There was bravado in her words but he could see the hope and honesty in her gaze.
“Do you love me?”
“I couldn’t stop if I tried,” she said, her eyes filling with tears.
“I love you, Andy Stuart, and I will love you until the day I die, which better be before you. I don’t think I could face it the other way around.”
“Hey!” Millie shouted from the porch, flanked by Travis and Jake. “I heard gunshots. Do I still need this?” She brandished the old shotgun in front of her.
“Not anymore,” said Liam, not bothering to hide his smile.
“Thank goodness.” Millie deflated a little as tension left her body. “Now kiss the woman and then get in here for breakfast so I can clean my kitchen.”
“Yes, ma’am,” said Liam. He cupped Andy’s face in his hands, brushing her tears away with his thumbs, and then she stretched up to meet him, her lips finding his. His world narrowed to the two of them and the rock-solid certainty that he had everything he needed right there in his arms.
