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“Kennedy—”
“You said I had a choice. And I choose to stay. I choose you, and I will continue to choose you every day after this one. There. Done. I made a choice, and it was the easiest decision I’ve ever made.”
Hands cupping my cheeks, he holds me as if I could slip away. He looks at me as if I were his everything. “Kenny, you can’t.”
“Dr. Fredrick was fired this morning.”
Isaiah rears back at that.
“The entire team filed complaints this weekend on my behalf.”
He drops his head back, Adam’s apple exposed as he looks towards the ceiling. “I fucking love those guys.”
“And Reese just offered me his position.”
“Shut up.”
I quickly shake my head in disbelief, a beaming grin spreading on my lips.
“Shut the fuck up, Kennedy.”
“I didn’t say anything,” I laugh.
“Well, you better have said yes.”
“Of course I said yes. I went in there with this whole plan. I was going to quit, apply to some local colleges, and wait for one of the other pro teams in the city to have an opening. But now... now I don’t have to.”
He exhales in disbelief and I get to watch as every realization dawns on him.
“You’re staying here.”
“I am.”
“We get to work together. Travel together.”
“We do.”
“And you love me.”
“So much.”
That grin grows.
“But I swear, Isaiah, if you ever bring me divorce papers again, I’ll be real tempted to sign them with something other than an I love you.”
We both know that’s far from the truth. Even though this marriage was supposed to be temporary and I wanted to separate as soon as we woke up that morning in Vegas, I couldn’t imagine that idea now.
His smile turns sheepish. “Is staying married really what you want though? We can start from the beginning, rewrite our story. We can still be together without being married. I can call you my girlfriend if you’re not ready to be my wife.”
“Can’t I be both?”
“What?” he says with a laugh.
“I don’t want to rewrite anything. I want to date you while already loving you. I want to learn about you while already knowing you’re the one. I know we skipped a few relationship milestones, but there are no rules that say we can’t be married while we go back and check them off.”
“Yeah. I like that idea.” He drapes his arms over my shoulders. “There’s been a certain milestone on my mind lately. We’re married and you still don’t live with me.”
“That is a big one.”
