“I know.”
“So much could have been different, yes, but at what cost?”
“Like no Jonah or Dylan,” Melanie stated the obvious. “I can’t imagine my life without them.”
“Me either.”
“I know you’re right.” Sighing, Melanie pulled out of Cameron’s embrace. “I’m so happy with where we are right now. But it’s hard not to wonder what if.”
“I know, baby. I do the same thing. I think it’s only natural for us to feel that way considering how much history we have. It’d be different if we just met, but I’ve known you for like a hundred years.”
Melanie chuckled, making Cameron smile.
“I’m so happy to be with you right now. At this moment. At this time.”
“Me too.”
Kissing Cameron again, Melanie wondered if getting dressed was going to be fruitless. It probably would have been if Cameron’s phone hadn’t dinged with a notification that her camera had gone off at home. She picked up her phone to check the camera.
“Just Jonah.”
“He’s up early.”
“Probably going to the hockey rink.”
Hand in hand, they headed out of the room and to the car. Melanie drove home with her hand on Cameron’s thigh, whichfelt like the most natural position in the world. As she pulled into the driveway, she noticed the Jeep from the night before was still there. Along with another SUV that Melanie instantly recognized.
“What are Isla and Vera doing here?” Cameron laughed as Melanie parked the car behind the Jeep.
“Probably decorating the house with balloons to celebrate our first time together.”
Cameron snorted a laugh. “Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised.”
Melanie opened the door to the garage with the remote before they got out of the car. They walked hand in hand to the house as if that’s how they’d always done it. She wasn’t surprised at all to find Isla and Vera in the kitchen cooking breakfast. Or well, Isla was cooking and Vera was on the floor hand feeding what appeared to be eggs to Lucy and Hank.
“Geez, this is nice to come home to.”
“Yeah, does this happen every morning here? I might need to move in sooner if so.”
Move in sooner.
Those three words echoed loudly in Melanie’s mind as she tried to focus on anything else. Which was a fruitless endeavor.
Move in sooner? Does that mean she plans on moving in? Well, duh. Eventually, we’ll move in with each other. Not like we need two houses or would want to spend nights alone. Moving in makes sense. But we just started dating. At what point do we have that conversation?
Melanie’smind could have run a marathon for how fast her thoughts were going. Thankfully, Lucy walked over to her and rubbed against her legs. She let go of Cameron’s hand to pet her.
“Hey, Lucy girl. Are you enjoying being spoiled by Aunt Vera?”
“Of course she is,” Vera laughed.
“Are you two hungry?” Isla looked over her shoulder at them. “I’m making omelets and bacon.”
“As much as I love coming home to someone cooking breakfast, exactlywhyare you two at my house cooking breakfast?”
“Well, I decided to stay over since your babies were being so cuddly and I figured you weren’t coming home.”
“And then I dropped Dylan off at our house and Mason offered to watch them so I came over here to join Isla for a night away from the kids.”
