Three years later

March in Boston is as cold as hell, but I have a firecracker keeping me warm at night. Ashley scoots closer to me, her pregnant belly hitting me before the rest of her does. My daughter kicks me in the back and Ashley lets out an oof.

Make that two firecrackers keeping me warm.

“She’s getting stronger,” she says.

“Future punter,” I say, then turn to face my wife and pull her close.

Gunner and Bluebelle are sleeping on the end of the bed, used to the constant tossing and turning that Ashley’s been doing the closer she gets to the end of her pregnancy.

I’m excited as hell to be a dad, and even more excited to surprise her with a last minute trip to Raleigh to see her family.

“Need anything?”

She smiles at me, dimples flashing. “A foot rub.”

“I can do that. Want to do it the bath?” I wriggle my brows at her. “I promise to keep my hands where you can see them.”

Her response is to kiss my nose. “I love you Ryan Turner.”

“I love you Ashley Turner.” I reach around her, kneading the small of her back. “What do you think about the name Elizabeth?”

“It’s pretty.” Her brow wrinkles. “Where did you get it?”

“You said Little Women was your favorite book, so I’m hoping I can give you an Amy, a Jo, a Meg, and—”

She kisses me. “Elizabeth is perfect.”

“You’re perfect.” Then I get out of bed and scoop my wife up in my arms. “Let’s get you in that bath and then I’m going to share some news with you.”

“Is it about my surprise trip to Raleigh?” she asks, her eyes twinkling.

“Who told?”

She grins. “Doesn’t matter. I just love that you planned it for me.”

“Sometimes, the best decisions are the one that are made with the one you love in mind.”

“As long as your decisions include me.”

“Always,” I assure her.

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All Campbell Faircloth wanted was a safe place to call home. 

All Knight King wanted was to leave his hometown behind. 

I never expected to end up in Castle Beach, surrounded by a family who believes that I’m not only their brother’s wife, but the mother of his infant daughter. 

I can’t tell them the truth—Knight and I met only three days earlier, during a layover in Atlanta. 

He was headed out to fight in a war that hardly anyone talked about anymore, and I was headed back home to a family who pretended that I didn’t exist. 

He helped me with my baby. 

He kept us safe while we slept. 

We shared lunch and dinner... and I spilled all my secrets to him. 

Then he gave me an address, along with an offer I couldn’t refuse. 

Six months later he’s back to bury his brother, and my lie is about to be exposed. 

Only Knight doesn’t say a word. 

He goes along with the charade, and each day we spend together, pretending to be husband and wife, it’s getting harder and harder not to believe in our lie. 

Could our picture perfect lie turn into a picture perfect forever? 

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