“Are you sure we have everything we need?” Ty asked for the third time. Valencia shot him an exasperated look. “Yes, Ty. If you ask me that one more time, I swear to the Goddess . . .”
He laughed, hands raised in mock surrender. “Alright, alright, I’m just making sure.” He walked over and pressed a kiss on her hair. “You’re so beautiful, Valen, even when you’re . . . ” “When I’m what?” She asked with a smirk, daring him to finish. He hesitated, grinning sheepishly. “Even when you’re . . . tired.”
Valencia laughed, knowing that wasn’t what he’d meant to say. She gathered as many bags as she could carry and headed downstairs toward the car, Ty close behind. “Damn it,” she muttered, dropping the bags onto the asphalt. “I forgot the keys upstairs.”
“I got them,” Ty said, spinning them ar
