Epilogue

EPILOGUE

BELLA

Ten Years Later

" S hh," I whisper when my husband walks up behind me, wrapping his hands around my body and pressing his solid muscles against my back. I gave birth to our third child just a month ago, but already, my man can't get enough.

"Don't worry. I don't want to spook them either."

I laugh softly and lean against my husband with so much love in my heart that I honestly think I might burst sometimes—erupt into a ball of music and love. Sitting next to the pool, Sofia and Biance are playing their violins. Our five-year-old daughter holds her little one with so much poise that tears fill my eyes.

I don't sob, but my man can always sense my mood. Every year that passes, it's like we learn more about each other on an even deeper level. He leans down and gently kisses my neck, stirring parts of me I haven't felt since Krissy's birth.

"You've made her so confident," he whispers. "I could never imagine Sofia like that before you, my love, came along."

I sink against him, letting my hands move over his, smiling when I hear Mom and Jack laughing from the next room. Krissy makes a noise on the baby monitor, one of her adorable babbly noises that aren't quite words or song notes but something even more beautiful in between.

As Sofia and Biance begin to play again, I turn and throw my arms around Matt. His hair, with a handful of silver, glistens. His eyes sparkle with the same fierceness as when I first learned who he was—when I first fell in love with him.

Now, there's a softness and so much love that a girl could drown.

"Shall we sneak off to the bedroom?" I whisper.

He smiles widely. "I thought you'd never ask."

THE END

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