Colton laughs softly as I collapse against his chest, hiding my burning face against his shoulder while he wraps an arm around my waist.
“You’re obsessed with me,” I accuse.
“Mm.” His fingers trail lazily up and down my back. “Starting to think you might be obsessed with me too.”
I pull back just enough to glare at him. “I literally run a secret book account. I’m obsessed with fictional men.”
“And yet,” he says with a half smirk, “you’re in my bed.”
He leans back against the headboard, watching me like I’m something he doesn’t want to look away from. Like he’s still not used to having me this close and not dreaming it up. It makes my chest feel full.
“Hey,” he says.
I hum in response.
His thumb brushes lightly along my waist. “You okay?”
“Yeah,” I nod, smiling softly. “Better than okay, actually.”
He exhales slowly, relieved, as he rests his forehead against mine. “Good,” he murmurs. “Will you stay with me tonight?”
“Only if you read your favourite chapter to me,” I smirk, handing him the book. “Out loud.”
Colton rolls his eyes and takes the book, flipping through the chapters, and I giggle excitedly as I dive under the sheets with him, just as he starts reading one of the spiciest scenes in the whole book.
How’d I get so lucky to end up with someone who doesn’t make fun of my interests or hobbies, but instead embraces them as his own, just to feel closer to me?
In a world that’s made me feel like I’m not enough,Colton’s always made me feel like I’mmorethan enough, and I couldn’t love him more for it.
The End.
EPILOGUE
COLTON
FIVE MONTHS LATER
The oddsof The Kooky Coconut accidentally double booking two events in one night is usually always slim considering Saltwater Springs is a small town, but double booking both Griffin's bachelor partyandEliana’s bachelorette party should’ve been damn near impossible, yet here we are.
“What do we do?” Maliah whispers to Kairi as Eliana and Griffin walk over to a corner to discuss the situation. “There’s nowhere else that we can do this tonight, and the freaking wedding is in two days!”
“I knew we shouldn’t have scheduled the bach so close to the wedding day,” Kairi says in a hushed whisper.
“How’d this even happen?” Zale asks the bartender behind me.
“We hired a new guy,” Jazzi says. “He claims he didn’t know it was one event booking per night.”
“I hope you fired him,” Zale mutters.
“He’s long gone,” she confirms. “Look, if you guys want to just combine this party into one, I’d be happy to refund one of the deposits.”
“We’ll do it,” Eliana calls out as she and Griffin return hand in hand. “We talked and we think it’ll be fun to celebrate all together anyway.”
“Much appreciated,” Jazzi says before returning behind the bar.
“Eliana, are you sure?” Maliah asks.
“Yeah,” she nods. “When was the last time we were able to all party together like this? Let’s make the most of it.”
