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I pulled her close and pressed my forehead against hers.
No more dates I wasn’t sure she wanted to be on. No more time apart. I couldn’t resist her, and she’d made it impossible for me to ever live without her.
“I’ve thought about this so often, it seems surreal. It’s more perfect than I imagined. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to fully express what having you as my wife means to me. I—I love you so much sometimes I think it’s too much, that I’ll scare you off. Then I think it’s not enough, that you’ll never know how much you mean to me.”
She stroked the back of my neck as we swayed in time to the music. “You can’t love me too much. I need every ounce you have to give, and you need all I have for you. I’m still coming to terms with how overwhelming my feelings for you are, but they don’t frighten me anymore. At least not like they did.”
I cradled her head against my chest. A lifetime of this wasn’t enough.
“If it wasn’t so cold, we’d spend the night out under the stars. When spring comes, I’ll take you to my favorite spot.”
“You can keep me warm,” she suggested.
“Oh, I’m going to,” I promised.
“What if your wife turns out to be a nag?”
“I’ll just have to kiss her a lot to keep her quiet.”
“Don’t encourage her.”
“I won’t be able to help myself.”
“I’m happy for y’all.” Mitch appeared beside me and slapped my back. “About damn time you came to see us,” he said to Muriella.
“I’m excited to have another sister.” Juliana beamed at her.
“You still mad at me?” I asked Mitch.
“A little.” He punched me in the arm. “But you won’t do anything like that again.”
Muriella dug her finger into my side. “No, I won’t.” I thrust out my hand and we shook. “We were going to wait until Christmas, but this is close enough. We’ve got something we want to give y’all,” I started. “Well, everybody really. But you get first dibs.”
Juliana tilted her head. “What are you up to?”
“Rumor has it you want to take the girls to Paris,” I said.
“Stone Jacobs.” She turned her mom voice on me, but it didn’t matter.
“We bought an apartment there. It’s got a view of the Eiffel Tower and everything. It’s in the whole family’s name, and when the girls are old enough, we’ll add them too.”
Mitch stared at me in disbelief. “Why the hell would you do a thing like that?”
Muriella clutched my arm. “Because it’s a special place to the two of you. And also we wanted somewhere that belonged to everyone.”
“We’ve worked it out so you can go in June when school’s out. Muriella’s arranged some things you might like to do.”
Mitch’s face went blank. “I don’t know what to say.”
“Your sister helped too.”
“I ain’t letting y’all pay for a trip.” His mouth flattened.
“Thank you.” Juliana hooked her arm through his. “Hopefully, we can all go together one day.”
“We’d love that.” Muriella smiled as my sister-in-law dragged Mitch away. He looked back, a stubborn half-smile on his face.
Daniel approached, putting a hand on my shoulder. “Congratulations, you two.”
