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letting up until she lay moaning against him. He pulled back to look at her, and his hand cupped her jaw.
    “Listen to me, Rylee. I don’t care how old you are, and I don’t give a fuck about what anybody else thinks of our age difference.”
    Rylee still looked unconvinced. “I don’t have the best luck when it comes to
    relationships, Nick. I don’t want to be hurt again, and I don’t want to hurt you, either.” Her fingers trailed along his jaw.
    “I know you think you want me right now, but what about later? What happens if this actually does turn into something long-term, and you look up in a few years and wonder what you’re doing with a forty-something-year-old girlfriend?”
    “Are you going to stop being the woman that I’m looking at right now? The woman I’ve come to know and care about these past couple of days?”
    Rylee shook her head. “But, let’s face it; I’m not always going to look like I do now.
    What happens when I start to look old? Are you still going to want me then?” “Do you honestly think that I only want to be with you because of how you look?”
    Nick looked at her in disbelief. “You gotta know that it’s deeper than that…that I’m deeper than that.” He shook his head a moment. “And, what about you? What if I’m in an accident tomorrow and end up permanently scarred? Are you telling me that you wouldn’t want me anymore if I didn’t look the same way I do right now?”
    “Of course not…”
    “Then stop trying to find excuses for why we shouldn’t be together and admit to all of the reasons why we should.” His voice was adamant. “You are the most beautiful woman I’ve ever known, Rylee. But I don’t just see how beautiful you are here,” Nick stroked her cheek.
    “I see how beautiful you are here as well.” His hand slid downward until it rested against her chest, over her heart.
    “I have no idea what might happen between us a few years from now.” He gave her a small smile. “I’m not even sure about what’s going to happen a few hours from now. But what I do know is that in this short time we’ve been together, I’ve started to care about you — a lot. And I want to be with you, get to know you more, and see where this relationship could lead.”
    His thumb rubbed across her bottom lip. “I’m not trying to pressure you, baby. I’m just asking you to give this a chance, give us a chance. You think you can handle that?”
    He tried to breathe while he waited for her to respond. Finally, she nodded, and a smile spread across her face. “Yeah,” she said softly, “I think I can handle that.”
    Nick hugged her tight, and his mouth captured hers in a kiss filled with happiness and relief. They’d gotten over the first hurdle. Everything else they could work out later.

Chapter Seven
    “Hey, Nick! Wait up.” Nick glanced over his shoulder to see Noah walking toward him.
    He made sure the lock was secure on Mandi’s cage and reached inside to pet her for a moment.
    “What’s up?” he asked when Noah finally reached him.
    “Leslie says you’re taking the Chicago job.” Noah glanced at the German shepherd in the back of the truck.
    “Yeah, I am. Why?”
    “Nothing.” Noah shrugged. “I just know you usually don’t take jobs to deliver dogs that are going out of state. And Leslie said you volunteered for this one, so I was kinda surprised.”
    “Well, this one didn’t start off as an out-of-state job.” Nick forced his voice to sound casual. “Mr. Erickson was living down in Beloit until a few weeks ago.”
    Nick finished packing up the truck, avoiding eye contact with Noah, hating that he wasn’t being completely honest with his brother.
    “Besides,” he continued, “I’ve been training Mandi since she was a puppy. I figured the least I could do is see her off to her new home. Right, Mandi girl?” That much was true. Everybody knew Mandi was one of his favorites out of all the dogs they currently had at the training