Текст книги "Faithful"

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“Well, I’ll be goddamned. I think that boy just outromanced you, Gun,” Jeff said.

I looked over at Jeff and Brad as they were both laughing. I shook my head. “I taught his ass everything he knows, damn it!”

Jeff threw his head back and laughed. “Little fucker. Wait until she finds out she’s going to Italy.”

Brad slapped me on the back. “I’m gonna ask my girl to dance with me. Excuse me, y’all.” He walked up and swept Amanda away from Sharon and Alex.

I smiled, watching as Sharon carried a sleeping Alex around. I looked for Ellie.

“Where are the girls?” I asked.

“They went to the ladies’ room with Jessie. What in the hell happened between Jessie and Scott?”

I shrugged my shoulders. “Fuck, I don’t know. Something about Jessie going back to Scott’s house, and Chelsea, his ex, was there, waiting inside.”

“Hell, I could see why that would make a girl mad.”

Scott walked up and sat down with a sigh.

“Speak of the devil,” I said.

Scott looked at me, confused, and then looked out at Josh and Heather cutting up on the dance floor. “I want that. I want what y’all have.”

I was shocked by what he’d said. Ah fuck. How much has he had to drink?

I glanced over at Jeff as he gave me a concerned look.

“Scott, how much have you had to drink?” I asked.

Scott gave me a confused look. “One beer, you asshole!”

Jeff started laughing.

I glanced up to see the girls dancing on the dance floor. Jessie was smiling while she was talking to Ari about something.

“Don’t let her push you away, Scott.”

He shook his head. “I’m trying, Gun. I’ve asked her, like, five times to talk to me, to dance with me, to kick me…anything. She won’t even let me explain.”

“Dude, from what I could make out by all the talking on the way here, you didn’t kick the ex out. You don’t bring a girl home and then ask her to step aside for the ex.”

Scott sighed as he pushed his hands through his hair. “I know that. At the time, I didn’t think I was doing anything wrong. Fuck, I was just surprised that Chelsea was in my house. Then, when I was talking to Jessie, I accidentally called her Chels.”

“Oh…ah hell, dude. You done fucked-up!” Jeff said.

“Tell me about it. As soon as I got back home from dropping off Jessie, I had Chelsea leave.”

“Wait, we ran into Chelsea on the way here, and I overheard Ells and Jessie saying how Chelsea had said she’d spent the night with you.”

Scott’s face fell. “What the fuck? No, she didn’t! I made her leave. I mean, her ass was naked in my bed when I got home, but I walked away and told her to leave. I have to talk to Jessie.” He jumped up.

Jeff got up and grabbed his arm. “Dude, don’t mention the fact that she was naked in your bed. Since nothing happened, Jessie doesn’t need to know that.”

Scott grabbed Jeff on the shoulder and smiled. “Thanks, Jeff, and dude…I really have just been fucking with you about Ari. I know how much y’all love each other. I’d never get in the way of that.”

Jeff nodded. “I know. I trust Ari. Besides, I’d kick your ass and put you in the hospital if you ever touched her.”

Scott nodded. “Ah…right.” He turned and started walking toward Jessie.

“You know Jessie, Gunner. What’s your take?”

I looked at Jeff and then back out toward Jessie and Scott. “Shit, I know they both really liked each other in high school, but Scott was freaked out by how much he liked her. Once Chelsea Mason gave him some attention, he used that as an excuse, and he went after her. It was always about sex with Chelsea though. I just hope they don’t pull a Jeff-and-Ari.”

Jeff shot me a dirty look. “Fuck off, you fucker!”

I watched as Scott went right by Jessie and up to the DJ. Scott talked to the DJ for a good minute before turning back and walking up to Jess.

Hunter Hayes’s “All You Ever” started to play. Scott took Jessie’s hand and pulled her closer to him as they started dancing. Ellie turned to me and smiled.

I stood up and headed over to her. “Dance with me, sweetheart?”

“Always.”

I took her into my arms as I started to dance with her. I held her close to me and whispered in her ear, “I love you, sweetheart.”

She held on to me tighter as I moved her around on the dance floor. I glanced over at Scott and Jessie dancing. My heart broke when I saw Jessie quickly wipe away a tear.

“Gunner?” Ellie asked.

“Yeah, baby?”

“When can we go back to our room?”

