Page 49 of Shattered Love
He looks around, his eyes wide. “Here? Now?”
I lean into his chest. “Right here, right now.”
He holds me tightly to his body as we start to sway. “Hold me, oh hold me in your arms, I see that I am all you need, You’ll keep me safe from harm, tell me… we are all what you believe, cause I can see you are everything… that I will ever need…” I instantly know the song is one of my favorites. “Hold Me” by Amy Wadge.
I close my eyes at his low husky voice in my ear, the way he holds my body so carefully. This moment I will carry with me forever.
He pushes the hair out of my face and tucks it behind my ear, his fingers lingering in my hair.
“Why do you always do that?”
Dominic looks me in the eyes. “So I can see your eyes.”
I trace my fingers over all his face, cataloguing every feature to memory.
He captures my hand, kissing each of my fingertips. “I have never seen you look so beautiful, Avery. You take my breath away. I missed you so fucking much.” He takes my lips desperately, his hands roaming over me as if making sure I’m really here.
A nurse walks in with Juliet.
“Is that…”
She smiles, passing her to me.
The moment she is placed in my arms, a love I never knew was possible washes over me, the love of a mother. I lookat her little face. Her green eyes, just like her daddy’s, stare back at me. Her chubby cheeks, her pink lips, ten tiny fingers and toes. She’s perfect, so perfect. “She’s so beautiful.” I can’t take my eyes off her.
Dominic moves to us so he’s sitting behind me, his chin on my shoulder as he holds us both in his arms. “I can't believe I got this. I dreamt of this moment.” He kisses my temple, breathing me in.
I can't take my eyes of our daughter. Looking at her, I see everything she’s going to do with her life.
I laugh. “She’s strong, just like you.”
I feel him smile against my neck. “I bet she’ll be as stubborn as you, too.”
I kiss his lips quickly. “You love my stubborn ass.”
“I love everything about you.”
Dominic kisses, whispering something to Juliet before placing her back in the basket. She looks so small and tiny in his big arms.
We lie on the bed facing one another, our eyes drinking each other in.
“I was so scared, beautiful, that I would never get to see you again, that you would leave me.” He sounds like a lost little boy.
“I could never leave you, Dominic. I'll always find you. I promise, I’ll always find you.”
His kiss starts gently, like being touched by a feather, before he takes the kiss deeper until we are no longer two, but one.
“Let's go outside.”
He looks at me the way he does every time he's about to argue.
“Please.”
He shakes his head. “I would capture the moon if you asked.”
We sit in the sunlight.
I lift my head up, taking in its warmth. “So many people take for granted that tomorrow is going to come that they don't stop and take in the things that really matter.”
