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Now, I have all of that and more.
My new family may be a bit unconventional, but they love me and prioritize taking care of me, even when it’s hard. Even when I scratch them.
I wasn’t looking for a home when I showed up on the Granville doorstep that first day, but they took me in and gave me one, anyway.
Maybe I was a stray, but I don’t feel like one anymore.
I’m more loved and much safer than I’ve ever been in my whole life.
I don’t know how it could get better than this. I don’t know how I could possibly ask for more.
Chapter thirty-one
Kennedy
“Enjoy your stay, Mr. and Mrs. Granville,” says the friendly hotel worker as they pass our room key to Milo.
“Thank you,” he says, not bothering to correct them.
The erroneous assumption makes me smile.
Mrs. Granville.I like the sound of that.
I don’t say that, of course.
Even though I feel like a permanent fixture in Milo’s life and I’d marry him tomorrow if he asked me to, we haven’t really been dating for long and we’re certainly not married.
We haven’t even had sex yet.
But that’s why we’re here.
I mean, the official story is that he just wanted to bring me on vacation for a mental reset now that the dust has settled back home, but I know Milo was determined to give me a special, romantic first time. I know he tried to talk himself out of it a time or two, but between my body’s rebellion and his stubbornness, it never happened.
Booking this trip is doing things his way, and I’m more than happy to come along wherever he wants to take me.
I’ve never even been on a real vacation before, so to be on one like this is crazy to me.
Our resort is right on the ocean. When we walk through the immaculate lobby to an open-air walkway, I can smell the salty ocean breeze.
I reach down and take Milo’s free hand with mine as we wheel our luggage behind us. “I can’t believe we’re really here.”
He gives my hand a squeeze, looking over and smiling faintly at my excitement. Nodding his head to the right, he indicates a path lined with tropical plants. “That’s where we’ll come to get our massages tomorrow.”
“I can’t wait. And we have to check out that bar right on the beach. And the pool! And the restaurant. I want that steak dish with the pineapple that we saw on the website. That looked incredible.”
“Well, we have all week. There’s plenty of time to check every item off your vacation to-do list.”
Since I’m the only one who has been rattling off all the things I want to do while we’re here, I look over at him. “What’s on yours?”
He smirks. “You.”
I roll my eyes indulgently. “Well, yeah, obviously. What else?”
“You again. And again. And again. You get the idea.”
I sigh happily. “I love vacation.”
When we get to the room, I’m so excited to check it out. Milo didn’t show me any pictures of it because he wanted me to be surprised by at least some of the things on this trip, and boy, am I.
