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Both his mom and Anna playfully punched him.
“How is Kyle doing?” Anna asked Becca as they started for the house. “I was hoping he’d be here.”
“I know,” Becca said. “We miss him, too. He’s gone skiing with friends. He’s been doing such an amazing job with his college classes that we thought he deserved a reward. I promise he will be here at Christmas.”
“Good,” Anna said.
Skylar put his arm around her and helped her walk up the steps. “We are going straight up to bed, and you are taking a nap.”
“Who do you think you’re fooling?” Anna asked in a lowered voice to try to keep the others from hearing. “You don’t want a nap. I know you.”
He nodded at his mom and sister as they entered the house ahead of them. “They can watch the kid for a while so we can have some alone time.”
“Listen to him, Anna,” Joann said. “Once you add two babies to the mix, you won’t get much sleep.”
Joann winked at her.
Anna’s cheeks burned with a fresh blush.
Skylar waited until Joann and Becca left them in the foyer before he said, “What’s wrong? Are you afraid they’ll think we’re having a sexcapade?”
She groaned. “You are never going to let me forget I said that, are you?”
“Never.”
With his arm securely around her shoulders, they walked up the stairs to the bedroom where they’d spent their first night as a pretend couple. She counted her blessings with every step.
“I want a whole houseful of kids.”
He groaned. “I don’t know if I can survive that.”
Poor Skylar was always a nervous wreck weeks before the birth of their children.
“No. I want to stop after the girls are born, but I want to adopt some older kids. I want to adopt kids like me, those without hope. I didn’t say anything before because we’re building our own little family right now. But it is something I want to do in the future. How do you feel about that?”
She held her breath.
He stopped to gaze into her eyes and stroke her cheek with the back of one hand. “You make me happy, so whatever I can do to make you happy, I’ll do it.”
She glowed on the inside as the warmth of his love filled her. “I’m glad tomorrow is Thanksgiving.” She snuggled close to him as they entered the bedroom. “I have so much to be thankful for, and now I am going to show you how thankful I am to be your wife.”
And with that, she shut the door and turned the lock.
Skylar grinned.
