“That is not romantic.”
“I strongly disagree.”
She laughed despite herself.
Soft.
Unexpected.
And f**k—
That sound nearly killed me.
Because suddenly the car didn’t feel big enough anymore.
Not with her this close.
Not with her scent wrapped around me.
Not with the moonlight catching against her skin every time I looked into the mirror.
This woman was going to destroy me.
I already knew it.
The road became narrower the farther we climbed into the hills outside Portland.
Martha finally noticed.
“Caelin.”
“Hm?”
“Why are we in the middle of nowhere?”
“Technically we’re still relatively close to civilization.”
“That’s not comforting.”
I turned onto a smaller road.
Gravel crackled beneath the tires.
Martha sat up straighter instantly.
“Oh my God.”
“What?”
“You’re defini
