She smiled at him. A tender, gentle one. Full of love and caring that he’d been blind to see prior.
He hated he needed his big brother to tell him to look for it and put his ass in gear.
“I’m positive they will.”
He leaned in and put his mouth to hers. “I love you, Saylor Beach. I feel you were meant to be in my life, and I’d be lost without you now.”
She whispered against his lips, “I love you, Rowan Carlisle. It’s like you were meant to belong in my life and I’d be lost without you now.”
He kissed her hard and laughed, then pulled her into his arms. “You can’t even be original with your words?”
“There is no reason to be original when you said it perfectly.”
27
HEART WAS FULL
What a crazy day it’d been.
Rowan had been running nonstop, talking to people, and making his announcements.
The new line of surfboards with a young male pro. Koah was nineteen but looked more like thirteen. She could see where teen girls would have pictures of him on their phones and in their rooms, and the boys wanting to be just like him on the water.
Ava Leigh had her picture with Koah as the two big sponsors, then out surfing next to each other on their boards.
More pros were there, a ton of pictures, lots of surfing.
West was interviewed with Rowan, and she tried to stay back as much as she could after answering questions about the dress she was wearing.
After Rowan’s declaration of love, she felt freer than she had in her life.
Her nerves were less.
Her heart was full.
Nelson and Braylon were always close by and she wasn’t sure if that was by Rowan’s order or not. She didn’t let it bother her,as they were friendly faces and answered some questions she might have.
“How are you holding up?” Logan asked, as he moved over.
“Great. You haven’t slowed down once. I thought it’d be Rowan moving so much.”
Logan laughed. “He pays me the big bucks to have the headaches instead of him.”
“West taught Rowan well,” Braylon said.
“And Laken put me in my place more than I care to admit,” Logan said. “Your sister is tough, but I learned a ton from her.”
“That’s sweet,” Saylor said. “I didn’t realize you were so close to his siblings.”
“Not all of them,” Logan said. “But Rowan and I have been close for years. I went home with him a few times and met the family. He’s spent a lot of time with my family also.”
“I was the annoying younger brother that always wanted to hang out with Rowan and his friends when I visited,” Nelson said.
“And we let him tag along,” Logan said.
“I was the one getting them out of trouble,” Braylon said.
“Oh,” she said. “Do I want to know about those things?”
