She ate and watched as he cleaned the kitchen.How the hell could he make even that look sexy?
She stood when she was done and went to the sink.He took the plate from her.
“I can wash it,” she said.
“I know.I’ll do it while you get your shoes on.”One of his eyebrows rose when she stood there with a mutinous look on her face.
With a huff, she spun around and returned within a few minutes with her shoes on and her teeth brushed.
“Good, let’s go.”
She took the hand he held out and let him lead her outside and to her car.
“That’s something else I need to do sometime—buy a truck.”
She smiled as he tried to adjust the driver’s seat to fit his large body.“The dealerships around here are open today.”
“Good.We’ll do that after the house.”
As they drove out to meet Trent, she realized she felt better than she had in a long time.Emma glanced at his profile.Looking at him would never get old.His strong, masculine features would always be handsome, even in his eighties.
Her reflections halted.She was already planning on being with him for the rest of her life.Now, she had to come to terms with it.The one thing she didn’t want to do was give in too easily.He needed to learn he couldn’t always have what he wanted whenever he wanted.
Chapter Eight
Damon detected Emma’slooks and ignored them, giving her time to get used to him again.“I think we’re about there,” he said.
She nodded.“Yes.It’s just around the corner.”
His first look at the house was a bit of a shock.He couldn’t remember it being white, or that it had a red barn.He started a mental list of what must be done that he could see.The lawn needed to be mowed, and if there were flowers or bushes around the house, he couldn’t see them through the grass and weeds.
“Oh, wow.It’s in worse shape than I thought it would be,” she said.
“Your brother says the foundation and bones of the house are in great shape.They knew how to build houses a hundred years ago.I’ll have to check the rest, but everything I see so far is easily fixable.”
She nodded as they approached the house to meet Trent and Mrs.Benson.Damon parked, then grabbed her arm as she went to open her door.