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Dean’s big brown eyes blow wide. “Lita’s tamales?”
Rey nods with a bittersweet frown. “Mm-hmm. I made extra yesterday, and they’ve got your name on them,mi amor.”
Dean flashes us a blinding smile before scooting off to the barre, excited and motivated to show me what he’s learned.
I slip my arm around my wife’s shoulder, watching our nephew plie and jete to his heart’s content before she snuggles close into my chest.
“Christ, I love our life, baby.” My whole body fills with a familiar sensation. One that will never grow old for me. One I’ve chased after and felt unworthy of my entire life.
Love.
She nods. “Me too.” Her smile is clear in her soft voice.
We stand in silence as my hand drops to her gently rounded stomach and a feeling of absolute contentment comes over me. I press a kiss to my stunning wife’s temple before she tilts her head up to meet my gaze.
“I had an OB appointment earlier.”
I nod with a smile. “I remembered, baby. I’m sorry I had to work.”
I drop a kiss on her upturned nose. “I’ll be at the next one.”
“I have a surprise for you.”
Mischief mingled with happiness dances in her chocolate gaze as my skin erupts in a wave of goosebumps. My tiny dancer is silent for a long beat as her eyes bore into mine before she whispers, “It’s a girl, pretty boy. We’re having a girl.”
It takes a long moment for Rey’s words to sink in, but when they do, I turn and carefully, as though she’s made of the finest porcelain wrap my arms around her while red-hot tears fill my eyes.
I press our foreheads together as we breathe each other’s exhalations.
“I can’t wait to hold her in my arms, Sunshine.” The words escape my throat in a deep, emotion-filled tone. My nostrils flare as I attempt to find the right words.
“We’re having a mini-Rey!”
She shakes her head as tears fill her beautiful eyes. The movement makes the tears spill over her long dark lashes, streaking down her smiling face.
“No, Alex.” Her words drop to a whisper as her eyes pierce mine with nothing short of sheer adoration. “A minius.”
I wrap my arms around her, holding her in my embrace, and a smile lights up my face as the realization hits me.
“She’s it, baby.”
My wife turns wet, questioning eyes to mine, and I smile even wider, my heart filling to almost bursting as I feel everything come full circle.
“We’ve danced in the rain, and now she’s our sunshine after the storm. Our baby girl is our rainbow’s end.”
EPILOGUE TWO
VAUGHN
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“This shit is goingto stop, Lucia, or I swear…”
I trail off, fists clenched almost as hard as my jaw while I stare at the uncompromising face of my second in command.
She arches a brow. “You swearwhat, Bossman?”
My nostrils flare while my stomach lurches at the nickname Iknowshe used for Valentine Burton – the previous owner of Rogue and her long-deceased fuck buddy.
