Free Yours by Tia Kelly

baby in their care. “Nobody likes burnt socarrat.”
    “That’s not going to work, amor .” He winked at her knowing Teresa was hinting for him to hand her the baby. Nobody made paella like him and the crust on the bottom of the rice dish was always perfect. Instead of passing her the baby like she secretly desired he would, Javier just wrapped his arm around her and held both females close.
    While taking in all the people around him, the sounds of happiness and the love swelling from his heart, Javier reached for her hand. He kissed the back of it and squeezed it. “Always yours?”
    Teresa smiled and responded like she did every morning, noon and night. “ Siempre tuyo .”
    She was forever his and he was forever hers.