Page 7 of Forever: The Companion

She couldn’t ask for more.

They were so lucky.

After everything, they still had this.

All this love.

Just as Diego started clicking buttons on his remote to bring the game back to a restart, Renzo turned to grab something on the couch. That’s how he noticed Lucia standing in the doorway. For a brief moment, the rest of the world ceased to exist when their gazes met. Or it just stopped turning, but hey, she liked that fine.

It was him and her again.

He was safe.

Home.

Here with her.

“Hey, you,” he murmured.

She smiled. “Hey, yourself. Were you trying to surprise me?”

“Maybe. Did it work?”

“Absolutely, Ren. I thought you wouldn’t be home until tomorrow.”

“Yeah, well … pulled some strings. Diego wanted to come over, too, so—”

“I don’t mind.”

He gave her another one of those blinding smiles. The kind that still made her stomach twist with butterflies and had her chest growing tight. And when he winked at her, while his brother’s back was turned so the kid couldn’t see it, she swore the heat he caused shot right down to the spot between her thighs that had gone without this man for far too long.

Yeah.

She missed Ren like nobody knew.

Always did.

“Hey, Lucia,” Diego called.

“Hey, buddy.”

“Wanna game?”

“Yes, another person to kick my ass,” Renzo grumbled. “Stupid, that I do this shit in real life but can’t manage to beat it on the game. This shit is rigged.”

Lucia laughed, but didn’t hesitate to cross the room and pick up the third controller on the coffee table. “You just need to get in your groove, that’s all.”

“When do I ever get the time anymore?”

That wasn’t a lie.

As Diego began the process of restarting and adding a third player to the game, Renzo leaned in to grab Lucia, as she was close enough for him to do it. He pulled her in to his side, and the moment his lips touched down to hers, her world finally tilted back to its proper axis. Soft at first, the sweep of his lips against her own stayed gentle for just long enough to get her to open for him. And then he was really kissing her, taking away her breath all over again and driving her crazy at the same damn time.

How long had it been?

Too long.

“Missed you,” she whispered against his lips.

“Too much, babe. Love you, huh?”

She smiled when he kissed her again. “Forever, Ren.”