“Say it again.”
“I love you.” She smiles.
Pushing up onto my knees, I force her to move with me, her arms firming up to hold herself right as I pull back and thrust into her, peppering kisses over her spine as I go. With each deep thrust, we climb higher, her moans mixing with mine, and the words settling over us like a blanket.
Higher and higher we go, silent promises and stolen moments until we reach the peak.
She cries my name as we both tumble off it.
Chapter Thirty-five
“I want to tell the kids,” I pull Juni closer, the house silent around us and only the mountains keeping us company. The world could be ending right now and I wouldn’t notice.
“Tell them what?”
I chuckle, “About us.”
I feel her body stiffen, and I loosen my arms so she can turn to face me. Silvery light slips in through the window, but it barely reveals her face, only highlighting certain parts. But I can see the frown pulling at her brows, “What if they don’t like it?”
I softenand reach to tuck some hair behind her ear, “That won’t happen.”
“How can you be sure?”
“Rosie loves you,” I tell her. “She honestly adores you and Caleb… well, you’re the first person I’ve seen him truly warm up to.”
“That doesn’t mean—”
“They’ll be ecstatic when they find out, but I won’t tell them if you don’t want me to.”
I hear her swallow, “We can’t keep it a secret forever.”
“No, we can’t, and I’d rather they find out from me than anyone else.”
I see her head bob with a nod, “Okay.”
“In the morning?” I ask.
“Sure, yeah,” her voice shakes, “Let’s do it.”
Rosie spits her milk across the table.
Juni winces beside me, growing stiff as we watch a flurry of emotion cross my daughter’s face. Her eyes grow comically wide as they bounce between the two of us standing before her and Caleb.
Caleb is quiet, but I think he already knew this was coming.
“Cool,” he eventually says, going back to his breakfast, but Rosie is still in shock, and I can’t figure out what she’s feeling. She’s such a ball of chaos; pinning one emotion down on her isn’t exactly easy.
“Are you getting married!?” She shrieks her question.
Juni shifts foot to foot, but I link my pinky finger with hers, keeping her beside me and answer as truthfully as I can, “Not right now, but one day.”
Blonde hair whips me in the face as Juni snaps her head toward me, her mouth hanging open. Maybe I should have told her that first, but I do plan to marry her. Put a ring on her finger and her name with mine. Juniper Knight sounds so much fucking better than Juniper Scott.
“Wait, wait, wait,” Rosie slaps her hands down on the table, “Are you in love?”
I chuckle, “Yes, Rosie.”
She blinks a few times and then lets out a long sigh, her eyes going to Juni. “Does that mean we can’t be friends anymore?”
