Total pages in book: 66
Estimated words: 62394 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 312(@200wpm)___ 250(@250wpm)___ 208(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 62394 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 312(@200wpm)___ 250(@250wpm)___ 208(@300wpm)
She wrapped her arms tighter around his neck and nipped at his bottom lip in response. He growled and raised his hips, deliberately coming in contact with her sex. She shifted and arched into him, rubbing herself in circles against his cock.
With his hands on her hips, he helped her grind into him, their lips still connected. It was as if he wanted to be linked with her, forever.
“Mommy, why are you kissing daddy again?”
Caught again, he thought, knowing he needed to get used to it.
Aurora slid back but remained on Nick’s lap. “Because we love each other.” Her eyes sparkled as she answered.
Leah walked over, coughing but sounding much better. “I love you, too.” She climbed onto the couch and pushed between them, nearly knocking Aurora over.
Aurora laughed and kissed Leah’s forehead. “Kissing is different between mommies and daddies,” she said. “But I love you, too.”
Nick tapped Leah’s head and she looked up at him. “I love you too, princess.”
His daughter flung her arms around his neck. “I love you, Daddy.”
His throat tight, he managed to wrap an arm around both of his girls. Nick had Aurora back. He had his family. And as far as he was concerned, he had everything that mattered.
Epilogue
One Year Later
Aurora stood at the kitchen sink, looking out the window at the rolling backyard of the house she and Nick had moved into two months ago. When he’d made the decision to step back from travel, he’d immediately hired someone who did similar work for a large hotel chain, and began the training process. Nick traveled along with his new employee, introducing him to the managers and assistant managers of the hotels, and teaching him the way he liked to handle things under the Meridian umbrella of hotels.
Then he’d moved in with Aurora and Leah.
Leah had taken to Nick’s new living arrangements with ease, acting as if she’d always had her father around. And Aurora, determined to put her issues in the past, decided to talk to a therapist about her abandonment issues. Digging up her past was painful, but when she contrasted it with her present, she was finding it easier to trust the happy times would last.
They’d agreed together to buy a new house, one that was a home for their family. Nick loved Aurora’s house but as the weather grew warmer, he’d decided they needed a larger backyard, and a pool. He also needed a home office, without taking over hers. Her old place had a master and three bedrooms. Leah had one, one was a guestroom, and Nick refused to take over the third one, which she used on occasion for work. After seeing the state of the dining room where he’d worked before they found this house, she knew he had to have his own office. She’d have trouble sharing one with Mr. Messy.
And this new house? She adored it. It was a modern, newly built 10,000 square foot structure at the end of a cul-de-sac, on two acres, with the pool Nick wanted and way too many bedrooms to fill. Excessive? Of course. But once Aurora had said she loved it, that had been it. Nick wouldn’t consider anything else.
Life was so good, Aurora had to pinch herself to believe it was real. She placed her hand on her flat belly and smiled.
“Are you ready for the savages to arrive?” Nick asked, coming up behind her and wrapping his arms around her waist.
“Is that any way to talk about our families?”
He chuckled. “Maybe not yours, but it definitely fits mine.”
She laughed. “It’s fine. I’m looking forward to it. Besides, the help you hired to serve and clean have been setting things up in the dining room.”
The servers had been coming in and out of the kitchen for the last hour, heating and arranging food and drinks, and setting the tables. Again, it was excessive, she’d discovered that Nick liked his luxuries. And if he could find a way for her to avoid her doing housework, or anything beyond working at the charity she loved, or spending time with him and Leah, he arranged for things to be done for them.
She still wasn’t used to being pampered but there were worse things in life, she thought, wryly.
Today was the first time they were having company at the new house—both families. All of the Kingstons and all of the Dares. Jade had arrived early and was helping Leah pick out something to wear.
Just as Aurora had hoped, she and Nick’s twin had become close. She’d learned the details about Jade’s broken engagements. Two men had hurt her badly. One had proposed but had been using her for her family money, and the most recent one had cheated on her…with his own brother’s fiancée. Jade deserved happiness and Aurora hoped she found someone she could trust. Right now though, her man-fast continued and she refused to let anyone set her up on a blind date. She wasn’t interested in going out with anyone.