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This love, this love
Has made my heart a home
He finishes, setting his guitar to the side, then swallows. “Well?”
I’m struck speechless, unable to move, let alone form words. I can’t think straight. He wrote this song for me. A love song.
An adorable crease forms in his brow. “What did you think?”
I pounce on him, not the most graceful of movements since I spring from a sitting position and it’s a soft bed.
I’m immediately enveloped in the refuge of his arms. Holding his face in both hands, I kiss him, his mouth, his chin, all while squirming on top of him, trying to get closer, but it’s not close enough.
I pull back far enough to meet his eyes. “I love you, too.”
Then we’re kissing, and it’s not soft or delicate—it’s fierce and desperate. His mouth opens, his hands running down my back, gripping my hips and pulling me closer.
When we finally have to breathe, pulling apart only slightly, he speaks against my lips. “I think I loved you before I met you.”
Laughing and breathless, I kiss his neck, nipping at his skin just to make him groan. “The first time I listened to your song, I was so turned on by the sound of your voice I burned my omelet.”
He swings a leg, rolling us over so he’s lying on top of me, his hardness prodding between my legs.
He beams down at me. “Did you?”
I nod, face heating. Then I wiggle my hips, sucking in an aroused breath through my teeth when we’re perfectly aligned.
His head tips to one side. “Do you remember the interview you did where you said ‘music is potent enough to remove you from time, strong enough to carry you through storms, and gentle enough to touch our emotions. It can heal thousands of souls, all at the same time and without a scalpel’?”
My mouth drops open. “How do you remember that?” That interview took place years ago.
“I remember everything, especially about you. That interview was the reason I sought you out. It was like I knew you, even then, as creepy as that might sound.” He chuckles, color staining his cheeks with the admission.
My heart squeezes in my chest.
“I love you,” he says. “I love your strength, how smart you are, how brave you are. Brave enough to love me and let me love you back even though you’re scared. Brave enough to forgive Taylor and to forgive yourself.”
His lips are hot, passionate, his hunger mirroring my own.
I tug him down to press my mouth against his, yearning for him to be closer, wanting everything, craving the feel of him more than I need my next breath. “I love you, too. So much. I learned about courage from watching you.”
He rubs his nose against mine. “Let’s be brave together, every day.”
I grin. “I’ll put it in your contract.”
Epilogue
One monthlater
Mindy
“Luke will be so happy you made it,” I tell Walter as I guide him inside the building and then through the scattered crowd.
“Thank you for inviting me and for sending the car.” The skin around his eyes crinkles underneath his thick framed glasses when he smiles down at me.
“Of course. We reserved you a seat with Luke’s family, over this way.” I link my arm in his to lead him over to one of the couches lining the wall where Luke’s family is sitting and waiting for the show to begin.
Once I’ve settled Walter in between Granny Bea and Catherine, Luke’s mom, I head back through the audience toward the stage. Luke is waiting for me in the greenroom. My way back is slow since I get stopped every few feet.
