Darren couldn’t believe what he’d just said. I fell in love with you.
I fell in love with you.“Once,” he added onto the end of his statement, a little too late. He shoved his hands back in his pockets so he wouldn’t sweep her into his arms and kiss her. Then she’d know he still loved her. “Let’s go to dinner.”
“All right.”
“You want to drive?”
“No.”
So Darren helped her into his truck, glad when she slid over and sat right next to him the way she used to do when she was his girlfriend. He wasn’t sure what else to say to her, so he asked her about what she’d done in the boutique today.
She talked, filling the cab of his truck with the sound of her pretty voice. As the outskirts of town came into view, Darren reached over and threaded his fingers through hers, bringing her wrist to his
