Page 74 of Spyder
“How did I get so lucky?” I ask.
He shrugs. “I’m not sure. It’s a question I’ve asked myself a few times, though.”
I squeal with laughter and slap his knee. “You’re an ass.”
Derek leans over and gives me a tender kiss and that smile of his that makes my heart quiver and melt.
“I think maybe we found each other at just the right time. When we both needed something good in our lives,” he says. “When we were both finally ready to be in each other’s lives.”
I let him raise my hand to his lips and he places a gentle kiss on the back of my knuckles. I stare deeply into his eyes and feel the emotions running through my veins, thicker than molasses.
“I think you’re right. And I’m glad we were finally ready,” I tell him.
“That makes two of us,” he says. “I love you, Bellamy.”
“And I love you, too.”
He slides down off the bench and takes me by the hand. I let him help me down and we say our goodbyes to everybody then head out to my car.
“Let’s go home,” he says.
Home. That sounds about right. Derek feels like home to me. And it’s the most amazing feeling I’ve ever had in my life. It’s a feeling I want to last forever. It’s a feeling I’m confident will last forever.
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