He removed the silver cloche and there was a feast of delicacies to sate both appetites, but before coming back to bed he pulled back the drapes.
‘There’re lights,’ Naomi murmured, still high from their lovemaking, but then she realised there must be a party going on in the park.
‘It’s New Year’s Eve,’ Abe reminded her.
‘So it is.’ Naomi smiled, choosing from the delicacies to eat. But then came the very inappropriate buzz of his phone.
‘You arenotchecking your phone on our wedding night,’ Naomi warned.
Not that he listened.
Abe had planned this night down to the last detail.
‘It’s for us,’ he told her.
‘Us?’
Naomi still wasn’t used to hearing that, and frowned when she took his phone.
And he watched as that frown was replaced with a smile.
‘It’s from Merida and Ethan.Happy New Year, Mr and Mrs Devereux, from your brother-in-law, sister-in-law and your still awake niece.’
And he watched as tears filled in her eyes as another pinged in.
Happy New Year. Dad.
Thiswas family.
There were fireworks lighting up a New York sky and she was in bed with her husband, the person she most loved, but there were others out there, loving them too.
‘Happy New Year,’ Abe said, and he kissed her tears and he kissed her eyes and he held her close enough to hear his heart.
It truly was.
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