Page 30 of With You

She nodded, chewing her bottom lip.

I slipped the new band onto her finger, followed by the engagement ring. It went well together. “Now Sunny will always be with us.” I kissed her finger.

“I wanted to ask originally to get a set like this, but I knew it hurt, so I never mentioned it.”

Hooking my arm around her shoulders, I held her against me. “I get it, Meadow. I do. Thank you for going to Ohio with me and to that club.”

She lifted her head, kissing my cheek. “I want to go back there but most of all, I’m just happy that I have my husband back.”

“And I’m happy that I have my wife back and that we’re finally talking about Sunny.”

“It took us five years to be able to talk about it.” She snorted. “God, we’re as bad as my friends.”

“No we’re not.” I brushed my mouth along hers. “We talked. It just wasn’t enough. But that’s what’s amazing about being in a relationship. We can learn new things about each other every single day.”

“True.” She paused. “Are there any new things you’ve learned about me?”

A sly grin spread on my face. “Yeah, how my wife is a freaky little slut who likes fucking her husband in the ass.”

She coughed, her cheeks turning red. “Wow, Shade, way to just lay it all out there.”

I chuckled, gently pushed her off of my lap, and stood. Holding out my hand, I waited.

“So, when are we renewing our vows?” she asked, slipping her fingers in mine and letting me help her to her feet.

“Don’t worry, baby. I got it all taken care of.”

She leaned back, staring up at me. “Are you sure? I can help.”

I placed a peck on her lips, giving her ass a light swat. “No, I got it but thank you. Besides, you planned our wedding. This is all on me.” And her father but she didn’t need to know that until tomorrow.

“Okay, so when are we doing this?”

I gave her a wink and pulled away from her. “Tomorrow.”

Her eyes widened. “What? Are you serious?”

“I am very serious. You know.” I brushed a thumb along the length of her jaw. “Sunny’s been gone for five years.”

“I know.” She looked down at her feet. “I was trying not to think about it.” She met my gaze then. “Is that why you chose tomorrow?”

I nodded, my chest tightening.

“He’ll be there,” Meadow said softly. “In spirit. With us.”

I nodded again because what the hell could I say? Sunny was dead and gone, taking a piece of us with him. Even though Meadow hadn’t known him as long as I had, she fell in love with him hard. She had been the only woman I had ever seen crack through his walls and I fell in love with her even more for that.

Meadow

I had wanted torenew our vows for awhile now, but I never knew how to broach the subject with Shade. Sunny not being there, was a touchy subject but now that we had spent the past weekend in Ohio, it was like things completely changed. We were able to start talking more to each other instead of keeping our feelings inside where they had been buried since the beginning.

Heading out to the garage, I went up to Sunny’s bike and pulled off the thick blanket protecting it. I remembered back to when I first saw this machine. I had touched it, Shade noticed and warned me against it. I met Sunny shortly after and the rest was history, as they say.

“Meadow?” Shade called from inside. “Babe.” The garage door opened. “Hey, there you are.”

“I was just remembering,” I murmured, cupping my stomach.

“He loved that bike,” Shade said, coming up behind me and wrapping his arms around my middle. “He loved having you on it even more though.”

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