Hidden Away (KGI #3)(109)

He smiled. “Yeah, you and Patches are a package deal. For you I can put up with a cat.”

“And girly? You don’t mind your house being girly?” she asked with a grin.

He pretended disappointment. “I suppose I can live with girly.”

“You need to get used to it for all the daughters you’ll have.”

His eyes lit up with such joy that it took her breath away. “Did I tell you I have a new niece? She’s beautiful. Not as beautiful as our daughters will be, but she’s cute as a button.”

She squeezed him again, unable to contain her excitement. “All week long I’ve thought of the future with such dread. You’ve made me think it will be filled with wonderful things.”

He slid his hand into her hair and gently ran his fingers through the strands. “I’m making you a solemn promise. For as long as we both live, I’m going to spend every day giving you wonderful things. You will never doubt for one moment that you are as loved as a woman will ever be.”

She smiled and wiped at her damp cheeks in irritation. “I love you.”

“And I love you. Think we can go home now?”

She kissed him, warm and sweet, letting her lips melt over his. She breathed a sigh into his mouth and let herself go limp against him. “I can’t wait.”

He tucked her firmly against him, and they sat there on the steps until the sky shimmered in gold and pink and the sun was a fiery half orb on the horizon. It was the first of many more to come. In the years ahead, they often returned to Isle de Bijoux. Though they enjoyed sunsets in a multitude of places, none was ever quite so beautiful as the ones here, where it all began.