Cody
I was shaking Callum’s hand, thanking him, when my phone began to vibrate. I stepped outside and lifted the phone to my ear.
“Hello?”
“Hey, mountain man.” Quinn’s voice was soft and sweet. I was still trying to get used to the absence of her frustration since she wasn’t trying to get rid of me at that point. “Do you want to come check out our new place?”
My feet were moving before I even responded.
“Our new place?”
“Yeah. You like the sound of that, don’t you?” She teased.
“More than you know.”
I got in my truck and headed down the road, traveling the short distance between our new house and Callum’s.
When I pushed the front door open, I raised my eyebrows at the wall of furniture separating me from the rest of the house.
“You have to climb!” Quinn called out from behind all of the furniture.
I could see her face and shoulders, along with the devious smile she was wearing.
“I’m a wolf, not a monkey.” I called out.
“Who said you can’t be both?”
I took that as a challenge. A smile tugged at my face, and I lifted myself up on top of the dresser closest to the doorway.
My soulmate grinned as I made my way over the rest of the furniture, and she laughed when I pulled her into my arms and kissed her.
“Are you ready for the tour?” She looked up into my eyes, and the excitement in her baby blues was enough to show me exactly why the Creator had made us soulmates.
Quinn was full of fire, passion, and drive. When she made a decision, she went at it with everything she had. Whether it was gymnastics or getting rid of me, she didn’t do anything half-heartedly. It was no wonder she’d buried herself in alcohol and sex—she was the kind of girl who needed a goal or a cause.
She’d only just started loving me with that fierce determination of hers, but already it made me feel like I’d won the lottery. I didn’t want a quiet, sweet soulmate who sat back and let things happened. I wanted to love a woman who set her mind on something and made it happen. A life with her was exactly what I wanted, and I couldn’t wait to get it started.
“What do you think?” I met her excitement with some of my own, and Quinn grabbed my hand.
She led me through the house, all 3000 square feet of it. It had been a wreck a week earlier, but a team of workers and a truckload of money had turned it into our dream home. It was modern and sleek like Quinn, but comfortable and homey like me, the perfect mesh of both of our personalities.
“You’re incredible.” I pulled her close and kissed her again. The smile she gave me was completely genuine, but it faded after a few seconds.
“My dad didn’t like the idea.” She admitted. “I didn’t think he would but I had to try, you know?”
“I know.” I pressed a kiss to her forehead and then leaned away enough that I could see her face. “Are you okay?”
“I’m more okay than I’ve ever been before.” Though she seemed a little sad, I could see in her eyes that it was the truth. “But when I forget that, you’d better kiss me until I remember.”
I grinned.
“I think I can manage that.”
I took her face between my hands and kissed her long and slow, taking my time to relish the feel of our mouths moving as one.
Quinn’s fingers landed on the swollen, sensitive skin underneath my new tattoo, and she pulled away. She gasped when she saw the tattoo, and her eyes filled with tears.
“What did you do?” She demanded, turning my head so she could see it.
“I wanted us to match again.” I shrugged a little, fighting back a smile. “What do you think?”
“I think you’re crazy, mountain man. Crazy, and sweet, and sexy, and I definitely don’t deserve you.” She tangled her fingers in my hair and kissed me. “Maybe we should give our new mattress a test run.”
“Maybe?” I lifted an eyebrow, and she grinned.
Without another word, she pulled me up the stairs and toward the bedroom that I knew was supposed to be ours.
Things between me and Quinn didn’t start out simple, but I was glad that they didn’t. Because we had to fight at the beginning, we were prepared for all of the other fights we’d face in the future, the ones we would fight together.
I knew that day that Quinn was all I needed, and that I was privileged to be the one the Creator chose to love her.