Chapter Twenty-Four
My heart pounds in my throat as she stares at me for what feels like eternity. In spite of my best efforts, flutterings of hope stir in my chest. The flutters flame to life when she pushes open the screen with a cry, cups my face and lays a kiss on me.
It’s all her, teasing my mouth open and sliding her tongue against mine. Our mouths mold together like magnets finding home, and I pour all of my inarticulate feelings into the kiss, telling her everything my words fail to describe. She drops her forehead to mine, when we pull apart.
“So… is that a yes?”
“Umm-hmm.”
I step back only far enough to lean the sign against the railing, and back her up to the door so I can kiss her properly. A car honks as it passes.
“Come inside.” She laces her fingers through mine and pu
