Chapter Seventy-three

Catherine's POV:

I remained in his arms for a long time and my body relaxed so much I almost slept off. I got accustomed to the scent of his body and his cologne. It had to be the nicest fragrance combination that had ever wafted into my nose and I pushed into him, glad that he got the memo and pulled me in.

His chin rested above my head and I could hear his soft breathing and the steady beat of his heart. He kissed the top of my head and pulled away, leaving me empty.

He had a smile on his face and he looked down at his feet and kicked a piece of rock close to his shoe before turning to me. "We should start getting ready to go to the lake?"

A wave of excitement washed over me and I nodded enthusiastically, pulling him back to the sheets we had spread on the ground.

We both packed everything up. I rolled up the blankets while he took the picnic baskets and its content into the car trunk.

Soon enough, we were driving down the highway and making our way back to