia, I love you.”
She tried to turn but he held her steady.
“I love you, and I want to take you to Minden and try to fix things with your folks. Whether they realize it or not, they’re having a grandkid. And shifter or not, that’s a pretty big deal. And I thought if they could meet me and talk to me and see that I’m not that bad, then maybe they’d be nicer to you about all of this. I’m not going there to shoo you off, woman. I’m going there because I care about you and hate that there’s a tear between you and your family.”
Gia cleared her throat as her cheeks flushed with molten heat. “Oh.” She pursed her lips and stared down at Nards, who was now making his way toward the trashcan, dragging his giant testicles behind him. “It seems I was mistaken when I shot you with cheese, and for that I apologize.”
Creed snorted. “And?”
“And I’m sorry I jumped to conclusions.”
“And?”
She turned and braved a look up at him. “And I love you, too.”
“That’s what I was looking for,” he said through a beaming smile.
Chapter Ten
“I’m nervous,” Gia admitted out loud as she wound a loose string from the hem of her blouse around her finger.
“Why? I promise, Damon Daye is stoic, but he’s very polite. You have nothing to be worried about.”
“Yeah, but he’s like a father figure to you, right?”
Creed tipped his head back and forth and squinted at the mountain road they were climbing in his truck. “Kind of.”
“Well, he’s like family to you, and I already know we’re screwed on my side, so I’m nervous Mr. Daye won’t like me. Does he like humans? Does he care? He probably doesn’t care. Not like my parents who are very anti-shifter. He’s not anti-human, is he?” She was rambling, so she sucked her lips in
Similar Books
