All He Wants (32 page)
Billy remembered how uninterested Ace had seemed with Cora and figured it probably wouldn’t be that difficult to fly under his radar.
Apparently marriage had turned Maxi into a mind-reader because she shook her head. “He’s different with Stephanie. He’s been eyeing her all night. When she goes to the bar, he ends up there. Now she’s on the dance floor,” she motioned behind her to where she was dancing with the Colonel, “and there he is. It’s like a game of cat and mouse. He can’t go more than a minute without looking at her.”
As if on cue, Ace glanced over at Stephanie, holding his stare just a second longer than a cursory glance.
“Damn, I think you’re right.”
“I am right.” She said confidently. “And you should get used to saying that.”
He tightened his hold around her waist and lifted her up, spinning her around several times causing her to giggle and hold him tighter before setting her feet back on the ground.
“I always knew you’d sweep me off my feet,” she beamed up at him.
“Yeah, I’m a regular Prince Charming,” he teased.
“You are.” Her eyes brimmed with sincerity and love. “You’re
my
Prince Charming.”
After everything that had happened, everything that they’d been through, Billy knew that he couldn’t control everything. But being the man that deserved that look in her eyes was something he could control. And he planned on spending the rest of his life making sure he was.
THE END
October 2016
All He Needs – Ace & Stephanie
Crossroads, Book 10
November 2016
All He Feels – Dax & Ginny
Crossroads, Book 11
December 2016
All He Desires – Nate & Eliza
Crossroads, Book 12
THE HOPE FALLS SERIES