I laughed as I kissed her on top of her head. “We could try and sneak away now. Your mom hasn’t let go of Alex since we got to the reception. I don’t think she’d even notice if we were gone!”

Ellie looked around me at her mother. She gave me the most beautiful smile as she looked up into my eyes. The passion filling her eyes had my dick jumping. I grabbed her hand and started leading her off of the dance floor. I took one look at Jeff, and he just smiled and shook his head.

“Holy hell, Gunner. You’re going to pull my arm out of its socket if you don’t slow down.”

“I want to take you out of that dress right now. If we don’t hurry, we might be having sex in the elevator.”

Ellie started giggling. “That sounds like fun!”

I turned to her as the elevator doors opened. I grabbed her and started to kiss her as I walked her into the elevator. When the doors shut, I pushed her against the wall, and I quickly hit the button for our floor.

“I want you so badly, Ells.”

“I want you, too, Drew.”

By the time the elevator doors opened, I was ready to take her right there. I scooped her up into my arms, and I walked to our room. She laughed when I had a hard time getting the room key out to open the door.

Once we got in the room, I slowly put her down while I kissed her with as much passion as I could.

“Drew…”

“I love you, Ellie.”

I reached around her back and started to take the top of her dress off. She lifted up her arms, and I slowly pulled it up over her head and then tossed it to the floor.

She laughed and hit me. “I have to put that back on, you know!”

I slid the zipper on her skirt down and then let it fall to the ground. I held her hands while she stepped out of it. I let my eyes move up and down her body. She had on a white lace bra with matching panties, and she looked breathtaking. I put my hands on her shoulders and turned her around. I started to take off her bra, and then I dropped it to the floor. I kissed her back and made my way down until I was on my knees. I slipped my thumbs into her panties, and I slowly started to take them off as I kissed her everywhere on her body. She let out a low moan as she lifted her feet, and I tossed her panties on top of her bra.

“Turn around, Ellie.”

She did as I’d said, and then she started to take off her shoes.

“Keep your shoes on, sweetheart.”

She sucked in a breath of air as I kissed right below her belly button.

“Lean against the wall, Ellie.”

She barely whispered, “Okay.”

I picked up her right leg and put it over my shoulder as I started to kiss the inside of her thigh.

“Oh god,” she said as she grabbed my hair.

I just wanted to make her feel good. I wanted us to get lost in each other.

The moment my lips touched her, she started making small moans that were driving me crazy. It didn’t take long before she was calling out my name. I picked her up and carried her to the bed. I got undressed and then slowly crawled on top of her. I took my time entering deep into her body. I wanted so badly for her to get pregnant. I placed my hands on her cheeks as I planted soft kisses all over her face. Once I was buried deep in her, I started to move.

She grabbed my ass and bit down on my bottom lip. “Faster, Gunner.”

It didn’t take long before we were both coming and whispering how much we loved each other. I stayed on top of her for a few minutes, catching my breath, as she gently moved her fingertips up and down my back.

Then, someone knocked on the door. She tried desperately to keep from laughing. I shook my head for her to be quiet.

“Gunner? Ellie?”

“Oh. My. God! It’s like he has some sort of radar!” Ellie whispered.

I covered her mouth, so Gramps wouldn’t hear her.

We waited for another five minutes before I jumped up and began getting dressed. Ellie ran by me and started the shower.

I followed her, reached in the bathtub, and turned it off. “What are you doing?”

“I don’t want to smell like sex, Gunner!”

I started laughing. I grabbed a washcloth and ran it under hot water. “Spread your legs, sweetheart,” I said as I gently cleaned her up. I looked up at her, and she had her eyes closed while she bit on her lower lip.

Fuck! I want her again.

When I stopped and turned on the shower, she looked at me, confused. I stood up, grabbed her hand, and brought her into the shower with me. Picking her up, I pushed her against the shower wall and started to make love to her again.

“We need to sneak away more often.”

“Oh, that can be arranged, sweetheart.”

After we came back into the reception area, Jeff and Ari looked at us. Ari’s mouth dropped open. We walked up, and I grabbed Jeff’s beer from his hand.

“You horny bastard. You had to sneak away with my sister during our best friend’s wedding reception?”

I just looked at him.

“Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Did you do it in the shower? Your hair is soaking wet in the back, Ells. Have I taught you nothing? Shower cap, bitch!”

