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Chapter Twenty-Four
Ethan
Having Riley welcome me the way she did was all I could have asked for, and seeing her growing belly as she moved around her kitchen almost brought me to tears. I was overcome with emotion, although I was able to keep it under wraps.
All through breakfast, I’d wanted to put her into my lap and kiss her again. I wanted to claim her body as mine, connect to her in that intimate way that started our family in the first place. Riley was stunning, and while she’d had a few bad weeks at first, she seemed to be doing well now.
Making love to Riley today was different somehow. Even though we were both in a hurry, we took our time. It wasn’t a rushed reunion. It was more like we were slowly trying to cover all the time we missed. There were more touches, more kisses, longer caresses, and a whole lot of intense stares.
When we finished, I held her to me for a long time. “You sated now?”
“For the moment,” she said and laughed. “I could use a shower and another breakfast.”
I glanced at my watch. “Actually, I told my father I’d be over there for lunch. You want to join us?”
“You should probably go by yourself. I wouldn’t want to invade the family.”
I tilted her chin toward me. “Riley, you are part of the family. Not just because you’re a Young, but because you’re carrying a piece of our family.”
“There is that.”
“So, how about I wash your back and then we head over to my father's?”
“I might be talked into that, but I think we need to kill some more time,” she said sassily as she climbed out of bed, and I stared at her profile as she left the bedroom. Damn, her body was sexy as hell. My erection was already growing as I rushed to follow her.
In the shower, I stood behind her, one hand on her belly, the other on a breast, and my mouth on her neck. Our shower took about three times as long as it should have, but neither of us seemed to be in a rush.
We were a little later getting to my father’s than planned, but I wasn’t worried about it. It was going to be a laid-back affair with just a few of us, but when we pulled down the driveway, I realized it was a whole lot more than that. There must have been a dozen cars outside, and I tensed.
“What’s going on?”
Riley grinned next to me. “Nothing, everyone is just welcoming you home.”
“You knew about this?”
She rolled her eyes. “Of course, I knew about it. It was my job to keep you busy until it was time.”
“Oh,” I laughed. “That’s why we had such a long shower, huh?”
“Well, that and I really need to work off more sexual energy.”
I parked my truck and leaned toward her. “Baby, you can work that off with me anytime you want.”
She laughed and opened her door. After I met her at the front of my truck, she grinned. “You might not want to say that. I’m rather insatiable right now.”
Damn, if my dick didn’t start to wake up again. I grabbed her around the shoulders, pulling her back against me and whispering in her ear. “We could go climb in the back seat of my truck and take care of that again. I don’t think they’d miss us.”
“Uncle Ethan!” Marisol yelled as she came around the side of the house and saw me. She ran over to us and jumped into my arms, and I could imagine my own child doing that. The thought filled my heart to the point that it might explode.
“How are you doing, Miss Marisol? Are you keeping your nose clean? Staying out of trouble with the police?”
She giggled as I tickled her. “Yes!” I put her down on the ground, and she turned to me. “Do you know that Aunt Riley has a baby in her tummy?”
“Yes, I sure do,” I said to her. “What do you think about that?”
“I can’t wait. I want her to have a little girl so that I have someone I can dress up like my dolls.”
I chuckled. “Well, we’ll have to see about that.”
