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This right here is what I was missing these past few years. What I was chasing in Nashville but could never quite find. I’m not letting it slip away. I’ll do everything in my power to revel in this happiness for the rest of my life.
“Why are you staring at me like that?” “’Cause I feel lucky. I’ve got my Christmas present in my lap. The best one I’ve ever had. And if you let me, I’m goin’ to spend a damn long time unwrappin’ you.”
“I love you, Brody. I love you in the most unexplainable way.”
“You don’t need to explain it to me. I know. I fuckin’ know how you’re feelin’ because I love you the same way. You’re it. Fuckin’ everythin’.”
“Are you sore?” I ask on a tight exhale. “Not sore enough.”
“You gonna ride me, gorgeous?” Her lips part on a moan, head bobbing. Our eyes lock and hold, so many emotions floating between us. Love, passion, need. Fuck, my head is foggy with how badly I need her. “Do it, then. Take this dick like a good fuckin’ girl,”
I’m so gone for this woman that I’ve started considering a damn cow a pet.
“I’ve never been one to believe in any sort of afterlife. No God and pearly gates. But hell if I’m not considerin’ it now.” He swallows, staring straight at me. “’Cause there’s no fuckin’ way my daughter didn’t send you here to be with her boy.”
Your grandmother did most of the raisin’ with your mother, and I always regretted the lack of time I spent with her growin’ up. She was snatched too soon.” His voice cracks, and my chest splinters. “She left us her boy, and I have regretted a lot of things in my life, but takin’ my resentment for your father out on you is my worst mistake.”
“Brody told me weeks ago that the sky would fall before you accepted cattle as pets, but don’t think I didn’t notice the extra chunks of apple you slipped her earlier,” Anna teases. “Is that where all my apples went?” Grandma asks, slipping onto the porch from inside. She pins her husband with a glare, but it’s harmless. “Come to think of it, they’ve been going missing for quite a few days now.”
“What are you willin’ to do for us, sweetheart? Because there isn’t anythin’ I’m not prepared to sacrifice to spend the rest of my life with you.” “It’s rude to continuously steal someone’s thunder, you know?” I ask. “What?” “That’s the exact same thing I was going to tell you. There isn’t anything I’m not willing to do.
“I love you. I love you enough to beg you not to give up your dream. Not for me or your family and not for this place, even as beautiful as it may be.”
“I need you to go to Nashville, Brody. I need you to go and figure everything out and give it a chance,” I add, my voice little more than a whisper. He peels his eyes open, those pretty blues dulled with worry. “I’ll go. So long as you’re here when I get back.” “Always. I’ll always be here waiting for you.” I’ve never meant anything more.
“Never loved being bossed around, Anna, but when you do it, my cock turns to steel. I’d let you order me around any fuckin’ day if it meant I got to hold you like this after.” He digs his teeth into the sensitive skin below my ear and whispers, “I’ve jerked off to the memories of you ridin’ me for a week now. Have you touched yourself thinkin’ of me?”
“It’s yours. All of it,” he tells me, sensing my confusion. My jaw slacks as I spin back around and shake my head at him. “What do you mean it’s mine? Where’s Wanda?”
There’s no doubt in my mind that Brody is my forever.
I wouldn’t have believed it if someone told me three months ago that I’d be here right now. That this would be my life. But somehow, it is, and I wouldn’t change it for the world.
“It’s good to see you like this. That stupid grin of yours is a sight for sore eyes.” “I smiled before I met Anna.” “Not like that. Not like you have something really good in life. Like you’re truly happy.”
“For those who don’t know Anna yet, I really hope you take the time to do so. I had no idea that she was goin’ to swoop in and change my world the way she did, but I’ve never been more grateful for anything. I’m so immensely proud of you, Anna, and I can’t wait to see what the future holds. Gettin’ to love you has been the greatest honour of my life.”
“One last move. One more new beginning. But this time, you won’t be alone. We’ll do it together.”
“Well, the fans want to know when you’re going to pop the question. Do you have an answer for them? Will it be soon?” I almost laugh at the timing of the question. It’s like the universe was listening to my pleas just minutes prior. Brody doesn’t have a chance to reach for the same prepared answer to the question before I’m tilting my head back to meet his eyes and saying, “Hopefully soon. I can’t wait until I get to be Brody’s wife.”
Garrison Beckett isn’t fit for Cherry Peak, but it might be the only place that can straighten him out.”
