Finding The Lost Mystic Islan - Liberty Parker Page 0,33
he questions, helping me up then grabbing our drinks.
“Well, we fought the whole mate thing because of how busy our lives are, yet, here we are. Then, this little sprite lands in our laps and suddenly, life makes sense. Hell, I don’t know if what I’m trying to say even makes a damn bit of sense.”
“I get you, kitten,” he gently expresses.
Trigger
I watch my woman as she flutters around changing Emmaline, making sure she’s settled, before she walks over to the bed to join me. The blush that covers her face makes me smirk. “Don’t ever play poker,” I tell her as she quickly slips under the covers then tosses off her T-shirt and panties. “Because you’ll lose every hand.”
“How can you say that? I’m a fantastic poker player,” she insists, rolling over to her side so she’s facing me. I pull her close and nuzzle her neck, eliciting a giggle even as her arm wraps around my shoulder.
“Sweetheart, I can see everything that’s going through your mind in your facial expressions. Like right now, you were unsure about stripping outside of the bed so you chose to do it under the covers.”
“Whatever,” she grumbles.
“Whatever, huh?” I tease, rolling her so she’s pinned underneath me. Desire crashes through me again, but I don’t want to hurt her, so I start tickling her instead. “I want you again, Vaughn. I feel like an addict jonesing for their next fix whenever you’re near me, except it’s gotten stronger since we solidified our mating.”
Her response is breathy as she says, “I totally understand. Should we wait until she goes to sleep at least?” I glance toward the bassinet and hear quiet snuffling sounds coming from our girl.
Sighing, I lean my forehead against hers and state, “Yeah, I think so.”
We dozed off while waiting for Emmaline to settle, but despite that fact as well as our busy workday ahead, we still managed to successfully go for several more rounds. Now, getting ready for work, I listen to her talking to Emmaline as though she understands every word spoken to her while I shave. Even though this is our first morning under the same roof, we seem to work in sync. She grabbed her shower; I made the coffee. While she was dressing, I took my shower. She also managed to get the baby changed and fed. “Are you ready to head out?” I ask once I’ve stripped the bed.
“Yes, just checking to make sure we have enough bottles made for Glorianna. She should be here any minute then we can leave. Didn’t we buy an electric bottle warmer?” She investigates every cabinet and drawer as she questions me. “I could’ve sworn we did.” I hear her muttering as she searches the bags we never quite got around to putting up. I get the sheets started in the washer and make a mental note to try and run home at some point during my shift to remake the bed. I know there are men out there who think that the house is the woman’s domain, but I’m not like that at all. She works just as hard as I do, so I don’t expect her to shoulder the household shit all by herself. “Aha, there you are, you sneaky thing,” she cries out, making me chuckle. She removes it from the packaging and puts it on the kitchen counter.
“I think I’ve laughed and smiled more since that little one came into this world than I have my whole life,” I happily admit, taking Emmaline from her arms. “Let’s get you settled into the playpen, little one.” Thankfully, we got one of those on our shopping expedition. I watch Vaughn toss a few toys in there and chuckle because Emmaline isn’t going to be playing with anything yet. Today is the first day that Glorianna will be keeping her and Scar. I’m a bit nervous leaving Emmaline in someone else’s care. I have faith in her abilities, I just don’t know how Vaughn and Emmaline are going to handle being separated from each other.
When the doorbell rings, she rushes to it and I watch as Glorianna glides through the door, a huge bag over her shoulder. “Shyla called me and said she’d be here shortly with Scar,” she imparts to us both. “Oh, look at how alert you are, little one,” she coos to Emmaline. “You two go to work, I know how to reach you both if I need to.” She shoos us off and