“You know,” he says, his voice quieter now, “I didn’t plan this. You, us…it’s the best surprise. I always knew you were in my life for a reason, like that old saying. I can honestly say, I never thought of us as a ‘season’ only kind of thing, either.” I feel the tears threatening again, my throat tight as I reach up to cup his face. “And this,” I whisper, leaning in so our foreheads touch again, “is a lifetime.”
