Slowly, he pulled her over to the edge of the balcony and then pointed down. “Take a look at the backyard.”
When she looked down, she knew that this was the place for her. There was a huge pool—much bigger than hers. To the left of it was an outside dining area along with what looked like an outside fireplace. She had always wanted something like this, but Tennessee wasn’t exactly conducive to it—with the summers being so hot and muggy—and the winters being a crapshoot. It was landscaped beautifully and she saw a volleyball net further back on the property as well as a gate.
“That gate leads to my own personal part of the beach.”
“You were right,” she told him as she looked up into his eyes. “This is a little slice of Heaven.”
“It is,” he agreed. “But it’s been damn lonely. I think it’s been waiting on you.”
In little moments of truth, he could completely undo her. It was a part of his personality that she still wasn’t used to and wasn’t sure that she ever would be. Garrett had the habit of just throwing out little things like that in every day conversation.
“Maybe I was waiting on it,” she corrected. “Maybe I need it even more than I thought I did.”
For the first time in a very long time, she felt at peace. There was no one running her this way and that. No one asking for an autograph. She wasn’t sitting at her Nashville home feeling bad that she wasn’t hanging out with family or friends. That’s what they expected her to do when she was in town and not working. Hannah was doing something for herself and she had a feeling she was going to enjoy every single minute of it. A jaw-popping yawn came out of her mouth at that moment and Garrett leisurely ran his hand down her back.
“Why don’t we go to sleep? This will all be here in the morning. I can take you down to the beach and we can explore and then you can call your long lost friend Shell and the two of you can have lunch together.”
That sounded so good to her. “Does anyone know I’m here?”
“Just my parents and Stacey. I haven’t even shared it with the guys yet. So we can keep it quiet if you want.”
“I just really want to enjoy myself and relax.”
He framed her face with his hands. “You have nothing to explain to me. We’ll do whatever you want to do. I’m just happy you’re here.”
And so was she.
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