Page 137 of Night Rider

Nina chuckled quietly, but because she wanted him to know that she had dreamed of this future with him, she said, ‘Hey, Mav?’

‘Hmm?’

‘Do you remember on my birthday when Poppy told me to make a wish as I blew out my candles?’

‘Yeah,’ he whispered.

‘I didn’t have time to think it through, and I wished the words that were in my heart at that moment, words that my mind hadn’t had time to process yet.’

He managed to crack his eyes open to meet hers. ‘Give them to me.’

Nina rolled slightly so that she could place a kiss gently on his lips. And she whispered, ‘Ask me to stay.’