Chapter 139

I shushed him with my mouth touching his. “We’re on a boat. That song might be bad juju.”

When he switched over to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon opening, sang at the same tempo, with the same Celine drama and bravado, I laughed, and not because of his off-key, mangled warbling, for a change.

“That’s better.”

“So, I’ve succeeded in wooing you with my musical prowess?” Patrick played in my hair, trying to tame its lack of style.

“You wooed me with historical facts about the Civil War the moment I laid eyes on you. You were and continue to be the sexiest six and a half feet tall leprechaun I have ever seen.”

“You know the moment I first fell for you?”

I listened to a cardinal trill before I answered. “When?”

“The way you frowned so adorably when you found out the term cracker line was pretty literal, I fell for you then.” Patrick tweaked the end of my nose.

“They weren’t even Ritz Crackers…not even graham. Not a Cheez-It or potato chip to be had. Poor Jefferson.”