Blush for Me

As the girls swirl and smell it, he leans down to whisper in my ear. “This is the best journey of my life.”

I grin up at him and pucker my lips, inviting him in for a kiss, which he doesn’t turn down.

“We’re just getting started.”

“I love that plan,” Cami says, clapping her hands. “Bring on the liquor.”

“This is a wine tour,” Mac reminds her with a smile.

“Bring on the wine,” she says happily.

“I’ll punch them,” I announce. “Bitches hitting on my man.”

“Bitches hit on my man all the time,” Addie reminds me. “It’s a compliment that your man is hot.”

“If they touch him, they die.”

“Aww, that’s the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me,” Mac says with a laugh. “Don’t worry, love, no one touches me.”

“Do a lot of people hit on you during the tour?” Cami asks him. “Because I find that the drunker I get, the more likely I am to flirt, and you’re hot, so . . .”

“Sometimes,” Mac admits, making me scowl. “But I laugh it off and send them on their way.”

Mac is taking us on a special wine tour today. It’s just us five girls and him, and I’ll admit it’s kind of fun to be able to flirt with the tour guide.

“Ah, baby.” I drag my knuckles down her cheek. “Thank you.”

“For?”

“Being you. Being mine.” I kiss down her cheek to her neck. “For loving me.”

“Loving you is what calms me in the storm, Mac. It’s the safest thing I’ve ever done.”

“You’re amazing.”

if I were to lose you, it would kill me.”

“You’re not going to lose me,” she whispers.

“I love you, but even those words seem too simple to describe how I feel about you. It’s an ache, right here in my chest, but it’s an ache that you don’t want to end. I look at you, and I’m calm. I hold you and I’m complete.

“Loving you, Kat, is like coming home, and it’s better than any other feeling I’ve ever had.”

“I know that I haven’t said it before, and I feel dumb because I wanted to say it a thousand times, but I was scared and I thought I had all the time in the world. I love you, Mac.”

“Thank you.” Jake pulls Kat in for a tight hug. “Now you need to go home and get some rest.”

“Everything about her is little,” Jake says, then swallows hard. “I don’t want to break her.”

“You won’t,” Addie says. “Babies are strong, and you’re gentle. She’s going to be just fine.”