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I didn’t care if I was completely screwed.
She’d wrapped her fingers around a heart I hadn’t known existed until recently, and I didn’t ever want her to let it go.
Chapter 27
Emma
Ilet out a happy sigh a week later as I relaxed in a lounge chair on the deck of Seth’s boat.
So much had changed between Colin and I over the last week.
As promised, we’d stayed at his place.
The two of us no longer hid the fact that we wanted to be together, and Wren had encouraged that by pushing us together as much and as often as possible.
I wasn’t blind to my daughter’s motivations.
She wanted her mother and father to be together, and she made no attempt to hide those not-so-subtle attempts to make that happen.
Wren completely adored and idolized her father.
I suspected this probably wouldn’talwaysbe the case.
The two of them were too much alike, and there were bound to be times when they butted heads in the future.
But I had no doubt that Wren was always going to love Colin, whether they disagreed or not.
They got closer and closer every single day.
I was starting to dread the following week when Wren would have to go back to school.
Colin would have to leave for California.
I knew that he was determined to continue his relationship with Wren and me, and I was just as determined not to lose him,but I wondered how the distance would affect all of us.
My heart ached at the thought of being separated from Colin.
We’d spent the last week together almost constantly.
And I’d spent every night in his bed.
The three of us spent our days together, but Colin and I spent our nights indulging in very adult things.
I wished it could stay the same forever, but that just wasn’t possible for the two of us.
I was going to have to learn how to do a long-distance relationship.
We’d see each other as much as possible, and he’d spend as much time with Wren as he could.
It wasn’t what my heart wanted to happen, but it was the only thing we could do.
Colin couldn’t possibly move to Cherry Cove, even if he didn’t mind leaving San Diego. The Last Hope headquarters was in San Diego, and Colin had dedicated a lot of his life to helping those hostages and building that organization.
Wren had mentioned that she wouldn’t mind living in San Diego, but Colin had never even mentioned the possibility of us moving there.
It knew it was too soon to even think about that, and I had to keep my priorities straight.
I couldn’t afford a home in San Diego, so I hadn’t even brought up the possibility of moving.
