Page 30 of Only in Our Dream (Moonflower Cove #15)

Cameron melted at Melanie’s words. She loved Jonah and Dylan so damn much that it made Cameron’s heart want to explode.

When she decided to have kids on her own, she worried her kids would miss out on all the love they could have gotten from two parents.

But looking back, they had that love all along from their Aunt Mel.

“I love how much you love them.”

“They’re the best kids.” Leaning in, Melanie kissed Cameron’s lips. Then her chin. Then her ear. “And their mom is pretty damn great, too.”

“I hear she’s got a super hot girlfriend.”

“Is that so?”

“ Ahem ,” Vera dramatically cleared her throat, causing them to swiftly separate. “Geez, you two are worse than Mason.”

“Hey!” Mason groaned, turning the corner into the kitchen. “I didn’t do anything this time.”

“We’re getting ready to leave and just wanted to say good night and happy early birthday.”

“Thanks, Vera.” Cameron hugged her friend. “Thank you for everything.”

“You’re welcome, Cam.”

After saying goodbye to the Mackenzies, Melanie and Cameron were left alone in the kitchen once more. Thanks to everyone’s help, the entire house was almost back to being spotless. The only remains of the party were the balloons and the wine bottles and empty glasses still on the kitchen island.

“Thank you so much for tonight, Mel.” Wrapping her arms around Melanie’s neck, Cameron let her hold her tight. “You’re the best.”

“Only the best for my girl.” Melanie kissed her cheek before pulling away. In her eyes, Cameron could almost see the question they both wanted to ask.

“Mel.”

“Cam.” Licking her lips, Melanie sighed. “I want to ask you something.”

“I am assuming it’s the same thing I want to ask you.”

“But I don’t want to overstep and I want you to know you can stay and there won’t be any hard feelings.”

“Yes.”

Melanie’s brow furrowed. “What?”

“Yes, I want you to spend the night.” Cameron waited for her words to fully sink in with Melanie before continuing. “I know we haven’t done that yet and I want to talk to the kids about it soon. But tonight, I just want to fall asleep in my girlfriend’s arms.”

“Well, now, how can I say no to that?”

Cameron giggled. “I’m hoping you don’t.”

“Do you want to talk to the kids first?”

“If I wasn’t already in love with you, that question would have sent me falling headfirst into love with you.”

Melanie’s love and care for her kids was more than Cameron could have ever expected in a partner.

She knew they were Cameron’s number one priority and was still okay with coming in after them.

Cameron wanted to stay kissing Melanie in the kitchen, but knew it wouldn’t be long before the kids were ready for bed.

“Come here.” Pulling Melanie into a hug, Cameron kissed her forehead. “I love you.”

“I love you, too.”

“I’ll meet you upstairs, okay?”

“I’ll be waiting.”

After another kiss, Cameron reluctantly left Melanie in the kitchen. She found the kids on the couch lost in a game on the PlayStation. Jonah made eye contact with her, pausing the game in the process. He and Dylan looked up at her.

“Everything okay, Mom?”

“Yeah,” Cameron smiled, trying to ease any worries the kids might have. She sat on the coffee table in front of them. “I just wanted to ask you both a question. And know upfront it’s okay to tell me exactly how you feel, okay?”

“Mom,” Dylan’s expression looked borderline annoyed she’d interrupted their game if anything, “we don’t care if Aunt Mel stays over.”

“Yeah,” Jonah shrugged, “we were already talking earlier about how we assumed she was since she didn’t leave when everyone else did.”

“And that’s okay?” She made sure to make eye contact with both of them. “With both of you?”

Dylan shrugged, looking to Jonah to answer for them. Which he did.

“Mother,” he smirked as he sat up on the edge of the couch, “Dylan and I want you to be happy. And if sleepovers with Aunt Mel make you happy, then do it so we can get back to our game, please.”

Cameron couldn’t hold in her laughter if she wanted to. Her kids truly were the best and she didn’t care if she was biased. She hugged and kissed them both.

“I love you babies so much. I promise you we will have a deeper discussion before anything else happens, okay?”

“Like Aunt Mel moving in?” Dylan’s question seemed innocent enough, but Cameron wondered if the kids had talked about it before. She thought for a moment about how to respond, but Dylan continued first. “Because that would be fun.”

“Well, that’s good to know, Dill.” Cameron tried not to sound too excited that Dylan wanted Melanie to move in. They hadn’t talked about that step yet, and Cameron wasn’t sure they would anytime soon.

But it would be great to fall asleep in Melanie’s arms every night.

Cameron shook her head. It wasn’t the time or place for those conversations. Not yet, anyway.

“Just remember if at any time you want to talk to me about Aunt Mel, our open communication stays the same always, okay?”

“Okay,” the kids answered in unison.

“I love you both.” She kissed Jonah on the forehead first, then Dylan. “Thank you for making my birthday so fun. I had the best day with both of you.”

“You’re welcome, Mommy.” Dylan hugged her neck, holding on longer than usual. Cameron didn’t dare let go, knowing one day her baby might not want to be as affectionate as she was now. She kissed her forehead once more.

“I love you, Dylan.”

“I love you too, Mom.”

“And I love you, Jonah.” Another kiss for her eldest, who pretended to be annoyed. Cameron knew he was pretending by the way he leaned into it at first. “Goodnight, babies. Don’t stay up too late.”

“We won’t,” Jonah grinned up at her. “Now, go enjoy the rest of your party .”

Cameron playfully smacked his shoulder as she left the kids in the living room.

She took the stairs two at a time to her bedroom, thankful she’d kicked off her shoes hours ago.

Opening the bedroom door, she found Melanie waiting for her on the edge of the bed.

Although she was still clothed, she had her legs spread in a sexy way as she leaned back onto the bed.

Wasting no time, Cameron went to her. She straddled Melanie’s legs as she gently laid her down on the bed.

“So,” Cameron inhaled sharply as smiled down at Melanie, “where were we?”