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I let out a moan of loss when Kellan finally pulled away from me, separating us, but I couldn’t help but smile when his hand slid between my legs, cupping my pussy. The look in his eyes sent a shiver through me, and I wanted it just as much. Wanted his baby inside me, to be part of his life forever, his forever.
“Much as I want to stay inside you and keep you here just you and me, I want to be able to feed you properly. Let’s get cleaned up, then I’ll clean up our stuff, and take you home,” he says rubbing his thumb across my collar bone, the look on his face one of concern.
It doesn’t take much to guess what he’s thinking. I’ve always been thin but in the last year, I’ve lost weight between working and taking care of my mom. Most of my clothes are loose on me. Combine his mention of feeding me properly, with the comment he made about having me fed last night with that touch, and I know he’s worried. It hits me hard that there’s someone concerned about me, for me, and I can’t fight the tears that hit.
“Sadie, what’s wrong?” he asks, his other hand coming up to cup my cheek.
“I’m sorry, I just…since Mom got sick no one’s worried about me…”
“Shh,” he whispers, lifting me back into his arms, letting me rest my face in his neck. “It’s okay, baby. I’ve got you now and I’ll always worry about you, always put your needs first.”
“Thank you,” I get out, holding onto him until he sets me down once more, washing me before he rinses himself, then wraps me in a big fluffy towel with a kiss.
“I didn’t think two people would fit in here this easily,” I admit as he towel dried my hair so it’s not dripping wet.
“I wanted somewhere that I could easily fit to shower if needed, and after the first draft of the cabin plans were ready, Jasper mentioned a slightly bigger shower and bathroom might be useful. I didn’t understand why until he flat out says that he wouldn’t be able to fit in it with Sharon and if they were going to use the place for a little getaway, he’d like to spend a bit of time under the water with his wife. That led to us putting in tankless water heaters. We put in a basement to house the water pumps in each of them, so they don’t freeze during the cold months. Just have to make sure to keep the generators full and keep firewood on hand to stay warm and use them then.”
“I guess you owe him a thank you now then, don’t you?” I ask, laughing when he gave me a hard kiss, wrapping me up against him before agreeing.
Chapter 8
Kellan
I drop a kiss onto Sadie’s lips as I settle the blanket over her lap. The truck is warm but not overly, and I don’t want her to get cold as we make our way home.
The snow stopped sometime early this morning and thanks to the lean-to, the truck wasn’t buried in it, but it’s definitely thick on the roads, which means it’ll take a bit to get to the house. If for some reason I have to get out of the truck, I want Sadie warm.
Last night and this morning were fucking incredible. I could have stayed with her here in the cabin for days with ease, but this morning, feeling and seeing her ribs press against the skin of her back, made the decision that I’d get us home today for me. I need to make sure she’s taken care of, by more than just my cock.
More than anything, I want to get Sadie home, get the asshole that thought he could sell what’s mine handled, and spend my days ensuring she’s happy. I’m sure my brothers are going to give me more hell about the fact that I fell for someone younger than all of their wives than the fact that I finally have a woman. Hopefully after they meet Sadie they’ll understand why I had to wait for her.
Most of them have set me up on blind dates before and honestly, they were some of the worst I went on. Likely because they picked women like their wives.
I honestly love all of them like my sisters, am thankful for them coming in and loving my brothers, for being who they are, whether that’s a stay-at-home moms like Sharon and Elaine, Carver’s wife. Or a deal maker like Katie, Rylan’s wife. Or a constant volunteer at the school or hospital like Lily, Ashton’s wife.
None of them were close to being what I wanted, but Sadie…she’s everything and more.
I take it slow, and smile when fifteen minutes into the normal thirty, Sadie lets out the cutest little snore. She’s dressed in some of the clothes from her bag, with my old flannel topping hers, and my back-up jacket on top of that. Hers was still damp from being in a pile all night and honestly, it’s not even close to being enough to keep her properly warm.
Her cheeks are flushed from the warmth and if I wasn’t being overly cautious with the snow, I’d take a picture to remember just how beautiful she is in this moment.
I keep going, making it to my house nearly an hour later, with Sadie still sound asleep. I know my girl needs it, especially after how often we woke last night. So as much as I want to be buried inside her again, first I’m going to feed her, then put her back to bed.
I sneak a picture of her all wrapped up nice and cozy before pulling into the garage, and carry my love inside, laying her out on the couch when she argues with me about waking up. I stoke up the fireplace, after slipping the jacket and shoes off her, pulling the afghan my mother made me over her and move into the kitchen area.
The first floor of the house is mostly open concept. The kitchen, dining area, and living room all flow from one space to another. I have a laundry room and pantry behind the kitchen that’s closed off, and there’s a half-bath down here as well as a full guest suite, and family room down the hall beyond the living room. My office is in the space above the garage, and I have a staircase that leads down into it that I can use if needed.
It’s directly across from the master suite’s sitting area. There’s a door in the master that opens to the little hall which holds my office or leads down to the garage, and another that you can use to enter into the master suite from the main upstairs hallway.
That means while I’m working, Sadie can be in the bedroom napping, and I’ll be close at hand. I like that idea more than I can say, especially since it means I can simply leave my office, slip into our bedroom, and into bed with her.
I rarely have people come out and into my office, and if they do come to it, they enter through the garage. The door into the bedroom locks automatically and uses either a print or key to open it, so if someone would come by, they can’t get to my girl.
I grab the items to start making breakfast then get out my bluetooth headphones I generally only use when out of the office—the one here at home or the one at the resort. With Sadie sleeping, I don’t want the conversation to wake her, but I don’t want to leave her alone before she wakes to get this handled either.
Gage answers on the third ring, his tone just as grumpy as he usually is, but I can forgive him that because the man’s like me—or at least the me before last night without a woman that makes us whole. “What?” he questions instead of a hello.
“I need you to pull some information on someone for me,” I tell him in return, giving him the info on Jonah that Sadie gave me earlier while we got dressed.
