Page 146 of Spurred On

“So let’s accept the fact that we are both afraid of losing each other. But we will refuse to let that fear limit us. We will pledge to face it rather than run from it. What do you say?”

“I say yes.”

“Excellent.” He bounded to his feet and held out a hand. “Shall we join the others?”

She stood as well and took his hand. “Not yet. There’s something else I need to say.”

He blinked. “Okay.”

Oh God. This was hard. Such words had never passed her lips. “Cody . . .”

“Yes?”

“I . . .” She closed her eyes and squashed his fingers with hers and just blurted it out. “I love you.”

He didn’t respond, so she opened one eye and peeped at him. He was watching her with a lopsided grin on his face. “Honey,” he said. “I know that. But it’s damn nice to hear.” And then he kissed her.

It was a long while before they made their way through that closed door to join the rest of their friends at the party.

To their shock, the room was empty. The merrymakers had moved on.

It was then that Sidney realized Porsche had orchestrated this entire thing.

It also occurred to her that they were alone. She and Cody had this glorious room all to themselves.

The same thing must have occurred to Cody, because the grinned at her. “What do you say we christen the bridal suite for them?”

A tremendous happiness swelled within her. There might have been some mischief and lust in there too. It had been far too long since they’d been together. And never once had they defiled a bridal suite together.

“What do you say we do?” she said.

And they did.