“It’s not going to be as good as yours.”
“All cake is good cake, Finn.” She slipped her fingers through mine and dragged me over to the chair. “We’re going to have to paint the inside of the house too, if I’m going to move to Moon Ridge.”
Her casual remark about moving here, with me, was enough to make me feel like my stupid fucking chest was going to burst.
“I considered that.”
She narrowed her eyes at me. “You didn’t paint the inside too, did you?”
My expression must’ve answered the question for her, because she grabbed the cake with a squeal and rushed inside.
I couldn’t fight my grin as she gushed about how much she loved it, walking from room to room and checking out the different colors I’d gone with.
She was crying happy tears and trying to wipe smeared mascara off with the back of her hand when we finally cut the cake.
I pulled her into my arms. “Leave it, Em. I like you messy.”
“How messy?”
“Filthy.”
“Take your clothes off and prove it.”
I dragged her into my arms and carried her back to my room.
Ourroom.
The cake could wait.
epilogue
EMMY—A FEW MONTHS LATER
“You’re goingto stop bugging me about this furry book club after I go once, right?” Zoe asked, as I dragged her toward the clearing the pack always met in with one hand. Finn was holding the other.
“Yes,” I promised.
Finn snorted. “Furryis the wrong word for this, and you know she’s not going to drop it.”
“Don’t let his doubt sway you.”
“He knows you pretty well at this point,” Zoe pointed out.
I waved that off. “It’s just one book club meeting, and you loved that dragon book we were supposed to read.”
“You didn’t even read it, and you’re making me go to this thing?” Zoe asked.
“I’ve been busy planning things for my kindergartners.”
“They’re priority number one for her right now,” Finn told Zoe.
“I don’t know, she talks about you more than she talks about them,” Zoe said.
Finn couldn’t hide the small curve of his lips. The man may as well have grinned.
The way I loved him made him so freaking happy. Which was good, because the way he loved me made me feel the same.
“Finn read the whole series already, and he gave me a detailed explanation of the story. And the sex scenes. I’m plenty educated on the book,” I said.
