“That was pain. You squeezed my fingers really hard.”
“Love,” she insisted.
With a sigh, he pressed his mouth to her jaw, then her lips. “Love.”
She nodded, then wobbled. Relieved when he slipped his arms around her even though he was none too steady either, she smiled up at him shakily as they propped each other up. “Aren’t we a pair.”
“Yeah. We are. You’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me, Dani.”
Her heart caught at that. “I am?”
“Oh, yeah. You are.” He flashed a hint of his dimple. “Maybe you can retract that whole just-sex thing now. Maybe you’ll even undump me.”
Dani caught a glimpse of movement to her right. Noah and Brody were in Maddie’s doorway, unabashedly listening. From behind them, in her bed, Maddie waved weakly.
Dani looked at Shayne. “Maybe we could take this someplace more…”
“Private?” Shayne nodded, and opened the first door they came to.
A closet.
He looked inside at the supply shelves and laughed. “You have got to be kidding.”
Dani pulled him in. “It’s perfect. Don’t you see? We’ve ended up where it all began.”
Looking as if he’d just won the lotto, Shayne nodded and pulled her into his arms, right where she belonged.
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