I watched in confusion as the entire circuit board rose from their chairs. Cruz included.
“What’s going on?”
“We got you a little something.” Wren grinned. “To show you how proud we all are of you. Something to make you feel safe.” He palmed my hip. “Close your eyes and hold out your hands.”
I obeyed because I knew without a doubt Wren was going to stay directly in front of me. As long as his hand was on my hip, I knew I was safe. “If somebody plops a spider or something equally gross and disgusting in my hands, I’m never bringing treats for you again.”
“Nothing like that, Sunshine.” Wren chuckled. “Just wait for it.”
I waited for a few beats until something was plopped into my hand. Before I could feel it and try to figure out what exactly it was, another was plopped into my hand. And then another. And another until I had two handfuls of long circular objects.
“Ready to see, babe?”
“Uhm, yes?”
Wren’s lips hit my ear. “Open your eyes.”
I opened my eyes and looked down. My stomach did a flip-flop. My heart turned over as I stared at a dozen cyan crayons cupped in my grasp.
“You are the biggest badass of them all, Sunshine.” Wren grinned, adding one more crayon to my collection. “Saving you was the catalyst to the best day of my life.”
A tear ran down my face but I didn’t move to wipe it away. I didn’t want to drop any of my badass crayons. “I love you.”
“I love you too, Sage.”
There were a few long years my mind refused to consider a future. I’d always had trouble making choices regarding my life past a day or two. As time went on, choices got easier to make and questions got easier to answer. But choosing Wren Wilder was the easiest choice I’d ever made. Because Wren wasn’t just a regular choice. He was the one the universe made for me, and after spending so many years hating what it’d given me, all had been redeemed because I had Wren now. And life with him made all the darkness go dim.
He was the sun.
He was everything.
Acknowledgments
Nina, thank you for always making time to read my novels and listening to me ramble about them.
Tristan, thank you making a thousand different versions of this cover only to return to the original one. And thank you for spending an hour helping me plot when I was stuck.
Lucas, thank you for telling me everything I needed to know about computers over drinks at a bar.
Monique, thank you for the numerous suggestions you provided and all the time and work you put into this novel. You are an essential piece in my writing process.
Mom, thank you for always reading my books cover to cover.
Thank you to the bloggers and bookstagrammers who have supported me nonstop. The love I feel from you all is profound.
As always, thank you to all the readers who continue to read my novels and express their love and interest. It means more to me than you’ll ever know.
About the Author
The best place to find Lacey is with her nose in a book. She’s a sucker for a good love story and a happy ending that has her swooning. When she’s not obsessing over giving her own characters a happy ending, you can find her in the dance studio empowering young dancers and giving out tons of stickers. Thanks to her mother’s pizzeria, Lacey can make a delicious pizza.
When she’s not putting on her dance shoes or inhaling a slice of pizza, she’s in front of her computer binge watching romantic comedies and penning stories with love so powerful, it’ll last a lifetime. As a recent graduate of Central Michigan University, Lacey intends to keep inspiring people through dance and lots and lots of words. She currently lives in Central Michigan surrounded by her family and unpredictable weather.
Connect with Lacey:
www.laceydaileyauthor.com
Also by Lacey Dailey
Extraordinary Series:
Extraordinary You
Tattoos On My Mind
You First
Devil Side
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Standalones:
Creating Chaos
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