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I placed another kiss on her jaw. “So, you’re saying that my future children’s aunt is a psychopath,” I replied. “I’m okay with that.”
“Well, my whole side of the family, really,” she admitted. “I mean…Aunt Delaney and most of the maritals are nice, but the rest of them…well, I hope you’re not hoping for normal children.”
I grinned at that. “I’m just hoping for some healthy ones, Posie. As long as they’re healthy and you’re the one giving them to me, I’ll be good.”
The rest of the night was spent with Posie and I testing her boundaries, and we’d only gotten in a couple of more rounds before Posie had finally cried uncle. With her fast asleep next to me, I knew that I couldn’t go to sleep without doing one last thing first.
Grabbing Posie’s phone from her purse, I used her sleeping finger to violate her privacy one last time. When her phone came to life, I went to her contacts, finding just what I needed. I wasn’t going to lie and say that my heart wasn’t beating painfully in my chest, but I had to do this.
“Posie?” came her voice, sounding alert and already angry.
“No, it’s Killian,” I answered.
“Does Posie know that you’re using her phone?”
“No,” I admitted. “But I’ll tell her first thing when she wakes up. I promise.”
“What are you calling me for, Warrick?”
“I just wanted to tell you that I love her, Lennon,” I said, thinking back on how Posie had explained her earlier declaration. “I love her. I’ll always love her, and you no longer have to worry about her.”
“I’ll always worry about her,” she automatically replied. “I will always worry about her.”
“And that’s why you and I are going to become best friends one day,” I replied, and the she-devil laughed. She laughed, but it was a good laugh, and that tightness in my chest finally eased. After days of feeling everything, I was finally feeling content.
Epilogue
Posie – (One Year Later)~
Though Killian had wanted to get married immediately, I hadn’t been ready. Even if I hadn’t had the call center to get up and running, I’d had to learn how to be a real girlfriend for the first time in my life. I’d had to learn how to make myself vulnerable to someone outside my family and that had taken a while.
However, now, looking around at all the people here, I felt good about where I was in life. Were things perfect? Hell no. Killian still dabbled in his little hobby, and I still had issues in the bedroom, but Killian and I were happy.
We were happy.
While our ceremony had been an intimate one, my family was a big one, so there were people everywhere, having a good time.
“I’m probably not going to stop calling you Mrs. Warrick for a while,” Killian joked, and it brought a smile to my face.
“That works for me,” I quipped. “I like being called Mrs. Warrick.”
Just then, two of his guests approached us, and it was hard not to feel uncomfortable at their approach. Though things were no longer tense or uncomfortable between Killian and my family, I still wasn’t super close to his. His parents and sister, yeah; his other family, not so much.
“Congratulations,” the man said, reaching out to shake Killian’s hand. The reception was underway, so now it was our time to mingle.
“Yes, congratulations,” the woman echoed, and it was hard not to stare at them. They both had these eerie yellow eyes that reminded me of demons rising up from Hell. Uncle Ace’s eyes were amber, but a normal amber. This pair did not have normal, common, amber-colored eyes.
“Posie, I’d like you to meet Vincent Fiore and Mattia Vitale,” Killian said after kissing the beautiful woman on the cheek.
Though they weren’t Benettis by blood, I knew enough to know that these two might as well be. Like us, their family might not all be connected by blood, but they were connected by loyalty. I also knew that they were here to represent their family’s attendance.
“It’s very nice to meet you,” I automatically replied, and I was shocked when Vincent kissed my cheek and Mattia gave me a hug.
“Welcome to the family,” Mattia said, and that further surprised me. It was crazy how…welcoming they were, considering that they hardly knew me.
“I’m not sure that it’s a family that I want to be welcomed into,” I muttered, and my eyes widened when I realized that I’d said that out loud.
Vincent started chuckling. “How very astute of you.”
