Love in the Vineyard (Tavonesi #7)(93)

“There’s something else you should know before you decide you want to marry me.”

“I’ve already decided.”

“I need for you to know this, then you can decide.”

“Nothing you could say will change my mind.”

“I have family. Quirky family.”

“Come again?”

She told him about the surprise visit from her grandmother. “But before you think the worst of me, I found out only yesterday.”

“I don’t care if Saint Nicholas turns up and claims family ties, Natasha. I love you. These are details. And no one has a quirkier family than mine.” He stroked his hand along the curve of her waist. “I need you. You make my life worth living. And I love Tyler.” He stopped, his words crashing hard against the truths behind them. “How will Tyler take all this?”

“He’ll be thrilled. If you haven’t noticed, he’s been trying to push us together from the start. I think it’s your baseball connections,” she said with a giggle.

He hadn’t heard her giggle for ages. Its gentle sound told him the future he’d hoped for was becoming a reality.

“Tease,” he said as he took her wrists in his hands and pressed her back across the bed. “You haven’t answered me. Marry me?”

Her lips curved into an irresistible smile. “I thought we just answered that question.”

“I’m not letting you go until you say you do want to marry me. I’m quite literal when it comes to agreements.”

“I do.”

He bent down and kissed the tender skin of her neck, breathed in the scent of her.

She tried to wiggle away, but he held her pinned in place as he tracked kisses along the curve of her shoulder.

“We have work, Adrian. It’s Wednesday.”

First one and then the other, he released her hands and then kissed the smile still curved into her lips.

“Tavonesi national holidays, Wednesdays,” he said between kisses. “Ask any of my siblings or cousins. But ask them later. Right now we have some celebrating to do.”