Total pages in book: 47
Estimated words: 46846 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 234(@200wpm)___ 187(@250wpm)___ 156(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 46846 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 234(@200wpm)___ 187(@250wpm)___ 156(@300wpm)
“Spell,” Lucy softly says when he trails off.
“That sounds about right to me,” I smirk. “Bryce…”
“The cars are ready,” he says. “I popped my head out, and three paps ran at me like goddamn offensive linemen. Sorry.” He turns to Lucy. “I forgot. You’re new to this.”
Lucy takes a deep breath, straightening her back and looking like my strong woman. The woman who’s going to make the best mother any kids could ask for. The woman who’s going to rise to the occasion, because I’ll be there… the same way she was earlier in the car with me.
“It’s okay. But can I talk with you for a second, Logan?”
“Sure.” I walk over, take her hand and lead her out to the balcony. “The last time I was out there, Maxine Waterson was trying to throw my phone off the edge.”
“What? Why?”
“It was when you called. She was playing games just like they all do. I just wanted to talk to you.”
“I was imagining all kinds of things about you two.”
“Never,” I snarl, moving closer to her.
We kiss, my arms wrapping around her as I squeeze her gently. It’s like I’m already trying to protect the child growing inside of her.
She squeezes onto my shoulders.
“I needed to ask,” she says, breathy after the kiss. “Are you sure you want to do this?”
“Do what… the party?”
“Yeah.”
“Yes,” I say. “One thousand percent. One million.”
She laughs, and I lean down, kissing her cheek. “One hundred hundred thousand billion.”
“Such a goofball,” she says. “But really. You don’t have to. You can go back to your old life. This has all happened so fast…today.”
“I’ve wanted you longer than today,” I say fiercely.
“Me too. But even if I know I’m sure; I have to know you are.”
“I’m sure,” I tell her. “I was sure the moment I saw you. In fact, Lucy….”
Not now, not now, not now.
“The second I laid eyes on you, I knew it. When I was up there on the stage, and you walked in…my entire world changed. I told the truth. I’ve never felt something like this before. But I haven’t told you what this is.”
I grab her hips and pull her right up against me, letting her feel the passion in my body, my heart pounding out of my chest.
“The second I saw you, Lucy, I knew you were mine. It was instant. I knew I…fuck it, I owned you. I felt so damn possessive right away. I was already angry, thinking other men might want you. I was already thinking of a family together, right then, a family and a future. I just knew.”
She places her hands on my chest, making the most gorgeous panting noises as though my innocent, perfect virgin can’t process it.
She blinks, shaking her head, speaking softly. “You’re joking.”
“I’m not. I swear.”
“Are you really not joking?”
“I’d never joke about this,” I say, wondering where she’s going with this.
You’re joking.
You don’t OWN me.
That’s a terrible thing to say.
How dare you…
She blinks again, and tears slide down her cheeks.
“I wanted the same the first time I saw you,” she whispers. “It was more than a crush. It was like you said, more than I’ve ever felt. But like that. Right then. I couldn’t fight it. I tried to. It seemed so unrealistic.”
“It’s incredible,” I whisper, leaning closer, kissing her tenderly. “I can’t believe it. So you’ve got no problem with me saying….”
“What, Logan?”
“I hope the first time I take you,” I growl, squeezing her just-mine hips tighter, “I get you pregnant. I hope that in nine months from tonight, tonight….” I squeeze her even harder, letting her feel who she belongs to. She moans and shifts against me. “We’re going to have a child together.”
“No,” she says in the sweetest voice. “I don’t have a problem with that at all.”
She radiantly smiles as we kiss, and I can feel her smiling through the kiss, making the sort of noises that have me wishing we were somewhere else. Alone.
Bryce knocks on the glass. “Time to go, lovebirds.”
She leans back in my embrace. “I think I can easily say this has been the best day of my life.”
“Mine was Anna’s birth,” I tell her, laying my lips against her forehead, inhaling the scent of her hair. “But I know we’re going to create so much happiness and joy. I know this is a close, close, close second.”
“We’ll always keep her memory alive,” Lucy says.
“I like the sound of that always.”
“After this party, I want you to tell me all about her. Everything. And our kids will know about her too.”
I smooth my hands up her body and take her hands. “I like the sound of that. But I’ll tell you tomorrow. Don’t forget, Lucy… I’ve got plans for you after the party.”
She bites her lip, looking sexy as fuck, like she’s ready for another release. “Tomorrow, then.”