No Commitment (Capital Kingsmen #1) - Lisa Suzanne Page 0,95
of love and appreciation I have for the woman who takes such good care of our little girl.
I hold Luna against my hip, and she clings to me as I move toward Dani. I thread a hand around her neck and pull her to me, and I give her a short kiss on the mouth.
But that kiss lights up everything inside me.
“Ew,” Luna grumbles, and Dani breaks from me with a laugh.
“Get used to it, kid,” I say, and I press another kiss to her forehead before setting her down. She runs off to the teepee tent set up in one corner that’s filled with all her stuffed animals, and I smile lovingly as I watch her.
As soon as she’s inside her little tent, though, I glance at Dani. Her smile widens. “Welcome home, Daddy,” she says, threading her arms around my waist.
I grin down at her as I wrap her in my arms, too—right where she belongs. “You know I love it when you call me that.”
She laughs. “I have something to show you.”
I thrust my hips against her leg. “I’ve got a few things to show you, too.”
She rolls her eyes and moves out of our embrace. She picks up an envelope and hands it to me. I glance down at it, and as I read the return address, several different feelings boil to the surface. I slide out the papers inside, and as I read their contents, the dominating feeling is one of anticipation.
It’s anticipation for our future, for all the love and the fun and the sex and the conversations and the forever.
It’s the two of us now—the three of us. We’re free of the past, and now we can truly put it behind us. The document I hold in my hand is the final stamp letting it go.
I drop the papers onto the counter as I grab her back into me. Her body is flush against mine and all the heat and need that’s been building for months threatens to tip over.
I’ll hold it in until tonight for Luna’s sake...but goddamn. I want this woman. I want to do everything I’ve been dreaming of for months. Every dirty, nasty thing and every sweet, loving thing and all the stuff in between.
I press my lips to hers, and then I say softly, “Congratulations. How does it feel to be a free woman?”
She smiles as she squeezes me tightly. “Oh, I’m not free. I’m very much taken.”
“Right answer. And tonight...we celebrate.”
“You’re damn right we do.” She leans up and her breath is warm against my ear. “I’ve already got Luna lined up for a sleepover at her cousin’s house, so I’m gonna get real loud.” She presses a soft kiss just below my ear, and I shudder at the thought of what lies ahead as she moves back toward the stove to stir the sauce.
She just awoke the beast, and I can’t wait until it’s time for him to come out and play. I’m torn since I don’t want to be apart from Luna, but she’d be going to bed in another hour or two anyway.
I don’t have to wait long. As soon as we’re done with our little family dinner, Diana picks up Luna. She’s taking the girls out for ice cream, and Dani wishes her much luck with the sugar highs as they laugh through their goodbyes.
The dishes are done. The leftovers are put away. I’m semi-unpacked, but I’ve been living out of a wardrobe cart and duffel bag for four months. It can wait.
And we’re alone.
Finally.
We haven’t been alone since the night before I left for tour. Our schedule was pretty crazy for this tour, but the few times Dani was able to come visit me on the road, she had Luna in tow.
This is a night four months in the making. Plus over two years, and another decade in between.
I can’t help it.
I pounce the second the door clicks shut behind her.
I slam her body up against the front door, and she grunts out a moan at the impact. It’s like I can’t get to her fast enough—to her lips under mine, to her body against mine, to her hands gliding over me.
My mouth crushes against hers as a needy urgency passes between us. Maybe we have all night, and maybe we’ll take it slow later, but I can’t take it slow now. Not when I’ve been waiting so damn long for this.