be in his arms. I’m safe and taken care of and it’s how I always felt around him. It’s why I put up with his grumpy ass. He’s like a bear with a thorn in his paw, but he’s my bear.
“A baby changes everything.” I’ve never heard Kace talk about wanting a family. All he did was work. But I guess he built a secret dream house on the side when I wasn't paying attention.
“Not really. We would have had kids sooner or later.” He lifts his eyebrows like this is a foregone conclusion.
“You’ve always wanted kids?” Hope lights up inside me.
“I didn't know I wanted anything until you walked into my life. Now I want it all.” He rolls us so he’s on top of me. “You know I’m an all or nothing kind of man. It’s why it’s been so hard being near you and not having you.”
“I’ve been driving you crazy?” I smile up at him. “The feeling is mutual.”
“Now you’re going to have to spend the rest of your life driving me crazy.”
“I think I can handle that.” I wrap my legs around him. “I do love you, after all.” A possessive glint lights up in his eyes.
“I love you too, kitten,” he says, dropping his mouth down onto mine.
We both have gotten everything we’ve ever wanted. We might have taken the long way to find it, but fate had its plans and now everyone gets their happily ever after.
Epilogue
Kace
Two years later…
“I think you would know better than me,” Myra says over her shoulder as she walks into the bathroom.
“Come on, don’t you want to have a say in any of it?” I lay down the plans for the garden I want designed for her in the back field and follow after her.
She smiles at me as she brushes her teeth. I lean against the doorframe as she undresses, and take in every inch of her naked body as she does it. I step inside and close and lock the door while she watches me in the mirror.
“What are you doing?” she asks around a mouthful of toothpaste.
“You know exactly what I’m doing.” I raise an eyebrow at her and she shakes her head but I can see her fighting a smile.
After she’s finished and cleaned up, she turns around and crosses her arms over her bare breasts. “Kace, you designed every inch of this house based on what I love, and there’s nothing about it I would change. Not a single candlestick in this whole house, because it’s exactly what I would have chosen.”
“But this is different.” I walk over to her and put my hands on either side of her and lean against her. “This is for you and the girls.”
Our twin daughters are currently sleeping in our bed, and I know we’ve only got a few stolen moments alone.
“These plans include a huge wooden castle—what little girl wouldn’t love that?” She cocks her head to the side and smiles. “You’ve made all of our dreams come true. How could I possibly add any more to that?”
Her arms uncross and she slides her hands down my bare chest to my shorts. “I guess I just want it to be perfect,” I say softly as I lean in and kiss her neck, and she undoes my buttons.
“I trust you, Kace.” She tilts her head back so I can kiss all the way down her throat to her breasts. “I trust you with everything.”
She stumbles over the last word as I suck one of her nipples into my mouth and nibble on the tight peak. Her hands free my hot cock and she strokes it a few times before she pulls me to her entrance. Her ass is up on the counter now as she guides me between her wet folds. She’s slippery and warm. I sink into her and groan.
“Shhh,” she whispers, but I thrust into her hard and now it’s her turn to cry out.
“What were you saying?” I whisper in her ear as I put my hand over her mouth.
I pump hard and fast, my cock swelling and her hips rocking with me. It’s a practiced rhythm we’ve perfected over time and it’s guaranteed to make us feel good before little hands wiggle the doorknob.
“God, I’m so horny lately,” she breathes as I suck on her other nipple. “If I didn’t know better I’d think—”
She stops moving and her eyes widen in shock but I keep on going. “Finally figured it out?” I