Love's Second Chance (Second Chances #1)(26)

“You know what this means, don’t you?” I said while kissing her again, lingering on her lips an extra second longer to enjoy the feel of them.

“What does it mean?” she whispered softly.

“It means that you’re mine, and only mine from this day forth. Never again will I let you be anywhere else other than with me.”

“I think I can live with that.” She smiled before crushing her body to mine in another round of passionate love making.





The ride home from the mountains went extremely fast. Every minute I spent with Korinne flew by in a heartbeat. It wasn’t until she pulled into my driveway that I remembered I forgot to ask the question I was too afraid to ask before. “I need to ask you something,” I said hesitantly. Korinne put the car in park and looked questioningly at me.

“Okay,” she mumbled, drawing out the word.

“I know things have been changing for you and getting better, and we also know that your mad skills have resurfaced. So … what I want to know is if maybe … maybe you would like to work for the company?” I gritted my teeth in anticipation waiting on her answer. I knew she was ready for it, but I didn’t know if she knew that she was ready.

She stared at me blankly for a few seconds before bursting out in laughter. That laughter took me completely by surprise. “I’ve been waiting on you to ask me!” she beamed brightly.

“You have?” I asked, sounding shocked.

She nodded. “Of course I have. I mean, I wasn’t ready before when you skirted around it, but now …”

“So is this a yes?”

“Yes! I would love to, but isn’t there a policy against dating coworkers? Because if so, then I’m afraid we have to call it quits,” she said it seriously, but I could tell she tried to hold in her smile. She failed miserably.

I shook my head. “You have nothing to worry about. I wouldn’t be your boss anyway, because you’d be more of a freelance designer than anything. However, you would need an office at my firm. How does sharing one with me sound?” She chewed on her bottom lip, avoiding my question. It looked like she needed a little bit of persuasion. Leaning down towards her luscious lips, I captured them with my own. “Are you in?” I asked. “Just think of all the things we could do in that office together.”

“Oh yeah,” she replied huskily. “I’m in.”

I kissed her long and hard before the time came for me to leave. Grabbing my bags from the trunk, I walked around to her side of the car to tell her good-bye. “I’ll see you tomorrow morning by nine?”

“I’ll be there,” she agreed.

She waved me good-bye and drove off down the street. I unlocked the door and the phone rang as soon as I entered the house. “Hello,” I said into the phone.

“Happy Birthday, old man!”

I laughed at my brother. “You’re a day late, but it’s okay though. I’m just surprised you remembered at all.”

“I blame it all on the concussions I got playing football,” he joked, even though we both knew those concussions were not a joking matter. “I heard Korinne took you away for the weekend. How did that go?”

“It went great, as a matter of fact, but of course I’m not going to give you the details,” I pointed out.

“No worries. I didn’t really want to know about your sex life anyway.”

“That’s good to know. Hey, do you mind if I talk to Jenna? I need her to do something for me,” I added. I had an idea for something special for Korinne and also myself, but only Jenna could do it for us. It would be something we could cherish for the rest of our lives.

“Yeah, I guess so. I do a good deed in calling my brother and all he wants is to talk to my wife. I can feel the brotherly love,” he joked. “Anyway, here she is.”

“Galen, is everything okay?” Jenna asked as soon as she took the phone from Brady.

“Oh yeah, everything’s fine. I need you to paint something for me.”

“Really? What did you have in mind?” she asked, intrigued.

I explained to her what I wanted and she was more than willing to comply with my request. “This will be amazing!” she squealed. “It may turn out to be the best work I ever put out there. Give me some time and I’ll have it done. I don’t want you having to wait for it, but trust me, it’ll be worth it.”

“No rush, Jenna. I know for a fact you’ll make it perfect.” We both hung up, and I went to get everything ready for work the next day. Korinne spoiled me with her presence and now I had to spend the night alone, but at least I’d get to see her the next day and the day after that. Working with her was going to be amazing.





Chapter Eleven





“How did it go?” Jenna asked. I called her as soon as I got home from dropping Galen off.

“It was the best weekend ever!” I screamed excitedly. “It was the greatest time I’ve had in a long time.”

“Did you have sex? Please tell me you had sex?” she teased.

“Of course we did, and it was amazing, but something else happened, too.”

Jenna gasped, “What? What happened?”

“He told me he loved me,” I said softly.