Chapter Nineteen
Drew caught Emma, again. And knew that nothing would ever feel as amazing as knowing that she loved him, despite the way he’d acted. He gently pushed her back, just enough that he could cup her face in his hands. What he saw there nearly knocked his legs out from under him. She loved him. And she wasn’t afraid to show it. It was all there, written across her face. He worried that some of it was due to the emotional upheaval of her father’s illness. That was okay. He’d be working hard, from now on, to show her that her love for him was deserved.
Taking a slow breath, he pulled back a little farther. Gave her the look. Her body stilled in that indefinable way and her attention on him intensified as she waited to see what he would do. What he would ask of her. He lifted a f
