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Cian

Several weeks later

I’d never been a , who felt excite to one day have a , but I was realist enough to know that probably would never happen

But it did, and I had the proof of having that hope sitting right beside raveled driveway to her surprise

“I hate surprises, FYI,” Evie said softly and looked over atnote in her eyes

“I promise ye’ll like it, lass” I hoped she did, anyway The fact that I hadn’t asked her input on this particular thing was da me hives, but I hoped that once she saw it, she’d fall in love and see her future with me

And then the sprawling ranch-style house came into view as the driveway peaked at the top of the hill I heard the soft gasp come from Evie, and I couldn’t hold infeeling

The one-story house had a wraparound porch and was surrounded by fifty acres of wooded land, and it even had a small pond behind the house

I pulled to a stop in front of the porch, cut the engine to the SUV, and just sat there staring at e, gorgeously blue eyes full of wonder

“I’ve never been to a place that had so much space” She looked at me then, and her shock made way for a beautiful smile that made my heart beat faster

I didn’t stopthe back of her head to pull her closer and steal a kiss The fact that I could do this whenever I wanted to, that I could kiss her, touch her, spoil her unconditionally, had a surge of possessivenessin approval

We finally have her We’re never letting her go

And when I felt her tongue pressing gently against the sea access, it took a hell of a lot of strength I was shocked I even possessed to pull away Because if we started that, we’d never get out of the vehicle