Chapter 42 Built For Forever

• The night air was cool and crisp as Emma and Lucas slipped away from the reception, hand in hand, their fingers laced tightly together. The soft hum of laughter and music still floated behind them, but ahead — just beyond the garden lights — was their future, waiting quietly in the dark.
• Lucas opened the passenger door of the sleek black car waiting at the curb, bowing dramatically. “After you, Mrs. Wolfe.”
• Emma laughed, the sound light and bubbling, still drunk on happiness and adrenaline. “I’m never going to get tired of hearing that.”