Page 134 of Hot Cops

“And Landon loves me. And I love him. And I really fucking hate that he’s talking to Audrey.”

“Language,” Pop Pop said, something she’d heard no less than a million times from him whenever she or Finn or Mom cussed.

She issued the obligatory “Sorry,” then continued, “Why do you think she’s here?”

“If she’s intelligent, and I believe she is, I’d say she’s come to ask Landon to take her back. I think she’s regretting letting him go to begin with.”

Sunnie sighed. “Yeah. That’s what I think too.”

“So, what are you going to do about it?”

“He’smine. I’m going over there and getting him.”

Pop Pop lifted his pint glass. “That’s my girl. So what are you still doing over here?”

“I need advice.”

“Lass, it sounds to me like you’ve made up your mind.”

“Oh, not about that. I’m definitely staking my Landon claim. The question is…how? What do you think? Richard Gere style?”

Pop Pop chuckled. He was a sucker for a romantic comedy, a love he’d passed on to his granddaughters. Sunnie couldn’t count how many afternoons she’d spent with him—either in the living room or at the theater—watching everyone from Tom Hanks to Meg Ryan to Julia Roberts fall head over heels in love.

“I’m not sure where you’d find a limo and bouquet of roses at this time of night,” Pop Pop said.

“Good point. Of course, there’s always theOfficer and a Gentlemanroute. I could go over there, pick him up and carry him out of here.”

Pop Pop pretended to consider her upper-body strength, then shook his head. “No. I think you and Landon have already had that moment.”

She gave him a confused look, until he said, “The night of the mugging. Remember? It’s probably too soon in your relationship to start rehashing the big endings.”

Sunnie laughed. “Excellent point. So…should I ask him to meet me on top of the Empire State Building, flash cue cards at him like inLove Actually, sing ‘Grow Old with You’ on a plane, tell him no one puts baby in a corner, or that he had me at hello?”

“You could just tell him you love him.”

Sunnie turned around at his voice, surprised to see Landon standing behind her. She glanced over his shoulder.

“She’s gone,” Landon said. “So…”

Sunnie pressed her lips together, trying not to laugh at his far-too-happy grin. “So, just saying it feels pretty lame, babe. It lacks a certain…”

“Romance?”

She sighed. “Yeah.”

“Don’t you think the beginning was already pretty romantic?”

She considered that. “Going viral was cool. And I do like Faith Hill.”

Landon narrowed his eyes. “Those were the parts you found romantic?”

Sunnie slid off the stool and stepped closer. “Well, the kiss was pretty awesome. And when you carried me to?—”

Sunnie didn’t get the chance to finish her sentence when Landon tugged her toward him and gave her another one of those earth-shattering kisses.

“Still trying to shut me up?” she joked.

“Yes.” He kissed her again.

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