Page 37 of Never Forget You

“I believe you.” There are happy tears on both of our faces. “I know, and I can’t wait for us to get married. But right now, weare center of attention. The whole street has come out to look at us, so shall we go inside? Mom? Dad?”

We all head inside, like a brand-new little family, and chat together like it’s totally normal. There is only one thing missing from this and it’s my mom. I want her here as well. I also want to know how everything went at the hospital, so I call her and invite her to come and join us so we can all have a family night to celebrate getting Ella back and the engagement. Honestly, of all the romantic things that I could have done for the proposal, this is just wonderful.

The night goes well,reallywell. Both Georgia’s and my family get along like a house on fire, which is incredible because we’re all going to be family soon enough. As soon as wefinallysay those vows, we will be connected forever. And I include Ella in that, which is why I take her to one side to check that she’s okay with this.

“I like you and Mommy. I like both of you.” She pauses thoughtfully for a moment. “I like you more than the other man.” God, it’s sad that’s how she thinks of her biological father, but it’s probably for the best since he will be locked up for a very long time. “I would like you to get married and we can all live together.”

Ooh, that’s something that I haven’t even thought about yet. Where are we going to live? I bet we will get a house together somewhere in town. I’m sure that we will stay in this town because it’s where all of our memories have been built upon. That’s exciting, isn’t it? If we get a cottage near the school, then I won’t even need a car to drive myself to school and we can be near each other all the time, happy and in love in our picturesque life.

“We will have a big yard for you,” I promise Ella. “And you can help us pick a house.”

She skips back into the other room all happy and excitable, talking about moving way before Georgia and I have been given the chance to talk about it, but it doesn’t matter, I don’t mind. I’m just overjoyed to be here and to have everything that I want. I never thought that I would get to this place. With everything getting in our way, it really didn’t seem like it was going to happen, but it has. I must be the luckiest man in the world. I don’t know how that happened, but I couldn’t be more pleased.

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GEORGIA

“Wow, what a night,” I gasp as soon as everyone else has gone out the door and we are alone at last. Ella went to bed a couple of hours ago, and we’ve been trying to say goodbye to everyone else ever since. But my parents and Harry’s mom have been getting on like a house on fire and they aren’t ready to say goodbye just yet. To each other and to us. I haven’t been able to kick them out because it’s a celebration, but I am glad to be alone at last.

“Thank goodness your mom asked my parents to stay at her house.” I laugh wearily. “Otherwise, they might have wanted to spend the night here and I never would have a moment alone with my new fiancé.”

I willneverget tired of saying that, ever. I will never get bored of thinking of this man as the one I am going to marry. I can’t believe that in all of the chaos that happened, I got my happily ever after. It’s perfect.

“I do have a ring,” Harry insists once more like I amevergoing to forget that. “I will bring it tomorrow.”

“I don’t need the ring right now,” I tell him. “Honestly, you’re my fiancé, and that’s the best thing ever.” I pull him in for a kiss but quickly push him back when I remember something else good that happened again. God, it really has been a rollercoaster today. “Oh, God, I forgot to tell you that I got the job as well. I received the email just before the whole nightmare with Ben, but yes… I have it and everything is going to be better.”

“That’s incredible.” Harry leaps for joy on my behalf. “You must be so happy. Wow!”

“I know, and another bit of good news that I heard from my daughter is that you and I are moving in together.”

Ella really did make me laugh telling everyone that. I loved seeing how excited she was because it means that the most important person in all of this approves of our being together.

Harry hangs his head low and laughs. “Yeah, sorry about that. I kinda suggested it and she got carried away.”

“You don’t need to worry about it. I’m excited about that. I love the idea. It’s going to be amazing. But we’re staying here, right? We aren’t going to move away from this town because this is my home now, right?”

I really do feel that way, even more so now that everyone is happy and content. I can’t believe how different I feel having my parents happy for me. My father’s blessing really does mean a lot, which is surprising. I never thought that I had any respect for him, but it seems like I’ve always wanted his blessing deep down. Now, that couldn’t be more obvious to me. Thank goodness it came at long last.

“Oh, no, it’s always been my home and I don’t want to move. I love it here.” He grins. “But whatever you want.”

“Ella likes it here as well.” I nod slowly. “She loves her school and has a pretty good teacher…”

With that decided, Harry grabs me and kisses me at long last. This really is the best, worst, and then best again day of my whole life. It has my head spinning and in the best way possible. He drags me toward the bedroom, not that I’m holding back. I’m following him willingly, super excited to get my hands all over my beautiful new fiancé.

The kissing is hot and steamy, our clothes shed in an instant. Honestly, after the day that we have had, we should be crashing into bed completely exhausted and shattered, but we’re lit and in flames. I feel like my body is slick with sweat because I’m so hot, but that doesn’t make a difference. Harry can’t get enough of me.

“Oh, my God, you’re so beautiful,” he groans in ecstasy and agony in equal measures. “And you’re going to be my wife. How the hell did I get so lucky?” He kisses all over my throat and collar bones. “It only took ten years.”

I let out a little laugh. Well, it’s supposed to be a laugh, but it’s really more of a gasp of desire because the little nips that his teeth are grazing all over me are just too much. Thank God we’re near the bed now so I can collapse onto the sheets. I sink into the bed at the same time Harry sinks his tongue into my core. He plunges his mouth around me and swirls his tongue hard and fast around my clit, sending my head spinning into space. God, he’s good at this. Phenomenal, actually. So fucking good that I can’t seem to grip onto the bedsheets fast enough.

“Fuck, Harry.” I arch my back, pushing my breasts into the air. “Don’t stop. That feels so good.”

He grips onto my ass and holds me in place as he sends me speeding down the tracks toward the station, exactly where I need to be. His mouth drags me under the waters of pleasure, and I sink happily, willingly, desperately. The pleasure is too much. It’s flooding my body, fizzing in my veins, completely filling me up in the best way possible. The pleasure is beautiful, it’s warm, it’s loving, it’s the best that I’ve ever had. Electrifying. Perhaps it’s because of our insane day, or maybe it’s because we are on another level now. Our love has been taken up a notch and we are in love, about to get married and spend the rest of our lives together. It’s where we have always wanted to be but now, we’re there at long last, and it feels incredible. I never have to worry about losing him again.

“Oh, Harry, don’t stop.” The orgasm screams through me, it rocks my whole body and crushes me. I can’t get enough of it, but at the same time, I don’t think that I can stand it any longer, either. It’s too much. I almost want to yank Harry off me just to give me a chance to breathe because Ineeda moment to breathe… “Oh, no!”

But then Harry makes the decision for me and he brings his lips up to mine. I want to yell at him for stopping the pleasure just when I was really getting into it, but I can’t because he’s swallowing up anything that I could possibly say. To be honest, I don’t really mind anymore because I can feel his tip teasing me and I want him deep inside.

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