Page 21 of In Fair Brighton
“Stop it.” She lightly smacked Rome on the shoulder, even though she couldn’t hold out laughing with him for long.
It was obvious to anyone with eyes that Rose and Nik were in love—obvious to everyone but the two of them, it seemed. She just hoped they would soon let go of the past to realize it. After all, at least they no longer hated each other, though Sasha never believed they really ever did.
Methinks she doth protest too much.
“I guess we shall see the status of things next weekend when they get here,” Rome said.
Sasha was looking forward to it. She missed her cousin, and she had to admit that Nik and Matt, Rome’s brothers from other mothers, as he liked to call them, were growing on her, too. Almost daily phone and video calls and occasional visits from Rose, were enough to keep them close since she had first left Brooklyn over ten years ago, but it didn’t beat catching up with her in person. And since Nik would be coming as well, perhaps a little nudge wouldn’t hurt.
“I can almost hear you thinking, sweetness. It’s so loud.”
“Sweet little ole me?” she asked a little too innocently.
“Rigging the bet in your favor is cheating,” he said as he tapped her on the nose.
Sasha climbed on top of him and straddled him. She brought her face very close to his so their noses were almost touching. “The only thing I’m betting on is us … forever.”
“Always and forever,” he said back to her right before he kissed her passionately.
Their love was able to heal some of the wounds their families had inflicted on each other, and Sasha had never been more grateful.
The End
