Adam laughed. ‘That’s true, buddy, but we’re OK with it not being a secret any more.’
Lucy was staring at Kitty’s stomach. Was she looking for a baby bump? Kitty tried to bite down a smile. ‘I think we should tell them before the wild specula
tion starts,’ Kitty told him. ‘Before you know it they’ll have us married off with five babies.’
He squeezed her tighter. ‘That sounds kind of awesome to me.’
It did to her, too. One day. Once she’d managed to establish her career. But the fact that it was ‘when’ and not ‘if’ felt like a warm sun beating down on her. Was it possible to feel any happier?
‘So what’s the news then?’ Lucy prompted.
Adam kissed the sensitive skin below her ear. ‘I asked this beautiful woman to move in with me.’
She twisted in his arms to brush her lips against his. ‘And I said yes.’
His eyes flashed as he looked down at her. He gave her a smile, that smile, the one that promised they’d celebrate later, when it was just the two of them. When they were naked and tangled up together in bed.
The room echoed with congratulations from her family, but Kitty was too busy staring at Adam to take much in, too busy grinning at him, and seeing him grin in return.
As a child she’d dreamed of finding her happy-ever-after. Now he was here, it was more wonderful than she’d ever imagined, and so much sweeter than she’d ever believed it could be.
It really didn’t get much better than that.