A few hours later, after lots of c*m and a shower that took three times as long as it should have, we were on the beach. Sawyer insisted on barefoot again, which I didn’t have a problem with, but since we were going to end up on Wade’s boat, we’d stashed our shoes there first. Twilight was finally descending, and bringing with it the first stars. As we walked along, I couldn’t help but try to find the lucky one that had given me this gift.
Sawyer bounced ahead, exclaiming over a piece of driftwood, and I reached for Wade’s hand. The easy way he entwined our fingers made my blood heat and my heart melt. It was a novelty, still, to be with a man bigger than I was and I loved the breadth and strength in his hands.
“You okay?” I asked as we meandered. He’d been quiet for the past couple of h
