Page 40 of Rose's One Night to Forever

She met his gaze. “You’re the beat of my heart. The water in the vase. The paint on the brush. The spice in the sauce. The pixels in…some computer thingy.” His lips twitched, and she continued, slowing down and quietly putting all the emotion possible into the words, “You’re everything that makes waking up and starting a new day worthwhile. I love you, and I can’t wait to say it to you every day from now to forever.”

Chance closed his eyes, smiling sweetly as he inhaled, as if soaking in her words. “That? Was perfect.”

Nearly. So, so nearly perfect. Rose twirled herself away and then back into his arms. “I have one more question for you.”

He raised a brow.

“Do you want to kiss me?” she asked, low and sultry.

Heat flared again, and Chance scooped her off her feet. “Let me find us somewhere private so I can answer that question thoroughly.”

He brought her down on the air mattress, and they both laughed as it swayed and jiggled under their weight.

Rose caught him against her. “I love you.”

His eyes brightened, so she said it again. With words, and bodies, and beating hearts.

One more night on the way to forever.