My fingers slide open the box, and I stare down at the most beautiful silver bracelet I’ve ever seen. The pattern is similar to my pendant that I still wear every single day. I pick it up and twist it around to find Skye’s name engraved into the back of it.
“Finn, this?—”
“Want me to put it on you?”
I nod desperately as he plucks it from my fingers and takes my wrist in his hands delicately. It takes him three seconds to hook the latch onto the chain as I study the way it rests against my skin.
I’m choked up with emotion because it’s sentimental. It’severything.
“Thank you.” I sniffle. “I love it. It’s beautiful.”
Finn’s green eyes soften. “Yeah? I’m glad, sunshine.”
Before I know what I’m doing, I’ve lunged forward and wrapped my arms around his neck, unable to stop myself. I release a shuddering breath once our skin comes into contact, and it makes me want to cry, but I hold it in.
I pull away and wipe my face as I reach for Finn’s presents. “Uh, here.” I force a smile. “They’re not as good as your present. So be warned.”
Finn scoffs. “Oh, please. Any gift from you, I’ll love.”
I hold my breath as he starts to peel open the wrapping paper. The first one is something I’ve been working on in my free time—it’s for both of us, but there are moments of Skye’s life Finn hasn’t seen.
I watch him as he flicks open the first page of the book, and Finn’s eyes immediately start to water. He takes in the details of my ultrasound, a picture I know he’s never seen before.
Then he flicks to the next page and the next until he meets my eyes.
“I wanted to give you something that could represent the first months of her life,” I whisper. “So it can make you feel included.”
“Maya.” His voice cracks, and appreciation is evident in his irises. “Oh my god. Thank you.”
He takes my cheeks in his palms and kisses my forehead.
“I love it so much,” he murmurs into my skin.
My eyes close at the warmth it gives me. “You’re welcome. There’s still another present.”
Finn carefully places the book onto the arm of the sofa before taking the next gift and ripping open the wrapping paper. It’s a silly present, but one I know will have Finn grinning for days.
He unpeels the T-shirt to reveal the words‘The World’s Greatest Dad’.
A hiccup comes from him as he analyses it, and his eyes glisten. Slowly, he turns around to face me. “You really think I’m a good dad?”
“The best.”And I mean it with my whole heart.
Finn’s mouth parts as he watches me. “You have outdone yourself, Maya Brooke.”
I smile at his response. “I didn’t have lots of money to play with, so I’m sorry.”
“Sorry? You’ve nothing to be sorry for. I’d rather these gifts than anything expensive. This means everything to me.”
“You’re welcome.”
After presents and getting dressed for the day, I go downstairs to find Finn holding Skye in his new T-shirt, and my heart melts. Skye is beaming at him as she holds his finger.
“Who loves you so much, hmm? I do. Yes, I do.”
Then he kisses her neck over and over as she releases a soft noise, somewhere between a laugh and a squeal. I could watch them all day and never get bored.
As I approach, Finn turns towards me. “Hey.”
