Page 164 of In Your Dreams, Holden Rhodes

I leaned my forehead on hers. “I dreamed about you for a long time, and when you showed up, you were even better than I had imagined.”

She rolled her eyes while laughing. “God, you’resucha romantic.”

“One of us has to be.”

I wrapped her in my arms and kissed the love of my life.

Epilogue - Sadie

“It’s too quiet,”I said to Holden, pressing my ear to the door of the inn on New Year’s Eve the next year.

He stood behind me and put his hand on my lower back. Even through the thin silk of my dress, his hand warmed me.

“Go on in.” His voice was low.

I glanced over my shoulder at him in his suit and sighed. “Holden, you wear that suit well.”

The corner of his mouth hitched and his gaze heated. “You’ve mentioned that once or twice.”

I turned and rested my hands on his chest, running my thumbs over his lapels. “If I knew how good you looked in a suit, I might have agreed to marry you sooner.”

He huffed a laugh and his eyes warmed me down to my toes. “No, you wouldn’t have.”

I shook my head. “No, I wouldn’t have.”

“Come here.”

I looped my arms around his neck and he pulled me to him, lowering his mouth to mine and kissing me soft and sweet. His stubble brushed my chin and I sucked in a breath. My head swam as Holden kissed me. As myhusbandkissed me. The word felt funny in my mouth, but not bad funny. Good funny. New and interesting and curious. Something I was excited to explore more of.

“Fuck, I love my wife,” Holden growled, pressing me back against the door and kissing down my neck. “Can’t wait to fuck you senseless later.”

My eyes closed and I gasped as he sucked the sensitive skin beneath my ear. “Holden.”

A shiver ran down my spine. I sure liked the way he saidwife. All possessive and demanding. I couldn’t wait until he said it again.

“Do you feel any different?” I asked him.

He tilted his head. “Nope.” A playful smile pulled at his mouth while his hand rubbed slow, intoxicating circles on my bare back. “We probably didn’t even need to do that.”

I shook my head at him with exasperation. “Oh my god. I’m going to kill you.”

He laughed and kissed my cheek.

We had married at town hall. During the ceremony, Holden watched me with a small, focused smile, like nothing else existed but us. Like I was everything he wanted. Like he couldn’t believe it was real. Like he’d do anything for me.

I’d never made a better decision in my life than saying yes to Holden Rhodes.

The ceremony went fast. I didn’t even remember repeating the words Emmett said, but I remembered Holden and I staring at each other with funny little smiles, like we were in on a private joke. He slipped his family ring on my finger and my breath caught.

I loved it. It made me think of Holden.

And like that, we were married.

If I had known how easy it would be with the right person, I never would have been so adamant against it.

“Forget about the wedding,” Holden rasped against my mouth on the porch. “Let’s go home.”

I laughed and nipped his bottom lip. He groaned.

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