Chasing the Sunset

Epilogue



Nick stared down into the cradle at his sleeping son. Full of milk and content for the moment, the downy-haired infant snuggled into the warmth of the blankets his adoring father had tucked around him. Maggie slid her arms around him from behind, a smile curving her lips as she watched Nick with their son. He turned, his eyes misty with love for them both, and his arms crept around her as she laid her head against his chest.

“Hi, there,” she whispered. “Come with me, lover. Ned’s coming up to spoil his great-nephew and we’ve got at least two hours before we have to be back. Kathleen packed us a picnic, and I have a toasty warm blanket. We’ve got a sunset to chase.”

“Maggie, it is the middle of January,” he protested laughingly as she pulled him from the room and down the stairs. “It is too cold. We are going to freeze to death if we go outside in this weather.”

She slanted a shrewd look his way, those beautiful emerald eyes gleaming with humor, and with some other emotion that made his heart beat just a little faster. Well, maybe a whole lot faster.

“I know an excellent way to get warm, love,” she purred, and headed for the front door. "Hurry up and I’ll show you."

Nick followed that seductive walk and those swishing skirts with a big grin on his face, his heart full to nearly bursting with love and pride.

He was the luckiest man alive.