Chapter 34

Bratt.

My night with Marley carried me through the rest of the week in a blissful haze. Everything about her was tantalizing, adorable, and sexy. I didn’t know it was possible for a woman to be the whole package, but Marley definitely was.

What made my week even better was the date I had to look forward to. A real date, not just another weird crisis that somehow led to me kissing Marley. We were going on an honest-to-God date. And about damn time.

I couldn’t tell who was more excited about the date—me or Noah. He’d asked me about the carnival every day, asking again and again about Marley coming with us. When Saturday finally rolled around, I was just about getting exasperated about Noah’s constant barrage of questions. I got him buckled into his car seat, both of us suitably dressed for a day out when he asked again.

“Is Miss Cage still coming with us, Daddy?”

“Yeah, champ. We’re going to go get her right now,” I said. “We want to make sure Marley has a lot of fun today, too, okay? S