Page 61 of Imperfect Saint
“We’ll see how the first date goes.” She teased.
Hunter’s phone buzzed again and he groaned. He reached into the inside pocket and pulled it out. He hit a button that silenced it and then he met her eyes again.
“You’re lucky I need to get back to work or I’d make you pay for teasing me like this.”
“You can make me pay later tonight.” She shot back before she could even think about the words.
They surprised her. In the past, words like the ones Hunter had just said would have made her shut down. She would have worried about what sort of payment would be expected. When Joshua had made her pay, it had never been in a fun, teasing sort of way. But with Hunter everything was different, she was different, and she knew instinctively that the words were only meant in good fun.
“Bet on it.” Hunter leaned forward and kissed her again quickly, “I’ll text you later about picking you up.”
“Okay.” She kissed him again.
“I can’t wait to see you tonight.” Hunter nipped at her bottom lip and then groaned when his phone buzzed again, “I’m going. I’m going, I swear.”
Millie pushed him away even when all she wanted to do was pull him closer. He had work to do and so did she. And now they had plans for tonight. Their first date, at least, their first official date. Just the thought of getting to see Hunter again, spend time with him again, had her smiling for the rest of the day.
18
Hunter couldn’t remember a time when he’d been so happy. He and Millie had been dating for over a month now but he could hardly remember the man he’d been before her. He finally felt like he was living his life. Not just going through the motions but living life to the fullest. For so long, since the war, since coming home, all he’d had was his work to keep his mind busy.
So he’d worked. He’d worked a lot. He’d taken every job that Vaughn had given him. He hadn’t just been Lemon’s personal bodyguard. He’d also taken shifts of weekend and special events work as well.
But not anymore.
Now he had a life outside this office, a good life, one that involved a beautiful, smart, and incredibly sexy woman that he wanted to spend his every waking moment with. He didn’t work late into the night anymore. He clocked in and he clocked out and he was always one thought away from planning the next time he would get to see her and take her into his arms.
He had plans to do just that as soon as he saw her.
Three nights he’d been away from her. He’d spent three nights out of town covering a protection detail because Kellen’s wife had unexpectedly gone into labor. He loved Kellen like a brother but if this job had lasted even one more night, he’d have walked off the detail to get back to Millie.
He missed her like crazy.
He was a man in love. He had no problem admitting that, he wanted to spend every moment with her. Scratch that, he wanted to spend his life with her and that didn’t scare him. Not at all. But he thought it might scare her, which was why he hadn’t told her yet.
But he would, he’d have to, and soon.
“Hey, Hunt, check this out. I…” Tyler came through the door of Hunter’s office with his cell phone held up and a huge grin on his face. He stopped short when he noticed Hunter was standing behind his desk shoving his laptop into his backpack. “Are you going somewhere?”
Hunter glanced up at his brother and smirked, “Yep.”
Tyler’s eyebrows shot upwards, “Wait, you’re leaving work before me?”
“Looks like it.”
“But you never leave work before me.”
Hunter snorted, “That’s because you never work late, or even stay long enough to do your own paperwork.”
If he’d expected his brother to have a rebuttal for that he wouldn’t have known him very well. Tyler only shrugged. He lowered his phone and moved further into the office, propping himself on the arm of a chair.
“You’re really leaving, like, on time and shit?”
“That was the plan.” Hunter stopped packing his stuff up for the night, “Unless you intend to detain me with more stupid questions.”
“No. I’m just surprised. That’s all.” Tyler scratched his stubble-covered jaw. “You going to meet your girl?”
“Yeah.”
