He missed her,Devyn thought as he stood there, unable to take his eyes off the small woman sitting on the couch wearing an oversized Eeyore tee-shirt and plaid pajama pants and-
She’d never looked more beautiful.
“You’re not supposed to be back until next week,” Andi said, her lips pulling up into a shy smile as she tossed the file on her lap aside and climbed off the couch.
“I finished early,” he murmured, watching as she made her way across the small room as he thought about everything that he did to get here.
He’d moved up meetings, tore through files, worked through the night, and nearly lost his fucking mind. The moment that he’d walked away from her, he’d wanted to turn right back around and pull her into his arms, but he’d told himself that he needed to put some space between them and get his fucking head back in the game, only to realize that he couldn’t do it.
He couldn’t stop thinking about her.
God, he fucking wanted her, Devyn thought as she quickly made her way over to him and-
Gasped when she saw the stack of files that he was holding in his right hand. “My pretties,” she mumbled in a reverent whisper, already forgetting about him as she grabbed the files, turned around and made her way back to the couch, leaving him to glare at her every fucking step of the way.
“You poor bastard,” Drew said, chuckling as he tossed a chip into his mouth and headed for the door, leaving Devyn standing there, watching as the woman that was driving him crazy dropped down on the couch with a satisfied sigh.
For a moment, Devyn stood there watching her, making one last attempt to convince himself that this was a bad idea, but…
He didn’t fucking care anymore.
Closing the door behind him, Devyn made his way to the couch and sat down next to her as he placed the large gift bag that he’d brought for her on the floor. When she began softly humming to herself, he couldn’t help but smile as he grabbed the teddy bear out of the bag and placed it on her lap.
He watched as her focus turned to confusion as she stared down at the light brown teddy bear that had taken him two days to find before her lips pulled up into a beautiful smile. “He’s adorable,” she said, picking up the bear only to go still when she felt it.
“Here,” Devyn said, reaching over to take her hand and placed it on the teddy bear’s chest.
“His heart’s beating,” she said as the lips that he would give absolutely anything to feel against his again pulled up into a warm smile.
“It’s my heartbeat,” Devyn said, turning his hand over so that she could see the new smartwatch that he’d purchased to link his heartbeat to the bear’s so that no matter where he was, she would never have to sleep alone again.
Nodding absently, Andi returned her attention to the bear and-
“I scare you,” she said, taking him by surprise.
“You think so?” Devyn asked, knowing that she was wrong.
She didn’t scare him.
She terrified him.
“Yes,” Andi murmured softly.
“What makes you say that?” Devyn asked, wondering if she had any idea what she was doing to him.
For so long, he’d stayed focused on his end game, doing whatever it took to be the best to get where he was, forcing himself to forget everything else because nothing else mattered, but now…
He couldn’t pretend that he didn’t think about her, want her, and-
“Because you scare me, too,” Andi said softly as she looked up and met his gaze.
Swallowing hard, Devyn asked, “What if I can’t give you more than this?” Because no matter how much he wanted her, and God, did he fucking want her, he didn’t know if he could make her happy. He’d never been able to handle more than a few forgettable nights, never wanted anything more than that, but with Andi, he wanted so much more.
“What if all I want is this?” Andi asked as Devyn reached over and took her hand in his.
“The question is, will it be enough?” he asked, gently caressing the back of her hand with his thumb as he waited for an answer, hoping like hell that it didn’t destroy him.