Total pages in book: 84
Estimated words: 77936 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 390(@200wpm)___ 312(@250wpm)___ 260(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 77936 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 390(@200wpm)___ 312(@250wpm)___ 260(@300wpm)
“We did.” He stopped his wiggling to give me a kiss.
“I’ve got something else to show you from while you were gone.” I shrugged out of my T-shirt to show him my upper right bicep.
“A new tattoo?” Maverick traced it. I’d had the artist start with the stylized horseshoe logo he was using for Second Chance Ranch, but circling around the horseshoe, I’d added Family First, Always.
“The words were my dad’s saying, but for years, I used it to shove down what I wanted, put everyone else first, myself last,” I explained, skin heating. “But then I got to thinking. We’re going to be a family now, you, me, the girls, Faith, all of us. And that includes me. Family first means making sure you and I make it as a couple, centering us and the ranch too.”
“That’s beautiful.” Maverick dropped a kiss right on my tattoo. “I like that I’m going to be your family now. I used to lie awake at night wishing the Jennings would adopt me.”
“Be careful what you wish for.” I snorted. My mother and Aunt Georgia had taken a simple New Year’s Eve potluck party and turned it into an event the town would likely talk about for years.
“I love your family,” Maverick said fervently.
“And they love you. And Hannah.” I gathered him close to my side. “And yes, you’re my family now. Always. Forever.”
“Forever.” He shook his head, wonder lacing his speech. “We never had that before. And now we do. I can’t wait to see what this second chance brings us.”
“Brought me you. Can’t do much better than that.” I kissed him to hide my misty eyes, but in my mind, I could see it all, the wedding, the girls’ first day of high school next year, their graduation, a trail of visitors to the ranch, family, friends, and us at the center, the way it was always meant to be.