"I believe you would have." He touched her striking face, admiring the famous cheekbones. She had made good on her promise to be a stay-at-home mother but always found the time for her beloved charities. Women supporting other women had grown so much that she had had to hire an assistant to help with the administrative side of things. But she never allowed anything to take her away from her role as wife and mother.
"I was thinking."
"Uh oh."
"What?"
"I always get leery when you do that."
"Do what?"
"Think." She touched his face gently and could not stop touching him. They had gone from being a glamorous and highly photographed "dream couple" to one of substance. They were solid in their marriage now more than ever.
"I was going to say before I was rudely interrupted-" He nipped at the tip of her finger as it covered his mouth.
"I want to ease back from producing movies. Gregory has been eagerly dogging my footsteps-" he added, referring to his associate producer. "He has learned a lot, and I'm confident that he knows what he's doing." He captured her slender wrist and placed her palm against his hair-roughened cheek.
"I want us to travel without the restrictions of my career. I want to show our children the world. We'll go to Europe and then move on from there." He smiled at her raised brows. "The Caribbean, the UK, perhaps Africa... who knows?"
"How much time are we talking about?"
"Six months?"
"Can you afford to take off for that length of time?"
"I happen to be my own boss."
"What about your responsibilities at the company?"
"You don't like the idea."
"I love the idea. But you're not used to-"
"To what?" he asked curiously when she stopped.
"You're not used to not doing anything."
"That was before. This is now. I'm a father of four growing children, and very soon they will be off to school." He hauled her onto his lap.
"I saw them walking and saying their first words, and I realized that this is what's important. I have more money than I can spend in several lifetimes. I want to spend time with my family. Is that something you want as well? Me underfoot all the time?"
"Let me consider-" She tipped her head to the side and eyed him archly. "A handsome man at my beck and call twenty-four hours a day. Not to mention the fact that he's a terrific lover and asuper husband and father." She nodded, eyes dancing. "I think I can manage to get on board."
"Super husband and father?" he repeated huskily, lips brushing her cheek.
"Hmm. Terrific lover."
"I am that." His lips cruised the side of her cheek and settled on her lips. "Why don't I exercise my superpowers right now?"
"What do you have in mind?"
"Let me show you."
And he did.
"Good heavens!" Blair wrapped his arms around her waist, lifting her off the ground. "You hired the entire zoo? Wait!" He put her down so quickly that she almost lost her balance as he continued to gape.
"Is that a Shetland pony?" He turned back to her with rounded eyes. "You really went all out."
