Mistletoe (K19 Security Solutions 3)
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“They don’t need an audience.”
“Gunner is still there.”
“He doesn’t hover like you do.”
Razor scrubbed his face with his hand. “Do I really?”
Ava nodded. “I get it. You’re protective of Aine, and I love that about you, but she really likes him. It isn’t fair of you guys to disparage him in front of her.”
He thought she was going too far, using the word disparage, but he’d learned to keep his mouth shut unless it really mattered, and this didn’t.
“Got it,” he said instead. “No more hovering.”
“Thank you, Tabon,” she said, kissing his cheek.
“Is that all I get?” He pulled her close to him and covered her lips with his. “Give me a real kiss.”
—:—
God, she loved this man. In her wildest dreams, she never imagined love like theirs existed. She put her hand on her belly, knowing their child would always feel loved and protected.
Tabon covered her hand with his. “How’s my baby?” he asked.
Ava smiled. “Growing.”
“And how’s my baby mama?”
“Ew. I hate that term. Your wife is fine.”
Tabon laughed. “Sorry, darlin’. How about takin’ a walk with me?”
She nodded, and he led her through the trees and out to the beach. “I love it here,” she murmured.
“More than Yachats?”
“Nothing compares to home, Tabon, but I do like visiting Cambria. It reminds me of the time right after Quinn and Mercer’s wedding.”
He scrubbed his face again. “Not great memories, Avarie.”
“I disagree. Sure, I’d never choose to go back and live that time of my life over again, but it was when I realized I love you.”
“Me too.”
“But neither of us said it.”
“Wouldn’t it have been weird? That soon?”
Ava told him what Zary had said about the first time she and Gunner met.
“Romantic, huh?”
“If you say so.”
They walked along quietly, and she loved that they could do that.
“Do you miss going for runs?” he asked.
“I was just thinking that.”