Page 97 of That One Heartbreak

“Sex camp?” She grinned. “Is that what we’re calling this?”

“We’re in a cabin.” He kissed the corner of her lip. “And we’re having sex. So I’d call it sex camp.”

“I can’t wait to hear our camp song,” she told him.

“Oops I Did It Againby Britney Spears?” he said, making her crack up. “Or pretty much anything by Vanilla Ice.”

“Old school.” She glanced over at the half-empty tub of ice cream, melting by the side of the bed.

“By the way,” she told him. “I’m calling shotgun on the left side of the bed.”

“Why’s that?” He frowned, pulling her against him. “I thought you slept on the right.”

“I do usually. But you made such a mess of this side of the bed so I figured you’d want to lie in it.”

He rolled dramatically over, pulling her with him so she was lying on his stomach. “It was worth it, wasn’t it?”

“Yeah.” She kissed him softly. “It was.”

“Is everything okay?” Marley asked as Kate walked over to the hot tub, one of the complimentary bath robes from the cabin wrapped around her. He’d opened up the tub while she called home to talk with Shana and the kids.

“Yes. Surprisingly, Addy and Ethan haven’t killed each other yet. And Shana hasn’t tied either of them to their beds like she threatened. It almost sounds… peaceful.”

“That’s dangerous.” He reached for her, pulling her toward the hot tub by the belt wrapped around her waist. “But good news.”

“Very good news.” She shucked off the robe she was wearing, revealing a black swimsuit. “Is it warm?”

“Pretty hot, yeah.” He took her hand and helped her in. “But beautiful. Look at that.” He inclined his head toward the mountains. The sun was setting, casting an orange glow across the peaks. Kate nestled into his arms and melted against him.

For a moment neither of them spoke. He was hyper aware of how soft her body felt against his. Of how her breasts were rising and falling with the cadence of her breath. Not in a sexual way – not yet, because they’d barely survived the two rounds in bed this afternoon – but in a way that made it feel like everything about them was in sync.

They fit together perfectly. That’s what it was. And it gave him the kind of peace he hadn’t felt in a long, long time.

She loved him. The memory of her whispering it when he was inside her made his chest feel tight.

Because he was so damn into this woman it wasn’t funny. She was clever, gorgeous, a wonderful mother. And she made him laugh and smile like nobody else ever could.

“Want me to put some music on?” he asked her, kissing the top of her head.

“No, I like the silence.” She tipped her head back to look at him. “By the way, how do you know all my favorite songs?”

“My Kate playlist?”

“Yeah.”

“I just pay attention. And I might have asked Shana. I knew today was gonna be a tough one for you.”

“You’ve made it surprisingly easy.”

“Me and ice cream.” He kissed the tip of her nose, wrapping his arms around her stomach.

“I want to tell Addy and Ethan next week,” Kate said, tracing his hand with her fingertips.

“About us?”

“Yes.”

His chest tightened in the best of ways. Because winning this woman’s heart hadn’t been easy. Not for either of them.

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