Jennie’s heart danced around in her chest as the seconds passed. Why wasn’t he saying anything? Why had she said anything?
she Because she liked him too much already, and if the possibility of her having to lace herself into another wedding dress was in her future, she needed to know now.
“I’m not playing pretend,” Bennett finally said, his voice thick and low. Husky. Beautiful. Sincere. “I’m not playing anything here.”
He hadn’t come right out and said he liked her, but she could feel it in his touch. See it in the way he looked at her. Taste it in the very sea air they both loved.
“Are you?” he asked, direct and to the point, as he’d always been.
“No,” she said, hearing his name called behind her. “That’s our food.”
“I’m not saying we have to get married next week,” he said.
“Good
