Isabella’s POV

My tummy felt a bit warm at his admittance. How could this big, beautiful man of mine be so dense and overbearing one minute and then say the sweetest things in the next?

The confidence I felt in that moment could be in part due to his words, as well as the alcohol, but I didn't quite care either way.

I slipped my hands up to grab firmly on the tie at his neck.

Ethan’s eyes widened, but he said nothing, nor did he remove my ...