28. Haven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Haven
On the morning of Zane and Hope’s secret wedding, I take my birth control pill like a good girl, even though Cash and I haven’t had sex since that night and probably won’t ever again.
I’m still sharing a bed with him, but I read until I fall asleep, and he accepts that I don’t want to talk.
Today is a day for setting that aside, though. We can figure out what comes next for us after tonight.
All the men are over at Ridge’s cabin. Luna kicked them out, and the house is a girls-only zone. I’m on Bellamy duty, reading her books in the library while a photographer Zane hired from the city takes pictures of her pretty mama getting her makeup done by Mercy.
The three-year-old is wearing a white cotton dress covered in little embroidered flowers, and she keeps interrupting the story to show me another favourite flower.
“This one is pretty because it’s pink,” she says solemnly.
“It really is.”
“What’s your favourite colour, Haven?”
“It used to be yellow.” Like the conservative cotton dress I’m wearing today. Perfectly appropriate for a morning wedding on a ranch. “But I really like green. But now I love black.”
Cash dressed head to toe like an outlaw. That’s my favourite colour.
I redirect her to the book. “Can you turn the page for me?”
“I want to go see Zane.” She kicks her feet. “Can you take me there?”
My heart squeezes. I want to sneak over to the cabin, too. I want to see Cash so, so much. More than he deserves. “Not just yet. But soon, okay? We’ll go see them soon.”