Page 87 of Winning It All
I ignore that. “Glenn said no, of course. My name was my name and there was no changing it.”
He grins at me. “I guess he would hate me calling you Shay, then.”
“Probably,” I reply and wink. “So please make sure to do it in front of him a lot.”
He laughs, and as we reach the car I stop and pull him toward me. I kiss him hard on the mouth and he likes it, grabbing my waist and pulling me closer. “Let’s get home so I can peel you out of these clothes and fuck you into next week.”
I flush at his bluntness, which is so fucking hot. Then I look around the parking lot, which is filled with cars but devoid of people. “Or we could just do it in the Aston Martin. Doesn’t James Bond drive this? I bet he would approve.”
He steps backward, pushing me into the side of the car. “Don’t tempt me.”
“I dare you,” I whisper against his mouth, knowing full well he won’t do it, but he’ll want to because he’s the most competitive person I know besides myself, and he hates passing up challenges.
He groans and attacks my mouth with a blazing hot kiss. When he pulls away, I struggle to catch my breath as he whispers, “Shay, baby. God, I love you.”
He beat me to it. That’s what I was going to tell him. I open my eyes and stare into his. He looks so sure and confident about what he just said—about his feelings for me—and it makes me happier than I have ever been in my entire life.
“Augusta,” I whisper.
His heavy eyebrows pinch and he stares at me with a curious blink. “Augusta?”
“My middle name,” I confess sheepishly. “He named me after his favorite golf course.”
“Oh my God, you’re right. It’s worse than Shayne.” He starts to smile and then laugh.
“And I would never admit that unless I loved you too.” I kiss him and laugh into it. “Now take me home and make good on that fucking me into next week promise.”
“Anything you say, Shayne Augusta Beckford.” He opens my door and I climb in. He leans into the open door and whispers, “I love you and your ridiculous name.”
“I love you and your ridiculously long-winded name,” I call back as he closes my door and walks around the car. I close my eyes, rest my head against the leather headrest and smile to myself.
I am so lucky I got out of my own way and let myself fall in love with this man. He is everything I never knew I wanted and then some.