Ellie started laughing as her cheeks flushed.

“Ah hell, come on. I don’t need to hear this shit!” Jeff got up and made his way to the bar.

Ari winked at me before she followed Jeff.

Sharon walked up and smiled.

“Where’s Alex?” I asked.

“Grace finally sweet-talked me into giving her up. Where did you two disappear to? Garrett went off looking for you,” she said with a wink.

Ellie’s flush deepened as her mother grabbed her arm and started walking off with her. When Ellie looked back over her shoulder and smiled at me, my heart dropped to my stomach. I’d laid down my life to always see that smile on her face.

I saw Scott sitting in a chair, drinking a beer. I went over and slapped him on the back. “So, how did the dance go?”

He shrugged his shoulders. “When we finished dancing, I asked her if we might be able to talk, and she just turned and walked away from me.”

“Dude, did you go after her?”

He shook his head. “No.”

“Did you ever think she might have wanted you to follow her?”

Scott just looked at me. “Why in the fuck wouldn’t she just tell me to follow her? Am I supposed to read her damn mind?”

I nodded. “Yep.”

Scott threw his head back and sighed. “Holy hell, I can’t do this.”

“If you care about her and want to have a relationship with her, you’ll do it.”

Scott turned and looked at me. Then, he stood up and smiled. “Well, Heather told me she saw Jessie walking down to the beach.”

I gestured to the boardwalk. “You know what to do.” I watched as Scott took off toward the beach to look for Jessie. I hope that stubborn girl gives him a chance to explain everything.

When I glanced over to the entrance of the ballroom, my heart dropped in my stomach. What in the fuck is she doing here?

I stood next to Elizabeth as she went on and on about the babies. All of a sudden, I felt someone staring at me. When I looked up, I saw Victoria standing at the entrance of the ballroom.

What in the hell is she doing here? God, give me the strength not to pound the fuck out of her.

I glanced around the room for Josh. I saw him talking to some friends from college. My head snapped back to Victoria.

I turned back to Elizabeth. “Excuse me, Elizabeth. I need to take care of something.”

When I started heading over to Victoria, Gunner jumped up and came to my side.

He took me by the arm and leaned down into my ear. “Heather, why don’t you let me take care of her?”

As we kept walking toward her, I turned to Gunner. “I’m tired of these crazy-ass, good-for-nothing, stupid bitches. I’m going to finish this.”

Gunner let go of my arm, but he kept walking along with me. When I was standing in front of Victoria, the smile that spread across her face made me sick to my stomach. I grabbed her arm and pulled her right back out the door and down the hallway, taking her away from the ballroom.

“Let go of me right now,” Victoria said.

I stopped and pushed her against the wall. “Listen here, you crazy-ass nutcase. I don’t know how you found out where we were getting married, and I don’t really care. You showing up here is the last straw. He doesn’t love you. He doesn’t want you. We. Are. Married.” I pushed my wedding ring into her face. “We are having twins in September. We are in love, Victoria. He is my life, and I am his. You are nothing more than some slut who used to give him head in her car as a means to keep him around. Do you really think he wants to be with you? I feel sorry for you. Do you know why?”

She just stared at me as her smile faded. She glanced over toward Gunner and then back at me.

“I feel sorry for you because you’re chasing after someone who wants nothing to do with you. It’s pathetic. Try to have a little bit more self-respect, Victoria. If you do, you just might find someone is out there for you. Someone will love you for you, not just because you give good blow jobs.”

Victoria opened her mouth to say something but then closed it.

“Now, I’m going to ask you politely to leave my wedding reception and never, ever contact either Josh or me again. The next time I see your face show up somewhere you aren’t invited, I’m going to make sure you’re the patient and not the nurse. That goes for all my friends, too. You even so much as look in Ellie’s direction, and you’ll regret it for the rest of your life. Do I make myself clear on all of this…Tori?”

She just stared at me. My hands were shaking, and I tried desperately to hide the fact that I was trembling from head to toe. I was surprised my voice hadn’t cracked, but with Gunner standing next to me, I’d found the strength I needed to just tell this girl off.

“I just…I only wanted to say I was sorry to Josh.”

“He doesn’t want nor does he need your apology.”

Victoria stood up a little taller and tilted her head.

“Shall I walk you out, or have you removed?”

