Here’s an excerpt taken from Needing Her, from Rachel’s POV.
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As we’re waiting for the check, I tell him the idea that’s been brewing in my head all night. “So I had this idea, but first I need to know something.”

“Okay. What is it?”

“Will you be asking me out again?”

He grins and reaches over to hold my hand. “I will most definitely be asking you out again.”

I sit there, quietly.

His smile fades. “Did you not want me to ask you out again?”

“I want you to ask me, but I’m waiting for you to do it.”

He smiles as he brings my hand up for a kiss. “Rachel Evans, would you go out with me tomorrow night?”

“I would love to, but I would like to pick the place we go.”

“And what place is that?”

“I would like to go to a movie. At a theater. And split a bucket of popcorn.”

“They sell food in a bucket?” He looks horrified.

I laugh. “Yes. They do.”

He nods. “If that’s what you would like, then that’s what we shall do.”

I swear, I’ve never heard the word ‘shall’ used so much in my entire life. Pearce uses it all the time.

“And before the movies, maybe we could go to the mall?”

“The mall?” The horrified look reappears. “Do you mean a shopping mall?”

“Yes.” I laugh again. “Please tell me you’ve been to a mall before.”

“I’m not sure that I have. I have a personal shopper who buys all my clothes and delivers them to my loft.” He pauses to think. “Actually, now that I think about it, yes. Back in college, I took a girl to the mall. But it was just one time and I haven’t been back since.”

“We don’t have to spend long there, unless you want to eat dinner there. They have a lot of restaurants to choose from.”

“Since you seem to be planning this date, you go ahead and pick. I’ll plan the next date.”

I smile. “So you’re asking me on another date?”

“I am. Are you accepting?”

“Yes. I find you quite charming, Pearce Kensington. Although the fact that you’ve never been to the movies is a bit concerning. But we’ll remedy that tomorrow.”