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Gavin flicked his eyes down to the gray Zenga Sport sweatshirt he’d sworn disappeared into thin air "No shit Look at that" Grinning, he flipped the hood over Emily’s head "It definitely fits you better this year"

E, she swatted his arht now"

"You know I’ lips "Do I need to make it up to you?"

"As a matter of fact, you do"

"Name it, sweets"

"Bottle caps"

Gavin popped a brow "Bottle caps?"

Eame of toss the bottle caps"

"Is this soiveness?" Gavin’s eyes sparkled mischievously "And when you lose, what happens then? Aht?"

E for the French doors "Why would you assu to lose, wiseass? And yes, you sleep solo if you don’t let , Gavin watched her stick out her tongue in true Emily fashion as she disappeared onto the balcony In true Gavin fashion, he was about to test his girl’son the surround sound, he hit repeat on one particular song He tossed on a long-sleeved T-shirt and started for the doors With the freezer bag filled with caps in hand, Gavin breathed in the salty s when he e his heart the sao Hell, if there ever came a time she couldn’t steal his breath, he’d know the world around hi of meently pulled her to his body "May I have this dance before we play our little game?"

"Looks like you’ve already decided that for ainst his chest as they swayed

Gavin kissed the top of her hair "Would you’ve been able to say no?"

"Never," she whispered

"That’s what I figured"

"You push your luck every chance you get, don’t you?"

He chuckled lightly "Always" With one hand splayed along the sers, and pinned it to his chest Staring at her, he s this is?"

"I do," she breathed, her gaze transfixed on his lips Her ht they’d ’s La Vie en Rose I also reood, Miss Cooper You continue to i, and E his lips against hers A tease of a kiss Never enough But Eet her fill of hi to dance with you to this song at our wedding one day That is, if you’d haveAs her hair whipped around in the light summer breeze, a tear slipped down her cheek One year One full circle had been drawn around their lives, and although they’d been tested in every way possible, they were still together "I could never not have you, Gavin Never," she whispered, falling ht possible

As Louis Aric spells, Gavin cast his on Emily, as he always did He pressed his lips to hers and kissed her slowly, deeply Eht on this very balcony, beers, memories, and tears were shared Little did she know then, a stolen moment, a sweatshirt, many bottle caps, and few layers peeled back later, her life would never be the same