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“Anything.”

“Does that also mean we can discuss rearranging your trophies in the living room?”

“Yeah.”

“No argument?”

“None, we can take them to the cabin if it makes you more comfortable.”

“No! They’re a part of you. I was thinking about adding some shelves to your living room…” I go on to tell him about my idea to move things around and don’t miss the glint in his eyes. Only when I mention his TV does he turn serious.

“Don’t mess with a man’s TV, Emi.”

I start to giggle at the fright on his face. “Okay.” I throw a hand up in defeat. “No moving the TV.”

At the sound of my giggle, the dog leaps up and looks around eagerly. He tromps over to us, and I pick him up, petting under his neck. His blue eyes shine so bright and so full of wonder between Walker and me.

“What if we name him Lucky?”

“Lucky?”

“Yeah, Lucky.”

“Why Lucky?”

“Because that’s how I feel right now. I’m the luckiest woman in the world.”

I glance up in time to catch Walker’s breath hitch as his eyes transform into a liquid green. My heart skips a beat when he pulls us both into his chest and places his lips against my temple.

“Lucky it is.”

Chapter 29

Emi

6 months later

This is heaven… or, at least, it would be if I could sneak Maren’s phone and make one quick call to Walker.

“I know you’re eyeing my phone. Don’t even think about it,” Maren scolds me without even looking my way.

“There’s no way you can see me.”

“I sense the laser beams cutting through the air.”

“I don’t understand why I can’t even call him.”

“It’s your bachelorette weekend, Emi. You’re supposed to party with your girlfriends and celebrate your upcoming nuptials. Can’t you enjoy this beautiful day on the beach with us? Drink your daiquiri, lay back, and work on your tan, and in a few hours, we’ll have our last big blow-out before I deliver you back to him tomorrow.”

“Mare, I don’t understand why you won’t let me call him. What’s going on?”

She twists her head to face me, and I can read the answer in her expression.

“He doesn’t know where we are, does he?”

She purses her lips and shakes her head.

“I thought you said he was in on this!”