Page 36 of Catching Our Moment

Kelcie

Breathe.

He wanted me to come home with him to Charlotte. See his place—no, places . Go to his game. Meet his friends. He had friends besides us. Of course he did. He probably had a ton of friends. I’d have alone time with him for a weekend. It sounded like bliss.

All I had to do is call his assistant to book a flight…and decide which house we wanted to stay at so he can tell his housekeeper to prepare the place, and then his chef can stock the kitchen with some meals—unless we want to go out to eat. Then he could get Matt to make some reservations.

Breathe in and let it out. It’s not like you thought he lived in a two-bedroom townhome in Charlotte. The guy is worth millions. Millions—with an ‘s.’

“What kind of car do you drive?”

“Huh?” He was typing on his phone—no doubt sending a text to his assistant. “Oh, um, at the condo, I have a Mercedes AMG 63, and at the lake house, I usually keep my Audi R8 Spider. I guess I’ll leave the truck here so I can use it when I visit.”

Visit. I turned my back on him so I could process this idea properly.

Because he wouldn’t be living here anymore. He’d be living there. Two states and several hours away from me—from us.

Why was I doing this?

His arms wrapped around me from behind, and Shaw’s breath was warm against my neck. “I can feel your apprehension. What are you thinking?”

He turned me around to face him. His eyes were so green and still the most beautiful thing known to me. This boy—this man—had held my heart for as long as I’d known him. He wanted to show me his life, and I was holding back.

“I’m just thinking about logistics,” I said, then flattened my hand over his warm chest, longing to lay my head over his beating heart every night.

“Shaw! Come on, the Dallas game is starting!” Aaron yelled from the other room.

Shaw kissed my forehead and whispered, “Just the two of us together, okay? No outside influences, opinions, or expectations. Just us.”

I smiled a genuine smile and nodded. Because it did sound like the closest thing to heaven I’d heard in a long time.