by Alie Nolan
“Don’t be.” He smiled and cuddled Imogen. “She’s nicer to cuddle, anyway.”
I gasped and clutched invisible pearls. “Cuddle-blocked by my own dog. I see how it is,” I said to Imogen. “Trying to steal my man? Am I going to have to fight you for his attention?”
“Yes.” Wyatt giggled. “And so far, she’s winning.” He pressed a kiss to the top of her head.
I wrapped my arm around both of them and leaned over Imogen to kiss Wyatt before the three of us fell asleep snuggled together.
Epilogue
Adam
Six months later.
There was no sign of Imogen or Wyatt when I pried my eyes open and scanned our bedroom.
I got out of bed and threw on some clothes before going to search for my family.
As I opened the bedroom door, Imogen came running towards me. I bent down to stroke the sides of her face, and her tongue darted out to cover my cheek in kisses. “Morning,” I said with a chuckle as I wiped her kisses off my face. “Where’s your other daddy?” She ran off in the direction of the living room where I assumed I would find Wyatt.
“You’re up.” Wyatt smiled from his spot on the sofa. “Thank God. We thought you were going to sleep forever. Didn’t we, Immy?”
Wyatt stood from the sofa, and Imogen walked over to him and rubbed the side of her body against his leg.
“We want to go for a walk. Go put some shoes on.”
I did as he asked and went to the front door to put on a pair of shoes. As I was tying my shoes, I looked over to see Wyatt putting Imogen’s harness on and sneaking her a treat before putting his index finger to his lips as if to tell her not to tell me she was getting secret treats.
I chuckled, and my heart felt so full, I thought it might explode.
Wyatt had moved in with me not long after we started dating, and sometimes I wondered if he only moved in with me to be closer to Imogen. Those two were thick as thieves and completely inseparable.
I loved how much he loved her.
“Ready?” Wyatt said excitedly as they joined me by the door, and Wyatt handed me Imogen’s lead.
“Yeah.”
“Okay, let’s go!”
I pulled him against my side and pressed a kiss to his lips.
“I love you,” I told him.
He smiled sweetly, like he always did when I told him I loved him. “I love you too.”
Imogen tugged on the lead and wagged her tail excitedly as she paced in circles by the door.
This was exactly what I’d wanted out of a fresh start—a place that felt like home, a place where I could be me and build a new life for myself.
As I walked with Imogen’s lead in one hand and Wyatt’s hand holding my other, I smiled knowing I’d found everything I’d been searching for.
The End
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Matty’s Story
If you’re new to my Little Hollow series and enjoyed getting to know a little about Wyatt’s friend, Matty, you can read Matty, Caleb, and Elliott’s story in Little Hollow book one, Waiting for Them.
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Waiting for Them
Matty isn’t truly over his first love, even ten years later. Caleb, the boy who stole his heart when he was a teenager, and then disappeared in the middle of the night. Over the years, Matty has imagined seeing Caleb again, but his fantasy reunion doesn’t quite go to plan when he turns up at Caleb’s bakery and meets Caleb’s husband, Elliott.
Elliott is thrilled Caleb is finally getting the opportunity to reunite with the family he walked away from a decade ago. He has always known deep down Caleb’s ex, Matty, and his lost-lost family would find him one day, but nothing could have prepared him for developing feelings for his husband’s ex-boyfriend.
Caleb has never dreamed that he’ll get a second chance with the family that once adopted him, so now that he has, he doesn’t want to risk losing them a second time. Although, when a relationship begins to form between Elliott, Matty, and him, it seems like it can only go one of two ways—he could lose everyone all over again, or finally get everything he’s ever wanted.
Waiting for Them is a 56K word MMM romance that includes second chances, a lost-long family, a small town, and cute animals.
About Alie Nolan
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Alie lives in the UK with her husband and dog, neither of whom share her love of reading. She drinks an absurd amount of decaf coffee, is a huge fan of the New Orleans Saints, adores aquatic animals, exists with a book/kindle in her hand, and is actively trying to get her husband on board with the idea of pet piranhas.
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Also by Alie Nolan
Portland Piranhas
His Favorite Player
Being Enough
Little Hollow
Waiting for Them
Little Hollow Shorts
Home Sweet Home
Search and Find
Standalones
Until After Christmas
