" But in this moment, I’m asking, would you come?”
“I--don’t know.” There was the slightest hint of a tremble in the words. And that wall she’d so hastily put back up wavered just a tic.
He traced a finger along the side of her cheek, then over her bottom lip, and felt her body shudder against his. “Would you come back to Cameroo and give this a chance?”
He held her gaze for the longest time and thought he’d never tire of the scenery.
“I’d consider it,” she finally said, searching his gaze as well. She sighed, then melted against him when he dipped his head, kissed her quietly. “Yes,” she whispered against his lips before he lifted them away. “I would.”
“Good,” he said, lips spreading, grin deepening.
A car rumbled down the alley, startling them both, and their intimate bubble burst as the outside world intruded once again.
Kerry pulled back and then moved fully out of his arms. She made no show of smoothing her shirt or tidying her hair, which made his grin deepen. She might be tangled up when it came to family and future and her real needs and wants, but she was, at core, still the same guileless woman he’d fallen in love with a world away from here. "

― Donna Kauffman , Starfish Moon (Brides of Blueberry Cove, #3)