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‘I’ Sienna paused, looked around the him ‘I want you to know our weekend aas extra-special and I’d like to repeat it Not necessarily doing the saetherness’

Harry’s heart beat hard against his ribs ‘I hear you I even agree But—’ A finger fro that bottle pressed his lips, effectively shutting him up

‘I’ve gone and fallen in love with you’ Her eyes lightened, and that mouth that could do wonders on his skin curved upwards ‘I love you, Harrison End of story’

Knots in his stoht lifted fro of a whole new one’

That s that’ Then she stared at hi her lips

Wrapping his ar them around in a circle ‘We’d better not drop the bottles We’ve got so her on her feet, he proceeded to kiss her until he lost all cohesive thought, only Sienna stealing into his mind

Then she pulled back ‘There are soht lose et to the top in a hurry, but I think I can live with that if you’re withto fill her eyes, darken her face ‘In fact, I wouldn’tthings’

‘All the way, sweetheart’

‘I’ve learned that I’-ups—all because of you To the point that—’ she locked her eyes with his ‘—I will go wherever you want to go I no longer need to stop in one place for ever, Harry, as long as I can be with you’

‘I won’t ask you to do that’ As she started to say so away Yes, that’s what I’ve been doing for so long now it’s a habit, a bad one that needs banishing’ S

‘Don’t be rash There ht be times you want, need, to move on Take your version of a road trip I’ll be there with you’

Then Harry knehat to do Reaching for her free hand that had got away froain as naturally as opening his eyes when he woke in the‘Co’ Turning her around, he tugged her down his drive and back up hers, around the corner to her back yard and onto her deck, where he gently pushed her down onto a chair before pulling another close and sitting beside her Then twisted the lid off his bottle of wine and held it up ‘This is e’ll drink to Our way of keeping the worldinto the future’ He nodded at the two ether atch those trees grow bigger and stronger’

Sienna squealed and leapt up ‘You’re serious’

‘Very’ He placed the bottle on the nearby table before it was knocked out of his grasp as Sienna clahs, her hands taking his head and drawing hinited every point in his body and fused his brain until he knew nothing but Sienna

Until, ‘Oh, dear I think this is theto bed, like Si used to do, but I think we need to buy so’

Who the hell? Harry pulled his mouth away from that kiss and stared over Sienna’s shoulder at an older version of his wo No doubt the The older man at her side wore the saht Why this sensation of being a naughty teen snogging the girl fro his woman was allowed Yeah, but not in front of her mother before he’d even met her

As Sienna wriggled around on his lap, nudging that obvious reaction to her kiss and causing hiht-hearted and silly ‘Hi, I’et me a packet of?’ Not condoms ‘Uma box of chocolates while you’re there?’

Sienna gasped out a laugh ‘Guess we’re even, Mum’

The lovely woman stepped forward, her hand out to hihbour I’m Katie, Sienna’s mother’ As her warm hand wrapped around the one he hadn’t realised he’d put out she nodded to the man with her ‘This is my friend Bill’

Still with Sienna on his lap, though now facing her e she’d caused, he shook Bill’s hand too ‘I’lad to meet you both’

Katie laughed that light, tinkling sound he knew fro and you’ve got it a bit et?’ Even her eyes twinkled like Si’s ‘I think we’ll walk to the supermarket, Bill That should fill in time before dinner,’ she spun back to Harry, ‘which you’re invited to, by the way’

Did he tell her he could just take Sienna next door for that hour to continue what had to be finished or he’d cos they didn’t require? Soht earn hier version of the wo before him

The younger one was speaking up ‘Do I get to say anything?’

‘Nope,’ replied her mother ‘Not a word See you shortly’

‘Not too shortly,’ Harry whispered in Sienna’s ear, and yep, got the swipe on his arm

‘I’ll get the glasses and we can take theet to stop whatever we’re getting up to in time’

EPILOGUE

CHRISTMAS DAY DAWNED bright and clear Just like her head and heart, Sienna mused as she stood under the shower Harrison’s shower Last night they’d made it over to her apartment for dinner with her hing Lots of laughing, actually Most unusual And wonderfulfreeing

‘You going to use all the hot water?’ The shower door swung open and Harry stepped in He filled his hands from the liquid-soap dispenser and rubbed it over her shoulders, down to her breasts ‘Merry Christmas, sweetheart’

‘Same back at you’ She kissed his chin, his cheek, then his er rampant in an instant

As it very obviously was in Harry Leaning against hi hiain

Harry pulled his mouth away ‘We probably shouldn’t We were expected for breakfast five o’