in his chest was her, the way he felt about her. Love. He’d never felt it before but he knew he never wanted to be without it again. She made him whole.
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“Your penis is just fine, Matt. But just what exactly do you envision this being?”
One arm banded around her waist, he pulled her back to the table and down into his lap. “Don’t want this to get cold,” he said, picking up the remains of his bacon. “Damn, you’re a fine cook. What I foresee this being, Venus, is we date and date and have lots of sex and you get to know my family and I get to know yours and then I ask you to marry me and we get married and have a passel of kids and our house will always be full of busybody relatives.”
She closed her eyes. “Marriage and kids? We’ve been on one date, two if you count that first time at the diner. That’s not fast?”
“Every single lunch from May to now was a date.”
“This can’t happen. Look, let’s just date, have fun. Leave the marriage talk out of the equation.”
“Are you saying I’m only good enough to fuck?”
“Just go. Get your stuff and go.” But she said it with no conviction at all and he waved it off.
“I’m not going anywhere, Tate Murphy. Not in the way you’re suggesting. You need to know that right now. I don’t give up when there’s something worthy of working for. You may think I’m some soft, shallow guy who doesn’t know what it means to struggle and maybe that’s true in a lot of ways. But damn it, I’m worthy of you.”
“What the fuck are you talking about? This isn’t about you! This is about me.”
He stood, setting her on her feet gently before kissing her forehead.
“I’m going to get going. Not because I’m going for good but I need to help Kyle do some work in my parents’ yard this morning.”
“I’m…I don’t want to hurt your feelings, Matt. I don’t think you’re soft and shallow. God, I don’t even know where you get that. You’re wonderful and handsome and funny and sweet. And you’re not for me.
Can’t you see that? Can’t you see how wrong I am for you?”
“I’m not arguing with you over that point, Tate. It’s a stupid fucking point and I’m not discussing it.” He shrugged into his shirt and sat to 80
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lace his shoes. “I’ll be here tonight after dinner with my parents. I hear you make excellent dessert.”
“Matt, are you listening to me?”
He stood, pulling her to him and brought his mouth to hers and kissed the hell out of her. “Of course I am. But you’re wrong. I’ll see you later. And I’ll be back between those thighs again too, Tate. Don’t think you can hold yourself away from me. I want you, you want me. It’s that simple.”
He strode out the back door and she stood in the kitchen, the morning sun shining through the window as she heard him get into his truck and go.
“I am in big trouble.”
Polly Chase watched Matt tear through his meal. Good Lord, finally.
“You have someplace else to be?”
He sighed explosively and put his fork down. “Okay, Momma, I need your help.”
She sat back and smiled at him and then at his father who chuckled.
“Tate Murphy?”
“How’d you know?”
“Son, she’s a witch. Didn’t growing up with her as your momma teach you anything? You can’t hide it from her.” Edward amused himself entirely too much. Polly winked at him and frowned a moment. The scamp was utterly unrepentant and winked back, taking her hand and kissing it. She married him for a reason and she’d collect her payback after everyone left.
“Matthew, you asked me about her. I’ve seen you in town with her a few times. I heard you took her to The Tonk last night.” She laughed, seeing his surprise. “Honey, who do you think the gossip about the last single Chase boy comes to first? I know you eat lunch with her three www.samhainpublishing.com 81
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“Your penis is just fine, Matt. But just what exactly do you envision this being?”
One arm banded around her waist, he pulled her back to the table and down into his lap. “Don’t want this to get cold,” he said, picking up the remains of his bacon. “Damn, you’re a fine cook. What I foresee this being, Venus, is we date and date and have lots of sex and you get to know my family and I get to know yours and then I ask you to marry me and we get married and have a passel of kids and our house will always be full of busybody relatives.”
She closed her eyes. “Marriage and kids? We’ve been on one date, two if you count that first time at the diner. That’s not fast?”
“Every single lunch from May to now was a date.”
“This can’t happen. Look, let’s just date, have fun. Leave the marriage talk out of the equation.”
“Are you saying I’m only good enough to fuck?”
“Just go. Get your stuff and go.” But she said it with no conviction at all and he waved it off.
“I’m not going anywhere, Tate Murphy. Not in the way you’re suggesting. You need to know that right now. I don’t give up when there’s something worthy of working for. You may think I’m some soft, shallow guy who doesn’t know what it means to struggle and maybe that’s true in a lot of ways. But damn it, I’m worthy of you.”
“What the fuck are you talking about? This isn’t about you! This is about me.”
He stood, setting her on her feet gently before kissing her forehead.
“I’m going to get going. Not because I’m going for good but I need to help Kyle do some work in my parents’ yard this morning.”
“I’m…I don’t want to hurt your feelings, Matt. I don’t think you’re soft and shallow. God, I don’t even know where you get that. You’re wonderful and handsome and funny and sweet. And you’re not for me.
Can’t you see that? Can’t you see how wrong I am for you?”
“I’m not arguing with you over that point, Tate. It’s a stupid fucking point and I’m not discussing it.” He shrugged into his shirt and sat to 80
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lace his shoes. “I’ll be here tonight after dinner with my parents. I hear you make excellent dessert.”
“Matt, are you listening to me?”
He stood, pulling her to him and brought his mouth to hers and kissed the hell out of her. “Of course I am. But you’re wrong. I’ll see you later. And I’ll be back between those thighs again too, Tate. Don’t think you can hold yourself away from me. I want you, you want me. It’s that simple.”
He strode out the back door and she stood in the kitchen, the morning sun shining through the window as she heard him get into his truck and go.
“I am in big trouble.”
Polly Chase watched Matt tear through his meal. Good Lord, finally.
“You have someplace else to be?”
He sighed explosively and put his fork down. “Okay, Momma, I need your help.”
She sat back and smiled at him and then at his father who chuckled.
“Tate Murphy?”
“How’d you know?”
“Son, she’s a witch. Didn’t growing up with her as your momma teach you anything? You can’t hide it from her.” Edward amused himself entirely too much. Polly winked at him and frowned a moment. The scamp was utterly unrepentant and winked back, taking her hand and kissing it. She married him for a reason and she’d collect her payback after everyone left.
“Matthew, you asked me about her. I’ve seen you in town with her a few times. I heard you took her to The Tonk last night.” She laughed, seeing his surprise. “Honey, who do you think the gossip about the last single Chase boy comes to first? I know you eat lunch with her three www.samhainpublishing.com 81
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