Autumn Adventure (Summer Unplugged #6) Read Online Free PDF

is. And at that moment, even though I was like thirteen, I knew I wanted to marry someone who would be beautiful to me no matter what. Honestly, I thought that about you when we started dating. I knew a long time ago that I’d love you until the day I die.”
    With reluctance, I grab my fork and stab it through my breakfast. “Thank you,” I say quietly. Jace’s insight on life and love started years before he met me. I will have to hug his dad extra hard next time I see him. “So why did your mom lose the weight?”
    Jace shrugs. “Over the next year or so, she slowly lost weight. I think she just ate better and she always took long walks around the neighborhood. I never asked her about it, but I guess she just wanted to feel as beautiful as my dad already thought she was. But now she has a lot of loose skin and she never complains about it. She doesn’t mind going swimming either. She just does her thing and enjoys life and it’s made her such a better person than back when all she did was complain about her looks.”
    I think I’ll hug his mom extra hard, too.

Chapter 6
     
    “Wake up!” I shove Jace’s arm. “Jaceeeee,” I say into his ear. God, if he doesn’t hurry and wake up from his junk-food coma, he’ll miss it. The plane jolts slightly and I grab onto the back of Jace’s recliner to steady myself. He opens his eyes, furrowing his brows.
    “Did we just hit turbulence?” he asks, yawning.
    “That’s what woke you up? Seriously?” I roll my eyes and grab his hand, pressing it to my stomach as I stand over him on the airplane.
    “What are you--?” he asks, stopping the moment our baby kicks his palm. “Oh my God,” he whispers, tears filling his eyes a moment later. “He’s moving!”
    “You can finally feel it,” I say, relieved that Jace woke up in time to experience this. Until now, the baby had only moved to where I could feel it inside my body. Now, he is big enough to kick hard enough to be felt from the outside. That’s what woke me up from my junk food coma, because up until a few minutes ago, I was passed out in the leather recliner next to him while our plane flies us across the country.
    “This is amazing,” he says, placing both hands on my stomach and moving them around, keeping up with the movement of our baby. “Oh my God, this is so cool. You see this kind of thing in the movies, but I’ve never actually felt it.”
    “Trust me, I know exactly what you mean. I’m not looking forward to the giving birth part of what I’ve seen in the movies…”
    Jace laughs and I want to punch him in the face. “So not funny!” I snap. He closes his mouth and pretends to zip it shut. “I wonder where we are?” he asks, changing the subject to look out of the window. All I see are clouds and the ground below.
    When we left LA after breakfast, I had wanted to fly to Washington but the weather was bad up there, so our pilot suggested we save that for another day. Since the hustle and bustle of LA had worn me out, I thought we should go somewhere with a nature vibe, somewhere without tall buildings and tons of cars causing traffic jams. Somewhere beautiful and warm.
    So now we’re headed to the Grand Canyon. Having only seen pictures of it, I am super excited to see such a huge feat of nature up close and personal. I crawl into Jace’s lap, snuggling against him in the large reclining seat. “We can go back to sleep now,” I murmur, resting my face against his shoulder. He wraps an arm around me and slides the other one over my stomach.
    I close my eyes, feeling more content than sleepy. Jace kisses my forehead and lets his cheek rest on top of my hair. A few moments later, he nudges me. “Babe? You asleep?”
    I look up, blinking and suppressing a yawn. “No, why?”
    He points to the window.
    We’re flying over the greatest geological structure in the United States and it takes my breath away. I press my hands on either side of the window as I peer out into the vast canyon