Bell took two steps back in her surprise, and Galen was quick to follow her. He caught her around the waist with one arm before she could intentionally or unintentionally put any more distance between them.
He had been running for hours with only one thought on his mind. Her.
Galen loved his son, and he couldn’t wait to hold him again, to hear his laugh and see his smile. To play with him and enjoy his family being together once more.
But he felt no shame in acknowledging that Bell was his first priority. She was the woman he loved and pledged his heart to. She was the one that he needed to reconnect with to feel like himself again.
“Bell,” he whispered. Pulling her tightly against him. He leaned forward, pressing his nose against the crook of her neck as he breathed her in with a soft growl. “I’m never leaving again.”
Bell closed her eyes as the touch of his hand against her back and the heat of his breath against her throat made a mess of her self-control.
