Army of You & Me (14 page)

“I can’t eat or drink anything else. I’m literally bursting at the seams,” Madeline grumbled, pointing to where the waist of the vintage dress was straining.

“Don’t worry. I’ll get you out of that.”

She pinched him on the thigh. “None of that. We’re having a nice time.”

“You promised me all night long sessions of sex that I can’t handle.”

“You’ll get it. Just not here. I know grass makes you horny but stop it a minute.”

Cain laid a kiss just on her collarbone. “We’ve been married about five hours...”

“So what did you get me?”

“Inside pocket.” He indicated the location with the brush of his fingers. Sending him a strange look, Madeline reached inside his pocket and felt the edges of a velvet box.

“What’s this?” she asked, removing the box and holding it still. Cain gave a slight shrug. “Oh, my God, Cain!”

“It just a pen.”

“It’s not just a pen, you silly man,” she chided, leaning in to kiss him through her tears. “It’s us.” He’d engraved her initials – her married ones, MGMG – with a date.

“The date of the first letter you wrote to me.”

Madeline bit her bottom lip. “Well, my present is going to pale in comparison.”

Her husband leaned towards her for another kiss. “We’re good for presents.”

“Oh, really? Then you don’t want to go to Antigua with me?”

He gave a shout of laughter. “I knew you were up to something!”

“I just want us to go on a plane for something that’s nothing to do with escape and everything to do with us making memories together.”

“I agree,” he said softly. His kiss eclipsed the first firework that lit the sky and the dozens more that followed.

The End

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