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“What about Matilda?”

“What about her?” Blake frowns.

“I’ll take Matilda to the town fair in the morning, get the town abuzz with having a celebrity here, mixing with us normal folk.” I roll my eyes at that but push on. “Callie will hear about it within an hour, I guarantee it. You can tell her we’re in town for a short visit and that Matilda is whisking us off to a fancy restaurant. She’s sent a dress for Callie to apologize for it being so last minute.”

“Ooh, that would work. Callie’s a huge fan, so she’ll be so busy fangirling that she won’t think about the small details.”

“Plus, Matilda has a plane. So if Callie questions where you’re going, just tell her all you know is you’ve gotta take Matilda’s plane to get there. Just play dumb where possible. Shouldn’t be hard, boss,” Kellen jokes.

Blake crosses his arms and glares at him for a second before he nods. “This will work. But do you think Matilda will go for it? I don’t want to make her into a spectacle when she’s spent so much time lately living under a microscope.”

“It’s for a good cause. And after how you all said the town reacted to Cora’s lies, I think it might be nice for Tilly to have a somewhat more positive experience.”

“Alright then, so we have a plan.” Blake nods before his face splits into a grin. “I’m getting married tomorrow!”

And the room dissolves into chaos.

When I return to Old Man Jenkins’s place, it’s late and Tilly is fast asleep. Not wanting to wake her, I undress in the bathroombefore easing into bed beside her. She rolls into me, burrowing against my side with a contented sigh.

I slide my arm around her and press my cheek to the top of her head, wondering if I’ll get a lifetime of moments like this, or if we were doomed from the start. Lord knows we’ve had everything thrown at us. I didn’t realize how much I missed home until I came back, but that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t give it all up for her. And I would. If she couldn’t be happy here, then I’ll have to make peace with it and find a place for myself in her world. Because whatever happens from here on out, it will be with Tilly by my side. We’ve already proven we’re stronger together than we are apart.

It feels like I’ve only been asleep for five minutes when I feel Tilly slip out of bed. I hear her pad on bare feet to the bathroom before returning a few minutes later. Instead of coming back to bed, I hear her rummaging around for something.

“Whatcha doing?”

She shrieks and whirls around, holding her chest. “You scared the crap out of me.”

I grin as she moves closer. Once she’s in touching distance, I grab her and haul her down on top of me.

“I swear to god, you’re a menace, Aiden.”

“Yet you love me anyway.”

“Well, duh? How did it go yesterday anyway? I bet it was good to see everyone again.”

“It was. I got to check out the new offices too, which were cool. Then we spent the evening working on the wedding details.”

“Ooh, tell me more.”

I fill her in on what we discussed and like I suspected, she was all for it. “Oh, this is gonna be fun”

“Let’s hope Callie doesn’t murder him for all the secrecy, or it will be a wedding and a funeral all in one day.”

She laughs, leaning down to kiss me, which quickly turns heated when I realize she’s wearing my T-shirt and nothing else. I lift her a little so I can kick the covers off before settling her back on top of me. I feel her bare pussy against my stomach as I slide my hands under the hem of her T-shirt and glide it up her body.

“Sit up.”

She does as I ask, which allows me to pull the T-shirt over her head and toss it aside. Now she’s straddling my hips, my erect cock pressed between us.

“Fuck, you take my breath away.” And she does. I love that she doesn’t think about her scars anymore when she’s with me.

“I want you to ride my cock.”

“Hmm…that sounds like fun,” she teases, grinding down on me, her slick heat coating my cock that wants nothing more than to be buried inside her.

“Guide me in, baby.”

She shifts up, her hand wrapping around me before she positions the tip at her entrance. She slides down my cock, oh so slowly, making us both moan.