The Way To A Man's Heart - Frankie Love Page 0,122
make sure she is feeling okay about this unexpected news.
She smiles. “I know it’s going to be a lot of change, but I’m still so excited, so grateful.”
“Me too,” I say, kissing her softly. “Annie will have a sibling.”
“And we will be a family of four,” she says. “Crazy, right?”
“I think it’s perfect. Just like you.” I kneel before her, kissing her belly. “Our little cookie crumb.”
Epilogue 2
Brittany
Six years later…
“Congratulations, Mommy!” Tallie says, jumping up and down as I walk toward my family.
“Your dress is so pretty,” Annie says, running her hand over the graduation gown.
Beckett pulls me in for a kiss, our little girls twirling around us. “We’re so proud of you,” he says.
“Took me long enough,” I say with a sigh. “But I did it.”
“And the timing is perfect. The girls are in school now, and you’ll be at the same building as them.”
I smile, kissing my husband again. God, I love this man. He supported me so much over the last five years as I worked hard to finish my teaching degree. Some years, I only managed a class a quarter, but I eventually did it. Now I am going to have a kindergarten class of my very own. My daughters will be in their classes a few doors down.
“We made you cookies at home,” Tallie says. “Daddy helped.”
I lift my eyebrows, taking Beckett’s hand as we leave the stadium where the ceremony was held. “He makes the best cookies, doesn’t he?”
“But first we are going to dinner at Angelina’s, it’s Mom’s favorite.”
We go to the restaurant my best friend Mirabella and her husband Matt own — it’s where we always head for our celebrations. It feels extra special since it is where we celebrated our wedding.
After we’ve filled up on pasta and breadsticks, we head home. As much fun as we’ve had as a family today, I am really looking forward to celebrating alone with my husband.
The girls giggle in the car as we drive back to our Craftsman home. The house I came to all those years ago for my first day of work… which turned into the best day of my life. I met Beckett, and found my forever.
Now home, we head to the kitchen for the infamous cookies they made me. “Oh, they are so delicious,” I say with a groan as I bite into a perfectly baked cookie. “But I need some milk, anyone else?”
The girls giggle even louder as I reach for the gallon in the fridge. Tied to the jug is a black velvet box.
“Open it, Mommy!” Annie squeals.
“What is this?”
“Just a little graduation gift for the love of my life,” Beckett says.
I open it up and see a necklace, with an enamel pendant in the shape of a cookie, encrusted with black diamonds. “Oh my gosh, it’s adorable,” I say.
“I know how much you love the pizza necklace Matt got Mirabella, so I thought it was fitting.”
“All the girls are gonna want one of these now,” I say with a smile as I turn for Beckett to clasp it on my neck.
All our dearest friends fell in love over food, one way or another. Guacamole and muffins, butter and bacon, pho and pizza, sweet tea and melons, waffles and chocolate chips.
We get the girls to bed — they share the bedroom with the window seat — and we kiss them and tuck them into bed.
“Sweet dreams,” I say, turning on their nightlight.
Then I slip into the master bedroom where my husband waits for me. It’s no longer a bachelor pad with baskets of laundry — it is a home now. Our home.
I slip out of my clothes, watching as my husband does the same. His body as ripped and ruggedly sexy as it was the day we met.
“Come here, baby,” he tells me, reaching for me. “I’ve been dying to taste my favorite cookie all damn day.”
I laugh, but soon I am moaning as he guides me to the bed, easing my thighs apart and dipping his mouth to my sweet center. He is my whole world, he has my whole heart. I close my eyes, savoring the moment, feeling like the luckiest woman in the world. Beckett licks me, teases me, makes my body shudder with pleasure as he works me up and down.
“God, you’re delicious,” he groans as I come hard against his mouth, his tongue making me melt just like a chocolate chip.
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About the Author
Frankie Love writes filthy-sweet stories about bad boys and mountain men.
As a thirty-something mom who is ridiculously in love with her own bearded hottie, she believes in love-at-first-sight and happily-ever-afters.