Page 6 of Coming for His Second Chance
There’s still snow on the ground from the light dusting we got last night, and I couldn't have planned it better myself if I tried.
"Grayson, this is beautiful." She says, taking it all in wide-eyed.
"It's nowhere near as beautiful as you are," I tell her with honesty, even if it sounds slightly cheesy.
I lead her to the table and pull out her chair. She sits and watches me, as I move to my chair across the small, round table from her. Even though I want to sit right next to her, or hell, have her in my lap, I think that might scare her off right now. This is just a first date in seven years after all.
Removing the lid on the food to reveal steak and lobster, her eyes light up. According to her father, this is her favorite.
"How did you know?" She asks with a huge smile on her face.
"I have my ways," I chuckle.
I hope I can always find ways to surprise her like this, as I love the look of wonder on her face, as she soaks it all up.
"The lights reflecting on the snow we got last night is just magical. It makes it all glitter," she says.
"That was pure luck." I laugh, making her smile. When I look around, she’s right. It almost looks like glitter was scattered across the yard.
We start to dig into the meal in front of us.
"This food is delicious." She sighs and takes another bite.
"I'm glad you like it. Are you warm enough?"
"Oh, yes. It's perfect." She takes another bite. "I talked about me all the way here, so now, it's your turn. Tell me about your parents and about all of this." She looks back towards the house.
"Ahhh well, my dad started his company, and my mom was his secretary. They fell madly in love and caused quite a scandal with their marriage. She was a bit younger than he was. Plus, thewhole office place romance thing. But she was right by his side, running the company, until they died," I say.
"What happened to the company?"
"I still own it. Because it was never my dream, I have a board that runs it, but I couldn't imagine selling it."
"What do you do on base?" She asks.
Thankfully, she changed the subject. I’ll answer any question she throws my way, but there are some subjects that I'd rather not dig too deep into. My parents’ death being one of them. Well, at least, not tonight anyway.
"That's a fair question, but I can't go into the details, as it has to do with deployment security. It's a lot like what I did in the military, but now, I have more freedom, and I don't deploy." She nods and moves on. When I say I can't talk about something, she gets it, because it was the same with her dad. She grew up hearing that.
Add that to the many things I find utterly irresistible about this girl.
Chapter 3
Kaitlyn
The meal is amazing, and the setting even more so. He's easy to talk to, and this ranks up there with the best date I’ve ever been on, much less, the best first date.
"So, do you really have time for your job and your dad's company?" I ask, still not sure how he balances both.
He gives me a cocky smile. "I'm good at what I do."
"You sure about that?" I smile seductively at him and lean forward.
The move doesn't go unnoticed by him.
"I'm confident," he smirks.
"It's always the over confidant ones who suck in bed," I tease, while sitting back in my chair and taking another sip of wine.
