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“I can’t wait. Where will we go? Will it be hot? Will I need a new bathing suit?”
“No.”
“No?”
Her face falls briefly, and I reach out to run the pad of my thumb over her pouty bottom lip.
“You can swim naked. I intend on you being naked the entire time we’re there.”
Her eyes light up again before she places her head back into my chest and sighs happily. “I can’t wait. Our first vacation together.”
She takes one of my hands in hers and threads her fingers through mine, holding our entwined palms in front of her face. “I’ve got a surprise for you, too. Although I shouldn’t tell you about it. It’s not ready yet, I’ve only just started working on it.”
“Does it involve you being naked? Because I know I’ll love it if that’s the case.”
“Dax!”
I smile and tighten the grip of my arm around her. Hearing her happy is like food for my soul. Or like a beam of sunlight on the darkened parts. Warming up the cold corners that I thought were beyond redemption.
“When do I get this surprise?” I dip my nose into her hair and just rest there, contentment washing over me for the first time in a long while.
It’s like I’m finally starting to breathe again.
So close.
“I don’t know. A day. Maybe two.” She brings our joined hands to her lips and kisses my knuckles one by one. “It’ll be worth the wait. I hope.”
Two days.
My mouth goes dry, the sliver of ease from moments ago disappearing once again. I can’t have it yet. Not until this is all done.
Until it’s over.
“Two days,” I murmur, kissing her hair. “In two days, I’ll have a gift for you as well.”
She stops stroking my chest and tilts her face toward me, her light blue eyes finding mine.
She really is beautiful. Pure and good. Too good for me, yet here we are. She wants me, and I want her. God, do I want her. I’ve never wanted anything more. And from the past few years, that’s saying something. In a few short months, she’s become everything to me. The reason I want to move forward. The reason I want to leave the past behind.
The reason I need two more days.
“You will?” She looks at me, and I swear if I were a crying man, I would well up at the adoration and trust in her eyes.
I have to be worthy of her. I have to do this. Close the door so that we can have a fresh start. It’s the least she deserves.
I extract my hand from hers and cup the side of her face, tracing my thumb over her cheek.
“You make me want to be a better man, Rose. I thought I knew what I wanted. Then you came along. Give me two days. Then our future begins. We both leave our past behind. Give me that time.Please.”
She nods once. “Okay.”
Okay.
Just like that. She doesn’t ask for anything more. She just smiles softly at me and angles her face toward me as I hold her chin and bring my lips to hers.
I kiss her, savoring every sigh from her as she kisses me back and strokes my neck. Then I roll on top of her, wrapping her legs around my waist.
“Hold on to me, Sunbeam,” I breathe against her lips as I sink inside her.
