“Who was that?”
I glance up, finding McKenna holding two beers. I take both, placing them on the table before pulling her onto my lap, wrapping my arms around her. “They’re friends
from Vegas.”
She’s watching them, squinting her eyes. “Isn’t that Allie’s assistant? What’s her name?”
“Liv.”
“Right, Liv.” She turns to me. “Is that her boyfriend?”
I chuckle, knowing exactly what she’s talking about. One of Dmitri’s friends that he introduced me to earlier, Miles, has Allie’s assistant in a kiss that is as explicit as it is hot. “I don’t believe they are dating, no, but it looks like that might change.”
“No kidding,” she says with a laugh, then she sighs it away and sips her beer, relaxing in my arms.
I brush my knuckles across her cheekbone, suddenly feeling like it’s just me and her with no one else around. “How is my beautiful bride?”
She gives me her sweet smile then studies the people around her. “I’m not quite sure I’ve ever seen so many drunk people in the pub.”
I nod. “Everyone seems to be enjoying themselves.”
“Yeah, they do,” she whispers, staring at something over my shoulder.
When I look to the source, I find Evan, who’s standing at the bar with his girlfriend. They’re talking to my mother and father, who for the most part seem to be having fun. While it took my mother a while to get on board with the small wedding idea, she happens to love McKenna to pieces.
McKenna didn’t only change my life, she made it a whole lot better.
I realize then, as I stare at Evan, who found himself a straight and narrow life out in Arizona, how much has changed in a year, and not just for McKenna and me. Across from us, Micah has his arm around a very pregnant Allie. Taylor isn’t showing yet, as she sits on Darius’s lap in the chair, but within a month she will be, and their children will grow up together. Even Ryder, who’s hugging Hadley from behind, married six months ago and is thinking of starting a family soon. Life has moved on. Slowly, but surely, there aren’t dirty little secrets anymore, there is only love.
“What’s that look all about?” McKenna asks, dragging me from my thoughts, sliding a hand across my cheek.
I smile into the warmth of her eyes, knowing nothing can ever break us. “It’s you.” I cup the face of the woman who made my life unravel and then somehow put it back together better than before it was broken. “It’s this. It’s everything.”
A soft smile creases her cheeks as she leans into my touch. “It’s us.”
For my readers
Acknowledgments
Much love to my family; my readers; my editor, Sue; my publisher, Gina; my agent, Jessica, my assistant, Michelle; the kick-ass authors in my sprint group; and the entire Loveswept team. This book couldn’t have happened without all of you!
BY STACEY KENNEDY
Dirty Little Secrets
Bound Beneath His Pain
Tied to His Betrayal
Restrained Under His Duty
Cuffed by His Charm
Club Sin
Claimed
Bared