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Chapter One

Eric paused in the forazed at the adorable woh-backed chairs surrounding the highly polished any table Her blond and purple hair waswas tucked up into the tattered, baggy recesses of a faded UCLA sweatshirt, but she fit there In his ho His Rebekah

Unable to resist her allure for another moment, Eric approached her chair and leaned over the back He slid his palainst her head, and closed his eyes, taking a moment to inhale her scent and bask in her waro when she’d thought her cancer had coh they’d said forever vows soon after their fears had been vanquished, he still had a hard ti that this perfect woman was his, that he’d found so to the tattoo parlor to get additional vows etched into their skin Not that he’d ever forget what he’d pledged in her church before her family and his friends He’d meant every word He knew millions of men had recited those same words to their special woman, but Eric would honor Rebekah, love her, cherish her, in sickness if it ca as he lived The vows they were getting tattooed as part of sleeves from shoulder to wrist were unique, but the ones he’d spoken were just as heartfelt, no matter how canned they’d become over the years

“Breakfast is ready,” he ht her company in the first place

“What did you put inher neck to look at hirin teased the corner of her mouth

“Anise and paprika”

She bit her lip “Can’t even i to taste like”

But he knew she’d try them It touched him that she’d risk her taste buds to make him happy Not even Jace—the most amenable of his bandmates—would sample Eric’s culinary experiments

The laptop Rebekah had been using clicked shut, and she covered the backs of his hands with her palms to press them into more firmly into her belly

He shifted his gaze to stare at the lid of the co “Watching a little porn this ?”

“Who needs porn when hed when his hands moved up her body to cup her breasts “Case in point”

“If you weren’t so daht be able to keep h at least part of my day without a stiffy”

“Those stiffies only make me want to be more irresistible to you,” she said and slid her hands up his arms

“Not possible” He turned his head to kiss her te fro on my computer?”

“You’re not going to be one of those husbands who checkshistory and secretly reads my emails, are you?”

Maybe “You wouldn’t like that?”

“Would you like it?”

He shrugged “I don’t have anything to hide” Did she?

“I happen to be planning a big surprise for you,” she said, “and I’d appreciate that it stay a surprise So no peeking”

Eric’s heart skipped a beat He remembered the last time Rebekah had surprised him She’d made his birthday one of the most special days of his life, topped only by the first ti day It wasn’t a coincidence that all the favorite days of his life centered on Rebekah She was his everything

He grinned and lifted his eyebrows at her “A surprise?”

“Well, less of one now since I had to say so” She elbowed him in the ribs

He released her to rub at his side, and she slipped fro it securely to her chest

“I wouldn’t have snooped” Maybe “So what kind of surprise?”

“A honeymoon surprise” She offered him a mischievous smile and practically skipped into the kitchen toward the plate of eggs on the counter