“You mean that? You sure you mean it? Because Mark, I’m telling you right now, you areitfor me. And if you say you want me too, then I’ll never let you walk out that door without me by your side. If you still want to travel, we’ll travel together, and—”
I had to swallow against the ball of emotion lodged in my throat.
I wanted to pretend this was inevitable, him and me falling back into one another, the way it felt inevitable the first time… but it wasn’t.
This time around, I knew exactly how much it would hurt if I let myself sink into him and things didn’t work out.
But I took a deep breath and swan-dived anyway.
“And what if I say I want to stay in O’Leary and live on this mountain?” I whispered.
“Then I would say… welcome home, my love.”
And that was when my awkward ass burst into tears and I buried my head in his chest.
