Chelsea passed by, pinching her niece’s cheek. “It’s a possibility. Go on. I can take care of everything down here.”
Maddox took my hand, leading me to our little apartment above the shop. Two bedrooms was hardly big enough for the family we envisioned, but it was perfect for now.
“Know what today is?” He set Angel in her bouncer and faced me with a mischievous arch of his eyebrows.
I thought it was pretty obvious. “My…grand opening?”
“Yeah…” He took me in his arms. “Today is an anniversary.”
I grinned. “Our first date.”
“You remember?”
“Of course. It started and ended here…” I giggled. “Well, in the old shop.”
“Best thing that ever happened to me,” he said. “I don’t know where I’d be without you, Sweets.”
I looked away. He brushed my cheek.
“What is it?”
“You were in prison for a year. I lost you for that long.”
“Yeah. I lost one year of my life.” He shared a smile with his beautiful daughter and gazed at me. “Doesn’t matter, because now I get to spend the rest of my years with you.”
The End