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Someone clears their throat.
But I don’t know who because my eyes are closing, and Luke is pulling me closer.
When our lips meet, something inside me shifts.
It’s like we’ve been waiting a lifetime for this.
Because maybe we have.
He kisses me with all the emotion I saw in his eyes.
And I do the same.
I let him taste how much he means to me.
I push all my love toward him.
Chapter 126
Luke
Natalie’s lovedrapes over me like a blanket, like a physical weight I’ll be able to take with me no matter where I go.
I press my lips to hers one more time, then pull back.
Her green eyes sparkle at me, hope and happiness filling them. The worry and sadness I saw when I stormed into the room are nowhere to be seen.
“Will you please wear your ring?” I ask, my face still only inches from hers. “I didn’t like seeing it on the counter.”
She nods and lets go of me with her left hand.
I have to pull both my hands away from her body, but I use my right to slide her ring back off my pinky and onto her ring finger.
“I’m sorry for not talking to you.” She looks from her ring back up to my face.
I shake my head. “I should have too. But no more apologies.”
“Just love,” Natalie whispers.
“What did she say?” A stranger’s voice cuts through the room.
“She said just love,” someone else replies.
Natalie widens her eyes. And I widen mine back.
I sorta forgot about the audience.
Together, we turn our heads and find everyone standing from theirchairs, huddled around this end of the table, looking down at us. And apparently listening to every word we’ve said.
And as we kneel on the floor together, half of the people applaud.
The other half look skeptical but still interested.
Natalie drops her forehead to my shoulder with a groan, and I fight the urge to start laughing.
I’ve played in front of thousands, but I’ve never felt more on display.
One clapper is louder than the rest, and he steps around the crowd to stand behind us.
