Grace was running late. The pharmacy had been unusually busy on that Saturday afternoon, and there went her plans to scoot out early to go help set up for the party.

She ran up the stairs to the apartment, planning to shower, change and get to the lighthouse. She’d been distracted all day, thinking about Evan, their wedding plans, the situation with Buddy and the album, the studio, the pharmacy she’d bought just over a year ago and how it now felt like an anchor around her neck.

If only she hadn’t invested so much to buy the place, she’d be able to travel with him while he promoted his music. But she was stuck on Gansett for the foreseeable future. It made her sad to feel “stuck” in a place she loved so much, but the idea of being left behind while he went out on tour for months on end made her feel sick. She missed him already, and he hadn’t even left yet.

Under the warm spray of the shower, she tried to let go of the anxiety and worries so she could focus on the evening with Evan and their friends. They had today together as well as tomorrow and the next day. There was no point to obsessing about what might happen months down the road. But even as she told herself that, the knot of anxiety in her belly refused to let up.

The shower door opened, and Grace let out a squeak of surprise when Evan stepped in behind her, his arms encircling her waist as he brought her in close to him.

“Where did you come from?” she asked.

His hands and lips were all over her. “Work.” Against her back, Grace felt the hard pressure of his erection.

“Evan… I don’t have time. I have to get to Jenny’s.”

“I only need a minute.”

“It never takes you only a minute.”

“Why, thank you.”

Grace laughed at the male satisfaction she heard in his tone. She had absolutely nothing to compare him to, but she knew there was no comparing what she felt for him to anything else she’d ever known.

“I have good news for you.”

At that, her heart actually lurched. “What is it?”

“I’ll tell you in a minute.” He pressed gently on her shoulders, urging her to lean forward. When he had her arranged the way he wanted her, he grasped her hips and surged into her from behind.

Grace remembered the first time they’d done this, and the shock of how incredible it had felt then. It was no less incredible after all the time they’d spent together.

“God, nothing in the whole world feels this good,” he said.