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“I used to fantasize about what it would be like, when I was in high school,” I tell hiuess maybe that’s an understatement I didn’t really have any real friends Anyway, there was always this feeling inside of me, this need to have somebody to love, to dedicate myself to And now I’ve found them… with our children, I mean”

Heck, I need to be careful

I got dangerously close to saying I love him then

Which ht be a fact

Because how else can I describe all these feelings flurrying through s?

“With our children,” he says, nodding, as though reading my mind

Maybe he wants to make sure we steer clear of the L-word

We go on eating in silence for a while, as a s flutter inside me, as the importance of the conversation hammers into me

Children, lots of them

A house full of laughter and happiness, little kids with Braden’s eyes and his sn, or his passion for acting Or a passion completely their own, unique and special, born inside their beautiful little souls

“What are you thinking about?” Braden asks “You get this real dreamy look in your eyes when you drift off like that”

“Our future,” I tell hi true, Braden I know that sounds cheesy as heck—”

“No,” he says, with a light teasing note in his voice “What sounds cheesy as heck is the word heck But go on”

I shoot him a look and he chuckles

“Well, it’s the truth I never could’ve i…”

“It feels like the only thing that could happen,” he growls, nodding “I feel exactly the sa unique What we have is the best thing that ever happened to me Now eat your food so I can take you hoive you a ride to the set tomorrow”