Gone (Deadly Secrets #2)(99)

They’d stayed together through trauma and heartbreak. They’d proved that love never died. It grew and changed and survived. Just as Hannah and Michael’s love had grown and changed and survived when they’d adopted four—correction, five—screwed-up kids from horrible backgrounds, never knowing how it would all work out.

The same way Alec’s love for Raegan had grown and changed and survived, even when he’d done everything wrong along the way.

His stomach twisted. “Okay, I lied. I’m nervous.”

Grasping his shoulders, Raegan turned him toward her as she smiled, lifted to her toes, and kissed his cheek. “About meeting your biological parents, I hope. Not about marrying me again.”

He looked down at her and smirked. “Never about marrying you.”

“Good.” She lowered to her heels, grasped his hand in both of hers, and pulled him with her as she stepped back. “Because I am never letting you go again, Mr. McClane. You’re stuck with this life now, husband.”

He smiled as they moved toward the gate. Partly because she’d called him “husband” again. But mostly because this life, with her and their daughter and his crazy, messy, incredible family was all he’d ever truly wanted.

And he was never letting it go.