Never Sweeter (Dark Obsession #1)(81)

“And me driving you home, with ‘Pocketful of Sunshine’ blaring out of the speakers.”

“Then in the summer…in the summer maybe you take me to the beach…and draw our names in the sand…” Letty said, her own voice wavering now—for the loveliness of the past that never happened, and for fingertips that swiped away the tears.

“God yeah, honey. I’m right there. I’m doing it now, with a heart around them both. Do you see it?”

“I see it. I really see it. I see exactly how sweet our lives could have been.”

She was crying openly when she said it, one hand pressing his to the side of her face. Holding him there, so he would hold her. Though she didn’t need to.

He had hold of her just fine. He would always have hold of her now.

“Oh my love. My Letty—” he said as he drew her to him. “Our lives have only just begun.”