She looked over at Gunner and made a face before she turned back to me. “Fine. I’m leaving. You can have him. He sucked in bed anyway.”

Something inside me snapped, and I slapped her across the face as hard as I could. My damn hand was stinging and still hurt from the last time I’d hit this girl. “Go fuck yourself, you bitch,” I said.

Victoria put her hand up to her face as tears were filling her eyes.

“I suggest you leave now before I do what I really want to do to you.”

Victoria moved and started to make her way out of the hotel. I put my left hand on the wall to hold myself up as I tried to catch my breath.

Gunner squeezed my shoulders as he leaned down toward my ear. “Holy hell, girl. You just made me so damn proud, Heather!”

“Jesus H. Christ!” Ari said.

I turned and saw Ari leaning up against the wall. She was smiling from ear to ear, and I couldn’t help but smile back at her.

“I knew you had that shit deep down inside you!”

Gunner and I both started laughing. He reached for my hand and smiled as he kissed the back of it. He brought Ari and me in for a hug.

I slowly pulled away and looked at Gunner and Ari. “How in the hell did she know where and when the wedding was?”

“Evil witches like her use their wicked powers to find shit out,” Ari said with a smile.

“This shit stays between the three of us. Nobody else needs to know we had a visitor today,” Gunner said.

Ari and I both said at the same time, “Agreed.”

It was finally time for Josh and me to leave the reception. The best part of the evening was when Ellie’s mom had caught the bouquet.

Josh and I were standing in the elevator as he looked over at me and winked. “Are you happy, Mrs. Hayes?”

My heart dropped when he called me that. I smiled and wanted nothing more than to be in his arms. “Yes, very happy!”

The elevator stopped, and the doors opened. An older couple walked in and smiled at us. “Oh! Congratulations!” the woman said.

“Thank you!” Josh and I both said at the same time.

“So, where are you going on your honeymoon?”

Josh tilted his head at me and shook it.

I started laughing as I held up my hands. “I swear, I didn’t!”

The older couple looked at us with confused expressions.

When he slowly let that panty-melting smile of his cross his face, my heart melted.

“It’s a surprise. I haven’t told her yet,” he said, never taking his eyes away from mine.

“How romantic. You’re a very lucky young lady,” she said as she smiled at her husband.

“Yes. Yes, I am.”

The doors opened, and the older gentleman called over his shoulders, “Get in lots of baby-making practice!”

Josh and I both laughed as the doors shut. Before I could even say anything, he pressed the stop button on the elevator and then pushed me back against the wall.

“I love you so damn much.” He captured my lips with his.

I wasn’t sure how long we stood there, kissing, before the phone in the elevator started ringing. Josh pulled away from my lips and pushed the stop button back in and started the elevator again.

When the doors opened up on our floor, he reached down, picked me up, and carried me to our suite. He was kissing me as he tried to put the card into the reader. He finally got it open and took me inside.

“I’m so damn glad no one else is on this floor,” he said with a wink.

“Why?”

He gave me that crooked smile of his and winked again. “’Cause, baby…you’re going to be calling out my name all night!”

After he slowly put me down, I turned and let out a gasp. The room was filled with lit candles and bouquets of roses. A bottle of grape juice on ice and chocolate-covered strawberries were sitting on the small table. The bed was covered in rose petals, and it smelled like heaven.

Josh took me by the hand and led me into the bathroom. Beautiful white and light blue candles surrounded the oversized Jacuzzi tub.

“Oh my gosh…everything is so beautiful. Did Jenny do all of this?”

Josh smiled and shook his head. “Nope. I came up here while you were talking to my mom, Emma, Grace, and Sue.”

“I tried to get that over-romantic, bastard best friend of mine to help me, but Garrett couldn’t find him anywhere.”

I smiled because I knew exactly where Gunner had been. Ellie had filled us in on their little sneak-away. “Ellie and Gunner had a little, um…alone time earlier,” I said with a smile.

Josh let out a small laugh and pulled me to him. “Have I told you how beautiful you look?”

“I think maybe once or twice.”

His eyes turned from love to passion in a matter of seconds. “I love you, princess.”

My heart started beating faster in my chest. “Make love to me, Josh.”

He laughed and shook his head. “Your wish is my command.” He took my hand and led me out of the bathroom.

