Chapter 100

“Here.” Jake hands me the small cooler bag Nora packed for me, crammed with food and snacks since I’m still eating like a starved animal, and he only encourages it with a constant food supply.

“Thank you, gorgeous.” I wink at him, and I’m rewarded with a smack on the ass as he walks past me with our cases. I grin at him. He is still the sexiest man alive, possessing the ability to turn me to mush with one look.

“Grab my sunglasses,” he calls, and I obediently pick them up, my beloved Jake’s defining symbol, and slide them onto my head, smiling at myself as I do. He doesn’t need them as much when he’s driving now since the weather is getting colder and the sun is disappearing earlier from the sky. But I still carry them around whenever I get the chance, holding them close, reminding me of him in many ways, a constant item in our relationship of trials and tribulations. He’s driving us to Chicago, and I’m in surprisingly high spirits, despite knowing what this journey is f