Page 70 of Promise Yule Be Mine
"Best morning wake-up call ever." He yawned.
He even looked adorable yawning. Lord help me.
"But I didn't say anything," I said, sitting on the bed and passing him his coffee.
He smiled and took it from me, warming his hands on the red mug. "You didn't have to. The coffee aroma did it for you."
He took a sip and with a smile, leaned into me and kissed me, taking me back to my utter disbelief about this whole situation.
"Did you sleep okay?" he asked.
I nodded. "You?"
"Best sleep ever."
I chuckled. "So in one day I managed to deliver the best sleep ever and the best wake-up? That's a pretty high standard I'm setting for myself."
"You don't need to worry about standards. Anything you do is the best thing ever." He cupped my cheek for a moment before he slid his hand to the back of my head and kissed me.
I sighed and sunk into his kiss, into this moment, into this dream.
When we separated again and sipped our coffee in silence I grounded myself back to reality so after a few minutes of hand-holding, staring into each other's eyes and enjoying the company, I spoke.
"We need to talk."
His forehead creased with worry and I couldn't help but stroke his face.
"It's nothing bad, silly man. We just…I have some questions."
"Anything. Ask me anything and I'll answer you honestly!"
I took a deep breath. "We need Jenna too for this conversation."
He cocked his head to the side, frowning. "We do?"
"We have to talk about the wedding."
Realization dawned in his eyes and his expression turned more serious. "Okay. Should we meet up with her for breakfast?—"
"It's probably best if we have it privately. Unless you guys don't mind everyone knowing your business."
"Good point," he said. "Okay then. Let's finish our coffee and we can stop by Maria's to talk."
"Won't Auntie be there?"
"She'll be at work."
I nodded and relaxed next to him. My stomach grumbled, demanding food, but I didn't have the strength or will to move. I wanted to sit here, next to him, in his embrace, in perfect, comfortable silence and pretend the rest of the world didn't exist. Just us. Just the two of us.
Eventually we had to rejoin the rest of the world, so after we dressed, we got into Kody's car and he drove to the other side of town, to Auntie's house.
"Wow. Could Jenna have found a house further from her mom?"
"She tried," Kody laughed.
"Did something happen between these two?"
He shook his head. "No. Jenna just wanted to be more independent and she thought if she lived close or still at home, God forbid, she wouldn't have it."
