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“Do you want to go to the bedroom?”
“Right now?”
He grins at me. “Well, we’ve never made love while actually admitting we’re in love. I kind of want to see what that feels like.”
“I think it’ll feel like every other time we’ve made love,” I say, though I can’t stop my body from shivering. “But maybe we can test it and see.”
“I’d like that.” He runs his fingers through my hair and sways with me from side to side. “I didn’t think I’d ever be this lucky,” he says softly. “I didn’t think I’d ever know what it meant to be so desperately, wondrously, completely in love. I know I’ve got a shit ton of decisions to make and questions to answer, but right now, Rosie, tonight is about us.”
“I love you, Brett.”
“I love you too. And whatever the future holds, I’ll be by your side, okay?”
“And I’ll be by yours. Now make love to me, with everything that means,” I say with a laugh, and we run back inside.
Chapter Twenty-Four
BRETT
“I love you, Rosie Meadows.” I give her a big kiss on the lips as she lies in bed.
Her eyes flutter as she beams up at me. “I love you too, Brett Selleck.”
“One of these days, you’re going to be Rosie Selleck.”
“Oh, yeah?” she says, cocking her head and running her fingers through her hair.
“I mean, if you change your name. Of course, you don’t have to.”
“I think I’ll change my name when I get married.”
“When we get married,” I say.
“I mean, you have to propose to me first.”
“What? I thought we were already engaged.”
“Brett Selleck.” She pouts and sits up.
The sheet falls, and I stare at her naked breasts. She giggles and pulls the sheet back up.
“There’s no need to be modest now, darling. I made love to you all night long.”
“Yeah, well, I have to have some modesty.” She grins. “Anyway, while I don’t need a bigger ring, I do want a real proposal. But nothing crazy, and not today or tomorrow. I want to actually date and enjoy dating.”
“I know. So do I. I guess it’s too early to ask you to move in with me.”
She laughs. “Brett, we’re not going from zero to a million.”
“Why not?”
“Because I’ve never had a boyfriend I love, and you’ve never had a girlfriend, and I want us to enjoy every single moment of this.”
“I know, and we will. And that’s why I need to go talk to my granddad.”
“You don’t have to,” she says. “I don’t want you to lose the trust.”
“It doesn’t matter to me. We’ll figure out another way to get the money. I’ll still open the veterans’ home. It doesn’t have to be with this trust. I care more about being honest with him, with my grandma, and with you so that when it’s real, I can scream it from the mountaintops.”
