Page 48 of Remy

“No. Kiki and Locke did it all one night. Kiki was insistent she needed all this stuff,” he tells me, motioning to everything.

“It’s … a lot.”

“Yeah, it is, but I wouldn’t want it any other way. Even the clothes, look at all the clothes,” he says, walking to the dresser and pulling the drawers open. Okay, so maybe Kiki overdid it a little on the clothes. I laugh, and Remy turns his head quickly to look at me. His eyes are locked on mine, and I’m not sure why.

“What?”

“You laughed. It’s been a long time since I’ve heard that laugh.” In seconds, he’s stalking toward me, wrapping his hand around the back of my head and pulling my lips to his. He kisses the hell out of me when suddenly he pulls back.

“Shit,” he hisses as he reaches for her face.

“What happened?”

“Charlie bit me again.” I snort a laugh as I look at Charlie and then at Remy’s cheek.

“What do you mean again?”

“I mean, this isn’t the first time she’s bit me.”

“Remy! You can’t let her bite people!”

“Babe, I didn’t let her do anything. That girl has a mind of her own, and besides, she only bites me,” he confesses, and laughter bubbles up my throat. I try to hold it back, but I can’t. I explode into laughter as Charlie does the same. She’s giggling, and it’s the best sound in the world.

“You two laughin’ at me now?” he asks, looking between us.

“She only bites you?”

“Yeah. She doesn’t try that with everyone.”

“She loves you, Remy.”

“That’s why she bites me? We bite the people we love now?” I laugh once more.

“Maybe she’s just trying to kiss you?”

“No. She isn’t. She can do that if she wants to. This is straight up bitin’.”

“We have to work on that. She can’t just bite people.” Charlie yawns and reaches for Remy. As much as I didn’t want to let her go, I let him take her from my arms. He snuggles her against his chest, and she lays her head down. Tears burn the back of my eyes as I watch him with her. This is how it always should have been. This is what our life should have been like.

“Don’t cry, Tianna. We’re all good now,” he tells me. “We have a system,” he says, nodding toward the bed. I watch him walk over and lay Charlie down before slipping his cut off and climbing in next to her. She rolls over, wraps her hand up in his t-shirt, andcuddles up next to him. I can’t stop the smile that forms on my lips.

“She loves you.”

“I love the both of you. Come on,” he says, patting the bed on the other side of Charlie. I slip off my shoes and walk over, climbing on the bed next to her. Remy reaches over her and rests his hand on my hip as Charlie falls asleep between us.

“This is perfect.”

“You think so?” I ask him.

“Yeah. I don’t think I could have wanted anything else but this, Tianna. My two girls,” he says as his eyes burn into mine.

“I love you, Remy. That never changed.”

“I know, baby. I love you, too. Now we’re all here, we’re all together. Nothin’ is gonna change this, Tianna. Nothin’.”