Text (Take It Off #4)(51)
Author: Cambria Hebert

“What did he say?” I said, excitement for Nathan unfurling in my belly.

“He said he wanted in.” Nathan grinned like the cat that ate the canary.

“Of course he did,” I replied, sliding my hands up his shoulders. “New house, new place, new business.”

“I kind of always thought I’d do my twenty in the Corps and then spend my life alone. Yeah, I have my family in Jacksonville, but I didn’t think I’d have a family of my own.”

I folded his hand in mine. “Do you regret getting out of the Marines?”

He turned thoughtful and then he smiled. “No. That wasn’t the kind of life I wanted. Not anymore. Not for me. Not for you.”

“Life’s too short to not get what you want,” I told him, remembering when he said those words to me as he gave me Lucy.

“Exactly,” he murmured, cupping my face in his palms. “It’s a good thing I have everything I could ever ask for sitting right here in my lap.”

One text is what started it all.

A single text led us to forever.

One text can change everything.

The End