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For better or worse was beside the point. There was no worse, not as long as they lived that life together.
"You kidnapped me. You owe me breakfast," she whispered against his throat.
"I can think of a lot of things I'd like to do to you as my kidnap victim," he responded, his arm still around her. "Breakfast wasn't at the top of the list, but I'll feed you before I check us into a family-run cheap oceanfront hotel and have my way with you."
"Hmm. Will it have a pirate's lair kind of name, like the Porthole Pelican?"
"Absolutely. Or Bob's Beach Hut."
She grinned. "I want hash browns. And coffee to wake up."
"Baby, I have ways of waking you up that will put caffeine to shame."
He tugged her onto his lap then, finding his way under the blanket as she held onto it and him as much as she could, enjoying the sunrise, the gentle roar of the ocean, the touch of his hands and the promise of a new and glorious day.
A steady heat, holding fast for a lifetime against the coldness of the world.
She couldn't ask for more.
THE END
