If he hadn't been head over heels in love with her before, if he hadn't known how absolutely amazing she was before, he would have been lost then. With every little voice. With each line of the story. He was damn near lost in her. He knew even better now how he couldn't live without her.
And as he watched his little self drift off to her sultry tone, Stevie held up a hand to let her know when he was asleep. Raising up from her thigh he stopped her from reading farther with a kiss. One that was slow, one that made it clear how much he loved her, he hoped. He couldn't hardly wait for those few years to pass.