Total pages in book: 145
Estimated words: 147733 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 739(@200wpm)___ 591(@250wpm)___ 492(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 147733 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 739(@200wpm)___ 591(@250wpm)___ 492(@300wpm)
“There. She’s taken now,” he says.
I smile like I’m one with the dreamy warmth streaming into our room. The same warmth that’s shining inside me.
I drop the brush on the palette, lean over, and kiss him.
He deepens the kiss which takes on a life of its own until he picks me up and carries me to bed. He lies down beside me, and after the scorching kiss I expect he’s looking for more—and I’m ready and willing.
“What do you think about expanding our family?”
“More dogs?” I hold my breath.
“Eventually. I had something a little more delicate in mind before that, though.”
His hand slides down my side and curls up until his palm settles over my belly.
This man.
I kiss him long and slow, showing him how much I love that idea.
“Soon, Miles. I’d like that a lot.” I laugh.
“What’s so funny?”
“I didn’t realize we never had this conversation until I was about to walk down the aisle and I started freaking out a little. Then I read Gram’s letter...”
“So, you’re saying I should thank Lottie for you not jilting me at the altar?”
Grinning, I smack him playfully. “Thank her for bringing me to my senses, sure. But I always knew we’d get through it.”
“We will, kitten. We’ve already proven we can make it through anything.”
The next time he kisses me, I’m smiling with the same loving happiness in that painting.
Unlike his painted women, I’m grateful that I get to be the only one who ever touches this god, this man who picked up a brush and offered me a destiny I couldn’t refuse.