Dylan seemed prepared for this and promptly pressed the brake.

"What's wrong?" He gently caressed her face, incredibly tender in that moment.

Eliana unfastened her seatbelt and initiated a kiss on his lips.

The emotions at that moment were complex—there was gratitude, there was appreciation, and there were many unspoken feelings.

"Dylan, thank you, thank you for bringing our family back together,"

"Darling, you've already thanked me, and do we need to say all this between us?" He smiled, passionately engrossed in her lips.

Eliana, too, was fully immersed, igniting something within him.

In the deep, secluded night, the scene was conducive to imagination, and she had taken the initiative...