Emily’s heart skidded. “You remember me telling you that?”
Gavin grinned against her mouth. “I remember everything you told me.” He smoothed his hands through her hair. “I’m going to break you, Emily Cooper. I’m going to break you down and slowly build you back up. Second by second, piece by piece, and memory by memory, I’m going to make you realize you’re worth what I’m going to give to you. If I have to open a dictionary every day and make you stare at the word ‘worth,’ I’ll do it.” Gavin pulled her closer and chuckled. “I’ll even paste a picture of myself next to it.”
Emily sniffled and let out a light giggle. “A picture of you, huh?”
“Yeah. A picture of me.” Gavin tightened his hold, his strong arms cradling her as he leaned into her ear. He grazed his lips along the shell. “I can make it a nude one if you really insist.”
Resting her cheek against his chest, Emily smiled. “What am I going to do with you?”
He looked down at her, and Emily met his gaze. Expression softening, Gavin angled his lips above hers, his eyes searching. “Move in with me.”
Emily pulled in a breath and went to speak but hesitated. Anxiety rained down on her, and her pulse leapt. She touched his jaw, her big green eyes staring up at him. “What?”
He cupped his hand over hers. “You heard me. I want you to move in with me. I know it’s—”
“Crazy,” she interrupted.
Gavin’s hands found the curve of her neck. “Yeah. It’s crazy, and it’s quick. It’s dangerous, reckless, and intoxicating.” Gavin paused, drawing her face closer. “But it’s what makes us. It’s what’s made us since the moment we met. Move in with me, Emily. Stay crazy, dangerous, reckless, and intoxicating with me. Just do it waking up by my side every morning.”
Emily dropped her gaze to the ground and nibbled on her thumb nail. The whole idea was more than intoxicating. God, everything about Gavin bled her dry of anything negative. However, her uncertainty of whether or not she could truly make him happy hammered through her thoughts. It was enough he’d taken her back, trusting her again with his heart, but something inside screamed she’d never be able to fulfill what he needed.
“I don’t know,” Emily said, looking up at him. “Let’s see what it’s like when we get back to New York. Give it time maybe.”
A slow smile smeared across Gavin’s face, and without warning, he picked up Emily, hauling her delicate body over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. “Emily Cooper, are you asking me to wait longer than I already have?”
“Gavin Blake, are you insane?” she gasped, curling her fists in the back of his T-shirt.
“I’m the one asking the questions.” Chuckling, Gavin strolled over to his car and set Emily on the hood. She gasped again and jumped off. “What?” he questioned.
Eyes wide, Emily swiped the hair away from her face. She frowned. “The hood burnt my ass.”
Gavin smirked and pulled his T-shirt over his head. He spread it out across the hood, picked Emily back up, and set her on top of it. “And here I was thinking your ass couldn’t get any hotter.” Smirk holding steady even as Emily stared at him as though he had ten heads, he shimmied between her legs. Leaning in, he softly kissed her lips. “Is that better for you? If not, I can take my shorts off to give that sweet ass added cushion.” He started unbuckling his belt.
“You are crazy.” Emily reached for his hands, her eyes skirting over every ripple of his sun-kissed abs. “Certifiably crazy.”
Gavin lifted a single brow and nodded. “Crazy in love,” he replied, slowly leaning in again to kiss her. Sliding his arm around her waist, he pulled her closer. “Hook ‘em.”
“What?” Emily breathed, her head tilting of its own accord as Gavin ghosted his mouth down her jaw.
“Your legs,” he said, draping her arms around his shoulders. “Hook ‘em around my waist.”
Emily flushed. “We’re on the side of a highway, Gavin.”
“I know. Kinky, right?” With a wide smile, he didn’t wait for her to do as he asked. He took it upon himself, curling his hands around her calves and wrapping them tight around his waist. “Ahh, there we go.”
Noticeably embarrassed, Emily bit her lip, her gaze shifting to the highway of speeding cars. Gavin laughed when her eyes widened as a car flew by, honking, with a passenger whistling out of the window.
Gavin lifted his hand from one of her calves and placed a finger under her chin. He brought her attention back to him. His eyes scanned over her lush, berry-colored lips, his pulse automatically thudding. “Move in with me, Emily. Fuck, we fell in love like this… Let’s crash the rest of the way.”