He reached over to his iPod sitting in the iHome, and Brad Paisley’s “New Favorite Memory” started to play. I smiled as he placed his hands on my face. He brought his lips right up to mine and barely touched them together.

“I can’t wait to make new memories with you, baby.”

I closed my eyes as I felt my stomach twisting and turning. Oh. My. God. I opened my eyes and gazed into his beautiful green eyes. “You have no idea how special you’ve made me feel today. I just…I feel…”

As I felt a tear roll down my face, he wiped it away.

“How do I make you feel?”

“Like a princess. Like you love me more than life itself. I’ll never forget this day and how you made me feel, Josh.”

He leaned in and kissed me so softly that I let out a whimper. Then, our kiss turned more passionate. I needed him so badly. I started to unbutton his shirt, but our lips never lost contact with each other. After I pushed it off his shoulders, I placed my hands on his massive chest that was still covered by a white tank top. I slowly pulled away from his lips and lifted it up and over his head. When I pulled back to look at him, I noticed the tattoo on the left side of his chest. I just stared at it. It was my name in cursive, and under my name was a heart with the number two on it.

I shook my head and looked up at him. “When did you…”

He gave me that smile that just about dropped me to my knees. Snow Patrol’s “Chasing Cars” started to play.

Josh laughed and shook his head. “What perfect timing for a song!”

I looked at him, confused.

“I made arrangements to have the tattoo done last night. Jeff, Gunner, and Brad were with me.”

I smiled. “The number two? You and me?”

“Nope.”

“The babies?”

He laughed. “No, but that would have been a good idea!”

I hit him on his stomach as I looked back at the tattoo. “What does it stand for?”

“When I gave you my heart. Who else gets to say he’s fallen in love with the same girl twice?”

I shook my head and felt my heart beating faster. “What about the song?”

“I used to listen to this song over and over again—just dreaming about being with you, marrying you, having kids with you, growing old with you.”

I slammed my body into his and kissed him. I needed him right this moment. I kissed him and poured as much love into the kiss as I could. “Please…please make love to me. I just want to be lost in your love all night.”

“Turn around.”

The sound of his voice made my whole body tremble. I slowly turned around. The moment I felt him unbuttoning my dress, my heart started beating faster.

He started laughing when he finally got to the last button. “Jesus, that was a lot of buttons!”

I tried to turn around, but he stopped me. Placing his hands on my shoulders, he leaned down and started to kiss my back. Then, he pushed the dress off my shoulders. The whole thing pooled at my feet. I went to step out of the dress.

“Wait. Fuck. If you look this amazing from the back, I can’t imagine what you’ll look like when you turn around.”

I looked over my shoulder and smiled at him. He moved his hands up my neck and began taking the pins out of my hair. The moment my hair fell, I felt a sense of relief. When he ran his hands through my hair, I let out a soft moan.

“Oh god. That feels so good to have it down.”

He kissed my neck as he placed his hands on my stomach. My whole body trembled.

“I love how your body reacts to my touch,” he whispered in my ear.

“Josh…”

“Step out of your dress, princess, and let me look at you.”

Jesus. H. Christ. Why am I so nervous?

He took my hand as I stepped out of the dress, and I slowly turned to face him. He sucked in a breath of air and just looked me up and down. I almost felt like I wanted to cover myself up, but the look in his eyes just turned me on even more.

When his eyes finally met mine, he smiled. “So fucking beautiful. I can’t believe you’re mine.”

I couldn’t even talk. I just wanted him to take me into his arms, so I could lose myself in his love.

“Heather…” He bent down and started to take the clips off of my thigh-high stockings.

I picked up my foot and set it on his leg as he gently rolled the stocking down. When he kissed the inside of my thigh, I let out a moan.

“Faster, Josh.”

He let out a laugh. “Oh no, princess. I’m going to enjoy every second of this.”

He repeated the same slow process when he took off the other stocking. Then, he removed the garter belt. He got on his knees and slid his finger along the top of my blue lace panties.

“Oh god…” I put my hands in his hair and tried to steady myself as he removed my panties.

Kiss me…oh please, kiss me down there. I was just short of begging him to touch me with his lips, his fingers, anything. I just needed to feel his touch.

“Your body is so beautiful, baby. I could stare at you all day.”

“Josh…” When I felt his lips on my clit, my whole body jerked. “Oh god, yes!”

