first met me.”
“Yes, you do. You look even better than you did then, and you looked pretty damned awesome. You know what’s better?”
Eyeing him skeptically, she shook her head.
“You were too thin then because you never took the time to enjoy a meal or a glass of wine or a decadent dessert the way you can now. You were worried about everything—money, taking care of Thomas, your job, your mom. Now you’re not worried about any of those things, and there’s a sparkle in your eyes that wasn’t there then. Three more pregnancies have made you even sexier than you were then, curvier, more lush.”
“I didn’t need to be curvier or more lush, as you put it.”
“I adore your curves, and I absolutely love your lushness. The curvier the better, as far as I’m concerned.”
“You must think I’m fishing for compliments, and I swear I’m not, even if you give really good compliments.”
“I never thought that for a second. I think you’re feeling a little down on yourself for some unknown reason, and you think because you’re down on you I must be, too. And now that you mention it, yes, I’d love to go down on you, thank you very much.”
Her sputter of laughter made him smile as he helped her out of her yoga pants and panties to make good on his statement. With her legs propped on his shoulders, he set out to show her how much he loved her. He wanted to drive her so crazy with desire that she had no time to think about all the ways he should find her lacking.
She was perfect to him in almost every way that mattered. Sure, they butted heads from time to time about silly things, such as how he drove and where he chose to leave his work clothes, but in all the most important ways they were on the same page.
Take now, for instance, when she writhed in reaction to him sucking on her clit as he drove his fingers into her.
Mac’s cock throbbed with the need to get in on this, but not until he’d made her come at least once. Maybe twice for good measure. He got his wish when her first orgasm rolled right into a second one, and he worried that her cries of pleasure would wake Hailey before he finished showing her how much he loved her.
He wiped his face on his T-shirt and then whipped it up and over his head. His basketball shorts ended up around his thighs in his haste to get inside her to ride the last waves of her release.
Ah, sweet Jesus, that feels incredible . The contraction of her internal muscles nearly finished him off far too quickly.
“Look at me,” he said gruffly, waiting until her gorgeous caramel-colored eyes opened to meet his gaze. “Don’t ever think you’re anything other than beautiful to me. Do you hear me?”
She nodded.
“This, us… it’s everything. You’re everything to me. It kills me that you think I’d ever feel anything other than crazy love for you.”
Her hands coasted over his back to cup his ass, drawing him deeper into her. “Even after all this time together,” she said, “sometimes I’m still surprised that you picked me.”
“You crashed into me. What choice did I have but to pick you? And P.S., I’m still surprised you picked me .”
“You barreled your way into my life whether I liked it or not. And P.S,” she said, raising her hips to meet his thrust, “I like it. I like it a lot.”
Lost in her, he said, “Mmm, me too, baby. I love you so much. You’ll never know just how much.”
She sighed with pleasure this time. “I think I know.”
“Biggest and best thing in my life,” he whispered as he kissed her again, “is my love for you and our kids. Don’t ever doubt it.”
After that, no words were needed.
Chapter 9
“I have something for you, too,” Linda said to Mac as they lay in bed watching the snow fall outside. The day had grown dark early due to the thick cloud cover that had hung over the island all day.
“We said no gifts,” he muttered without opening his eyes.
“And yet I have a sparkly new
“Yes, you do. You look even better than you did then, and you looked pretty damned awesome. You know what’s better?”
Eyeing him skeptically, she shook her head.
“You were too thin then because you never took the time to enjoy a meal or a glass of wine or a decadent dessert the way you can now. You were worried about everything—money, taking care of Thomas, your job, your mom. Now you’re not worried about any of those things, and there’s a sparkle in your eyes that wasn’t there then. Three more pregnancies have made you even sexier than you were then, curvier, more lush.”
“I didn’t need to be curvier or more lush, as you put it.”
“I adore your curves, and I absolutely love your lushness. The curvier the better, as far as I’m concerned.”
“You must think I’m fishing for compliments, and I swear I’m not, even if you give really good compliments.”
“I never thought that for a second. I think you’re feeling a little down on yourself for some unknown reason, and you think because you’re down on you I must be, too. And now that you mention it, yes, I’d love to go down on you, thank you very much.”
Her sputter of laughter made him smile as he helped her out of her yoga pants and panties to make good on his statement. With her legs propped on his shoulders, he set out to show her how much he loved her. He wanted to drive her so crazy with desire that she had no time to think about all the ways he should find her lacking.
She was perfect to him in almost every way that mattered. Sure, they butted heads from time to time about silly things, such as how he drove and where he chose to leave his work clothes, but in all the most important ways they were on the same page.
Take now, for instance, when she writhed in reaction to him sucking on her clit as he drove his fingers into her.
Mac’s cock throbbed with the need to get in on this, but not until he’d made her come at least once. Maybe twice for good measure. He got his wish when her first orgasm rolled right into a second one, and he worried that her cries of pleasure would wake Hailey before he finished showing her how much he loved her.
He wiped his face on his T-shirt and then whipped it up and over his head. His basketball shorts ended up around his thighs in his haste to get inside her to ride the last waves of her release.
Ah, sweet Jesus, that feels incredible . The contraction of her internal muscles nearly finished him off far too quickly.
“Look at me,” he said gruffly, waiting until her gorgeous caramel-colored eyes opened to meet his gaze. “Don’t ever think you’re anything other than beautiful to me. Do you hear me?”
She nodded.
“This, us… it’s everything. You’re everything to me. It kills me that you think I’d ever feel anything other than crazy love for you.”
Her hands coasted over his back to cup his ass, drawing him deeper into her. “Even after all this time together,” she said, “sometimes I’m still surprised that you picked me.”
“You crashed into me. What choice did I have but to pick you? And P.S., I’m still surprised you picked me .”
“You barreled your way into my life whether I liked it or not. And P.S,” she said, raising her hips to meet his thrust, “I like it. I like it a lot.”
Lost in her, he said, “Mmm, me too, baby. I love you so much. You’ll never know just how much.”
She sighed with pleasure this time. “I think I know.”
“Biggest and best thing in my life,” he whispered as he kissed her again, “is my love for you and our kids. Don’t ever doubt it.”
After that, no words were needed.
Chapter 9
“I have something for you, too,” Linda said to Mac as they lay in bed watching the snow fall outside. The day had grown dark early due to the thick cloud cover that had hung over the island all day.
“We said no gifts,” he muttered without opening his eyes.
“And yet I have a sparkly new
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