by A J Sherwood
Donovan came out the front door, calling back inside to Garrett, “Did I miss anything?”
I could hear Garrett calling back to him, voice fainter, “I’ll do another sweep!”
Satisfied, he continued toward me. He wore a bright smile, his lines singing with happiness and…victory? Well, considering the uphill battle he’d had with me about moving in, that emotion rather made sense. A bounce in his stride, he came to me, looking the truck over as he moved. “We all ready?”
Shutting the tailgate firmly, I nodded. “Ready. Although I feel like we’ll have to cull my closets in order to make proper room for all your stuff.”
Looking over the full bed, not to mention the load in my HMMWV, Donovan acknowledged ruefully, “We might. It’s funny, I didn’t think I had this much stuff.”
“You never do until you have to pack it up,” I agreed.
He wrapped an arm around my waist and asked seriously, “You still nervous?”
“I’m nervous about a lot of things, but not you. Not us.” I grinned up at him. Damn, it felt liberating to say that. I even meant every word. “Patience is always rewarded, I guess. My psyche finally understands that you’re entirely too stubborn to quit anything once you’ve started it. I’ve decided to trust in that stubbornness. You want a lifetime with me. You’ll make sure it happens.”
“Come hell or high water,” he agreed, grinning right back at me. “Come on. Let’s go home, okay? We can unload all this and then spend the rest of the week unpacking.”
I laughed against his chest. “That shouldn’t sound the least bit appealing.”
“But it does.”
Raising up on tiptoes, I kissed him gently. “It really, really does.”
Books by AJ Sherwood
Legends of Lobe Den Herren
The Warden and the General
Fourth Point of Contact
Jon’s Mysteries
Jon’s Downright Ridiculous Shooting Case
Jon’s Crazy Head-Boppin’ Mystery
Jon’s Spooky Corpse Conundrum*
Unholy Trifecta*
*Coming soon
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AJ’s mind is the sort that refuses to let her write one project at a time. Or even just one book a year. She normally writes fantasy under a different pen name, but her aforementioned mind couldn’t help but want to write for the LGBTQ+ genre. Fortunately, her editor is completely on board with this plan.
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