Page 399 of Saving Forever with the Hockey Captain

Hand in hand we climb the staircase.

Halfway up she pauses and looks down at our joined hands.

"This morning I walked down an aisle to marry you."

I squeeze her fingers.

"You did."

"And tonight..."

She smiles.

"...I get to walk up these stairs and fall asleep beside my husband."

I lean down and kiss her forehead.

"I've been looking forward to that all day."

"So have I."

***

When we reach the bedroom, she hesitates in the doorway.

The room is exactly as I'd left it.

Except somehow, it isn't.

Because tonight it belongs to both of us.

She looks around slowly before turning back to me.

"Our room."

"Our room."

I brush one loose curl behind her ear.

"There's nowhere else I'd rather be."

She smiles, tears shimmering in her eyes.

"Me either."

For a long moment, I simply look at her.

The soft ivory satin again catches the moonlight spilling through the windows. The slender camisole straps disappear beneath the waves of dark hair tumbling down her back.

She's breathtaking.

Not because of the satin. Not because of the lace.

Because she's my beautiful wife.

And somehow...she still looks at me as though I'm the lucky one.

She steps closer until only inches separate us.