Page 41 of Timeless: Encore

“Whatcha thinking?” Zane takes my hand on the ferry ride back to Seattle. Mia’s zonked out in the back, so we just stay in the car for the half-hour trip.

I lean my head on his shoulder. “How happy I am.” I angle my neck to look up at him. “Really and truly happy.”

“I love you, Fee.” He presses his lips to mine.

“You love me so well, Zaney. You always have. You give me everything. Always. I hope I do for you.” I stroke his long hair. We press our foreheads together in a head snuggle.

He nuzzles my ear. “You don’t need to give me anything. You’re already inside me. Coursing through my veins. Your love is in my bloodstream. In my cells. In every organ of my body.”

Wow. Just. Wow.

And he thinks Ty is the lyricist of the band.

“So you do feel me inside you.” I wind my fingers around his curls. “I’m Fiona Reynolds Rocks, the invasive love virus.”

He snorts. “Yes, that’s it. I’ve got a case of ILV.”

“Just to make sure, maybe I should guarantee the virus takes.” I trail my fingers down his chest to his cock. Squeeze. Run my thumb along his crown through the denim.

He flicks his eyes to the backseat. I do too. Mia’s still sound asleep. She snores softly. We have easily fifteen minutes before the ferry docks. He leans down and whispers as I stroke him. “We better stop.”

“Yeah, I know.” I remove my hand. We’ll need to pick this up later when Mia isn’t in such close proximity.

Zane takes my chin with his thumb and forefinger. “We have eternity, Fee.”

I can’t help but beam at him.

It’s true.

And, I intend to enjoy every single second.

Chapter fourteen

ZANE

A Couple of Weeks Later. New Year. New Attitude

WoebegoneZanebe gone!

There’s too much to do. I’ve come to terms with the fact LTZ will be on hiatus longer. The holidays gave me perspective. And faith. We all want to reunite and make music. But, we have families now. New priorities. Spending time with them made me realize we can accommodate all our shit if we work together.

We’re brothers after all. So, we’ll focus on the things we need to focus on and reconvene when we’re done. I’ll admit, my peace of mind is largely because we’ve decided LTZ will play on opening night of Gus.

Shortly after the Fourth of July.

It’s going to be epic.

In the meantime, Ty and Connor are producing Connor’s brothers’ band, Fireball, next month. I may even head to LA to help for a couple of days. After the album is done, Connor’s temporarily moving to Vancouver with Ronni so she can focus on the television series she’s producing for Netflix. Alex’s health issues seem to be a bit more serious than originally thought, so Jace is needed on the ranch.

This frees me up to help Fee. She has a calendar chock full of things to do between now and when Gus opens in six months. I’ll take over The Mission business until then. Hire a booking agent and fill up the calendar. Interview a general manager. If I take that off her plate, she’ll have time to spend on the restaurant. And time to spend with Mia and me.

It’s also time to find new management for LTZ. We’ve been talking about leaving Katherine forever and haven’t quite pulled the trigger because of our indecisiveness. I’ll do my research on alternatives.

My favorite part of the day, other than making love to my wife, of course, is taking Mia to school. And picking her up. Just like my mom used to do for me.

She must have ESP because my phone buzzes. “Hey, Lianne. What’s shakin?”

“Zane, you know I hate it when you call me by my first name.” Her soft voice seems unusually vulnerable. “I’d like to see my son, are you home?”

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