Almost Summer (Fool's Gold #6.2)(17)

She felt tears in her eyes and then she was laughing and throwing herself at him. He caught her against him and hung on as if he would never let go.

“I love you, too,” she murmured before kissing him.

Later she would tell him that Italy would wait. That she was thrilled to go to Australia and Thailand. That she would go anywhere with him. But for now it was enough to be in his arms, knowing this was where she would spend the rest of her life.

She felt a whisper of touch against her back. A presence. As if Sophia were there, happy for her. Then the sensation was gone, as though a spirit had been set free. Love had always been the answer, Paige realized. And now it would always be hers.