Page 29 of Don't Make Me Fall
“You would?”
“Love isn’t just some meaningless word to me. You’re my peace, my comfort, my home. And that isn’t a place. It’sus.”
“I don’t want to live in the city,” I tell him.
“You’re sure?”
“I’m sure. Besides, I don’t have a job anymore.”
“He didn’t fire you?—”
“I quit.”
A smile curls Hudson’s lips. “Good. That’ll save me from kicking Tyler’s ass.”
“Stop,” I say, laughing.
“I was willing to fight a mountain lion for you. Beating up some corporate weasel is nothing.”
“The mountain lion can’t sue you,” I point out. “But I appreciate the sentiment. No one needs to be beat up. He’ll be in a world of hurt learning how to do his own job for a change.”
“You’re really staying?”
“Yes.”
“I just have one question then,” Hudson says.
“What’s that?”
“Where am I making you come next? Your bed or mine?”
“How about both?”
Hudson shoves my suitcase to the floor and tosses me onto the bed, climbing over top of me. I drag his face to mine, meeting his greedy lips with my own.
“Hey, what’s in that bag?” I ask about the paper sack with a bakery logo sitting on the desk.
“Cinnamon rolls,” he says, his words vibrating against my neck. “I’m supposed to share.”
“You weren’t going to?”
“I’m going to let you have them both.”
“I thought that bakery was supposed to be good?”
“It’s the best,” he says, pressing a kiss to my lips as his hand slides to my hip. “But I have all the sweets I need right here. And I plan to be much too busy with my mouth, tasting your sweetness, to eat anything else but you.”
Epilogue
About a year later…
Alanna
I inhale the fresh mountain air and smile, still in disbelief thatthisis my life. That I ever settled for the life I lived before it. I scan the colorful landscape in awe, as I do every time I make this hike.
It’s a beautiful autumn day for a wedding on a mountain top.
Moving to Cinnamon Creek a year ago was the best decision I ever made. I’m surrounded by those I love most—including the man I’m about to marry. A man who loves me exactly for who I am and always encourages me to pursue the things that set my soul on fire.
