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“When the time comes I’ll tell him something. I never thought of it that way until you said it.”
He leaned down and gave her a kiss.
“I’m glad you told me.”
“I’ve never said it to anyone else. Your sister, Ruby, didn’t know. I just said I had a baby coming and I’d be doing it on my own.”
“There are a lot of single fathers out there. It’s not unheard of.”
“Nope. So when people ask about Jonah, I say he had a surrogate.”
“Then why didn’t you just say that to me?”
He ran his hand down the side of her cheek. “Because you’re more than anyone else. And when I say those words, it feels cheesy, but it’s the truth. Everything about you and how it makes me feel and act, it’s just different.”
“From someone who is used to being different, I can relate.”
He laughed and kissed her again, harder this time. Deeper.
Letting her know what he was really feeling.
What he was thinking.
What he wanted without coming out and saying it.
“Do you still want to wait?” he asked. “Cuz I can and will.”
She shook her head no.
22
BEING BOLD
Molly didn’t know what to say or do with this conversation.
She’d never expected Dean to just show up on her doorstep today.
Not bringing chocolate and telling her why he’d bought it.
That he couldn’t even wait two more days to see her.
Or having this conversation.
And he’d confessed a part of him he’d admitted he’d never told anyone else.
“Guess we have more in common than I ever thought.”
Which was funny since he wasn’t someone she’d ever see herself with. The big, hot, built bartender had gone to Columbia and was smart like her.
He didn’t have a great family life but she didn’t know much more about that.
He didn’t want to be what everyone else wanted him to be either.
But when people looked at her, they saw what she was. What she’d always been told in her life.
Smart. Awkward. Nerdy. Quirky.
With Dean, they probably saw a hot dude that most figured was a player.
