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“We’re having a baby,” Ben announces enthusiastically.
“Congratulations,” they respond in unison, but Ben has already turned his attention back to me.
“We’re going to be parents,” he murmurs, looking directly at me.
“We are. I guess I don’t need to ask if you’re happy,” I reply, dragging my fingertips against the side of his face, my heart swelled with love for my beautiful husband.
“Baby, I’ve been happy from the moment I got you back into my life and that happiness has only grown each and every minute of every hour, for every fucking day since. You’re my world, Juniper Sellers. I love you more than I could ever explain.”
“You don’t need to explain, Ben, because I love you the same exact way.”
“Never leave me, Junie.”
“Wild horses couldn’t drag me away,” I promise him.
“I’m so happy about our baby, but I have to admit I’m a little sad there won’t be a reason to keep trying so often.”
“About that, did you know I recently read a medical study that said the more sex a mother has before going into labor, the easier the delivery will be.”
“Wow, that’s a real medical study, huh?” he asks, standing up, his eyes alight with humor.
“Certified, even.”
“Are you sure you’re not lying to me, Junie?”
“Nope. I read it in one of those boring medical journals my doctor keeps in the waiting room. Scout’s honor.”
“Were you ever a scout, Junie?”
“Of course,” I lie, laughing as Ben swoops me up in his arms, his hand under my knees and at my back. I lock my hands so they rest at the back of his neck and let him cradle me into his body. “What are you doing?”
“Carrying my family to the car,” Ben says, making my heart squeeze in pleasure. “Then, when we get home, I’m going to carry them inside and get busy making sure my wife has the easiest labor in history. You got anything to say to that, Baby?”
“Just one word.”
“What’s that?” he asks, looking confused.
“Hurry,” I urge him, and we laugh together all the way out of the hospital.
It took me a lot of years and a hell of a lot of wrong turns to find the one man who I was meant to be with forever. Even with the pain and the heartache, I’d do it all again—every bit of it, if it meant in the end my reward would be Ben. As I gaze into his eyes, I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I will always feel like that.
Epilogue
Ben
May—the following year
I hearBenji’s cry and move before I even open my eyes.
“Ben, I can get him, Baby. You worked late.”
“You know the drill, Junebug,” I murmur quietly, switching on the bedside light, then bending over to kiss her on the lips briefly. “You sit still, I’ll get Benji and bring him back to our bed.”
“But I’m fine now.” she laughs, as I put my pillows up against the headboard, then move to go get my boy.
“You are, but I’ve grown to love our time together. I also like taking care of you, so humor me.”
“You got it, Sheriff,” she responds, and I grin as I walk to the nursery. I was right. My old weight room makes a great nursery. Junie used greens and yellows, because we didn’t want to know the sex of the baby early. We wanted a surprise, knowing we would love our child no matter what. What we didn’t know was just how much we would love him. Of course, that defies description.