He pulled away, and I grabbed his hair.

No!

He kissed my stomach and then whispered to the babies before he slowly started to stand up.

My heart was pounding so hard. “Josh…I’m so turned-on right now. I just need you. Please.”

He stood up and looked down into my eyes. “I need you, too, baby, but I want to savor every moment of this.”

He reached behind me and had my bra undone so fast that I didn’t even realize he had taken it off until he tossed it to the floor. Bending over, he took a nipple into his mouth as he started sucking and pulling.

“I think…I’m…going to…”

He let out a laugh. “What, baby? Are you going to come, baby?”

“No, you ass! I’m going to explode with desire if you don’t touch me soon.”

He started to walk me to the bed. When my legs hit the edge, he looked at me. “Lie down, and spread your legs open.”

I can’t breathe. Holy hell. I can’t breathe. I’ve never in my entire life been as turned-on as I am this very moment. I sat down on the bed and moved up to the pillow. I lay down and slowly opened my legs to him. My chest was moving up and down, so hard and fast, and I just knew he could hear my heart beating.

He slowly crawled onto the bed. He kissed from my foot up to the upper thigh and then over to my other upper thigh and back down to the opposite foot. I grabbed on to the comforter and pulled on it as I arched my body up. Why is he teasing me like this? I closed my eyes as he started to move his way back up my leg, one soft, painfully slow kiss at a time. Then, I felt his lips right above my clit.

“Josh, please! I can’t stand it any longer.”

He slowly pushed his fingers inside me. “Motherfucker, Heather…you’re so wet.”

“I want you, Josh. I want you so badly.”

“Heather…” he whispered against my skin.

The moment I felt his tongue move along my clit, I knew it would only be a matter of seconds.

Oh, sweet heaven, this feels so damn good. “Yes…”

I moved my hands through his hair as he kissed and sucked. I arched myself into him. I felt it building. “Oh god, Josh, don’t stop!”

He kissed and sucked my clit as he moved his fingers faster.

Jesus…I’m in a blissful heaven.

I didn’t even notice when Josh began crawling on top of me. I was just barely coming down from the first orgasm when he buried himself so deep inside me.

I grabbed on to him and called out in pleasure. “Oh my god! Oh god, Josh.”

I felt his warm breath against my neck as he whispered in my ear, “I love you so much, Heather.”

Oh. My. God. Is it possible to have an orgasm on top of another one?

Then, he said so softly and sweetly, “Oh god, Heather…I’m going to come, baby.”

My world exploded with those words. He reached down and captured my lips with his as he kissed me before calling out my name. It was one of the most intense orgasms I’d ever had.

Nothing in this entire world will ever be as wonderful as this very moment. Nothing.

Josh leaned up on his elbows, catching his breath, as he looked me in the eyes. “I can’t wait to make love to you under the stars of Italy.”

Wait. What? “Italy?”

He smiled and kissed my nose. “Yeah, princess. Italy.”

My pouch!

“I brought it, Heather. It’s in my backpack.”

I looked at him, confused, and then I realized he knew what I was thinking. “You brought my flower petals?”

“I did.”

My heart swelled with more love.

“Just when I think a moment with you couldn’t be any more special, you go off and do something else to top the one before.”

“Are you happy, Heather?”

I smiled. “I’ve never been so happy in my life.”

Josh rolled off of me, and I snuggled up next to him.

“Give me just a little bit,” he whispered.

I listened to his breathing as it got more and more relaxed. I was pretty sure we were both going to fall asleep together.

As I looked out the window to the dark ocean outside, I thought about my mother and father. Were they as happy as Josh and I are? I so badly wanted to call Ellie, Ari, and Amanda to ask them if they had felt the most overwhelming sense of love on their wedding nights. My heart felt like it couldn’t hold any more love.

Then, he started to mumble. I put my chin on the back of my hand and watched him sleep.

“Don’t drop the babies, Jeff!” Josh called out in his sleep.

When I giggled and kissed his chest, he opened his eyes and looked down at me.

“My love will always be faithful and true to you,” I said.

He moved his arm around me and smiled. “I love you, Heather.”

“I love you, too, Josh.”

He closed his eyes and drifted back off to sleep.

Italy? Wow. I closed my eyes and dreamed of Josh making love to me on a beach…under the stars of Italy.