Protecting What's Mine (Benevolence, #3)

by Lucy Score

I want to eat ice cream in bed with you. Then I figured we’d date for enough time to convince you that fate brought you here exactly when we both needed it. We’ll have a wedding. Probably a big one because the whole station is gonna want to be there and you’ve seen the size of my family. Sunshine can be our flower dog. We’ll live a long, happy life together. How do you feel about kids? I wouldn’t mind a couple. But I’d rather have you.”

And every time he pulled her back into his arms, she felt the flutter in her belly. It felt a little something like joy.

“You’re my hero,” she whispered. “About time you admit it,” he said, resting his arm on the back of her chair and letting his fingers stroke her neck.

“You’re breathtaking when you’re Dr. O’Neil on the scene. You’re beautiful when you’re trying to line dance. But this frazzled, wide-eyed woman who just wants her friends to have a good time is downright adorable.”

Because we love each other. We trust each other to handle the heavy stuff. We know we’re always, always going to be there for each other.