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“Here ya go, Sunny,” Tyler called out as he settled the blanket down. He sat down on one side and patted the empty space beside. “C’mon,” he goaded her and slowly she spun around and came to sit next to him. Immediately, he felt her head fall to his shoulder and he planted a kiss to the crown of her hair. “Tell me what you’re thinking.”
Austin let out a gentle sigh and sat up. “She always seems to just creep up. It feels like there’s no escaping Natasha.” She brought her knees up to her chest, rested her head onto the dip they created, turned her head slightly to look at her husband. “It just seems like when everything starts to run smoothly, she causes the bumps to appear. I don’t want to have to worry every day, Tyler. I don’t want to worry about the mail, or about what she’s saying next time. I just want to live our lives. You, me, Gracie, our family. There is no room for the woman that tried to destroy everything I have in my life anymore.”
“There’s no room for her in mine either,” Tyler vowed and put his arms around her, bringing her up from her curled up position so he could pull her to his chest. “I stick by it. She tried to ruin so much of my life before; I won’t ever allow her the chance to do that again. It’s impossible for her to shake my faith any longer. I don’t respond to her like I used to. I made myself believe that she was there for me, that after you, she was the only shot I had at this life, but when you walked back into town that day I still remember how it made me feel.”
“How?” Austin probed curiously. Even though they had discussed her return, and her life before, neither Austin nor Tyler really pushed the subject and they felt no need to. They had what their hearts had longed for and that was enough to forgive and forget.
“You really want to know?” he asked her, and she nodded at him. Releasing her, he let her sit up and look at him, while he reached for her hand and entwined her fingers with his. “I felt free of some six year long burden. Hearing Cassie say you were back in town terrified the life out of me, but I felt like suddenly everything fell into place. It didn’t matter who was with me, who loved me, I was numb to it all for the entire time you were gone. Right up until that day you came back that is.” He brought her hand up to his lips to kiss the knuckles gently. “Even though it went wrong, and I so very nearly lost you, you still brought me my life back.” He watched her school her emotions, not giving anything away. “The day you came back, it was just like my life had purpose. I know I acted stupidly, even after the truth was out and I tried to make you go off with Michael, I knew I could never let that happen. I could never lose you again.”
Austin’s face slowly cracked into a smile, her lips pulling into a smile. “Even when I found myself getting closer to Michael, no one ever matched up to you. You could have put me back on a plane with him and I would have come straight back to you. It’s always going to be you, Ty.”
“Good to know,” Tyler whispered, leaning into show his possessiveness with a kiss. “The moment I laid my eyes on you at your parents’ party, I knew I was still very much in love with you, Aus.”
“And now?” she dared to ask him, her tone remaining sweet and ignorant. “How much do you love me?”
Tyler didn’t speak out. He just pushed her down onto the blanket, covering her body with his. “I don’t think words convey how much I love you, Mrs. Armstrong.” He leaned in, gently touching his lips to hers, eliciting a soft kiss working with his wife to allow the passion. His hands trailing down the contours of her figure, readying to grip onto her to deepen the power of the kiss so he could show her just how much he really loved her.
“Are we about to do it on the beach?” she asked him, as the kiss paused for a moment and they looked at one another, Tyler’s
“Here ya go, Sunny,” Tyler called out as he settled the blanket down. He sat down on one side and patted the empty space beside. “C’mon,” he goaded her and slowly she spun around and came to sit next to him. Immediately, he felt her head fall to his shoulder and he planted a kiss to the crown of her hair. “Tell me what you’re thinking.”
Austin let out a gentle sigh and sat up. “She always seems to just creep up. It feels like there’s no escaping Natasha.” She brought her knees up to her chest, rested her head onto the dip they created, turned her head slightly to look at her husband. “It just seems like when everything starts to run smoothly, she causes the bumps to appear. I don’t want to have to worry every day, Tyler. I don’t want to worry about the mail, or about what she’s saying next time. I just want to live our lives. You, me, Gracie, our family. There is no room for the woman that tried to destroy everything I have in my life anymore.”
“There’s no room for her in mine either,” Tyler vowed and put his arms around her, bringing her up from her curled up position so he could pull her to his chest. “I stick by it. She tried to ruin so much of my life before; I won’t ever allow her the chance to do that again. It’s impossible for her to shake my faith any longer. I don’t respond to her like I used to. I made myself believe that she was there for me, that after you, she was the only shot I had at this life, but when you walked back into town that day I still remember how it made me feel.”
“How?” Austin probed curiously. Even though they had discussed her return, and her life before, neither Austin nor Tyler really pushed the subject and they felt no need to. They had what their hearts had longed for and that was enough to forgive and forget.
“You really want to know?” he asked her, and she nodded at him. Releasing her, he let her sit up and look at him, while he reached for her hand and entwined her fingers with his. “I felt free of some six year long burden. Hearing Cassie say you were back in town terrified the life out of me, but I felt like suddenly everything fell into place. It didn’t matter who was with me, who loved me, I was numb to it all for the entire time you were gone. Right up until that day you came back that is.” He brought her hand up to his lips to kiss the knuckles gently. “Even though it went wrong, and I so very nearly lost you, you still brought me my life back.” He watched her school her emotions, not giving anything away. “The day you came back, it was just like my life had purpose. I know I acted stupidly, even after the truth was out and I tried to make you go off with Michael, I knew I could never let that happen. I could never lose you again.”
Austin’s face slowly cracked into a smile, her lips pulling into a smile. “Even when I found myself getting closer to Michael, no one ever matched up to you. You could have put me back on a plane with him and I would have come straight back to you. It’s always going to be you, Ty.”
“Good to know,” Tyler whispered, leaning into show his possessiveness with a kiss. “The moment I laid my eyes on you at your parents’ party, I knew I was still very much in love with you, Aus.”
“And now?” she dared to ask him, her tone remaining sweet and ignorant. “How much do you love me?”
Tyler didn’t speak out. He just pushed her down onto the blanket, covering her body with his. “I don’t think words convey how much I love you, Mrs. Armstrong.” He leaned in, gently touching his lips to hers, eliciting a soft kiss working with his wife to allow the passion. His hands trailing down the contours of her figure, readying to grip onto her to deepen the power of the kiss so he could show her just how much he really loved her.
“Are we about to do it on the beach?” she asked him, as the kiss paused for a moment and they looked at one another, Tyler’s
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