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Maven tugs at his shirt. “And my little brother!” she announces. “I’m a big sisternow!”
We’ve had to nearly pry Samuel from her arms every time she’s held him. She made a list of requests, and the top one was him sleeping in her bed. There’s some explaining to do when we get home. Samuel can’t be thrown into strollers and tossed on the floor after changing his diapers, like she does with her toybabies.
I’m exhausted by the time the room clears out, and Dallas is sitting on the edge of my bed. He gently climbs in next to me and laces our fingerstogether.
I close my eyes and sigh when his lips hitmine.
“We did it,” he says. “We made a healthybaby.”
I lean up for another kiss, making it last longer, and hold my hand against his cheek. “We did it.” I stretch my legs out and drum my fingers along his skin. “A year ago, this is so not where I thought I’dbe.”
He chuckles. “Oh, sweetheart, it’s a hell of a lot better than where I imagined I’d be.” He situates himself to look at me better. “You saved me, Willow. You saved my daughter. And not only did you save us, but you also gave us Samuel as a bonus. I’ve been lifted from fires I never thought I’d escape because of you.” He disconnects our hands to circle his around my wrist. “And, someday, you’re going to let me put a ring on this finger.” His lips graze my ringfinger.
“Oh, man, did we go backward on that one,” I tease. “First does not always comemarriage.”
“We do our own thing at our ownpace.”
“That wedo.”
Epilogue
Willow
Two Monthslater
I stretchout in the sheets and yawn when Dallas comes walking back into the bedroom with Samuel in his arms. I watch the silhouette of him with the help of the sunrise creeping into the morning sky. He’s shirtless, wearing only a pair of loose gym shorts, and I lick my lips when he climbs back intobed.
“Dirty diaper,” he explains with a grin. He pokes Samuel’s belly. “You know our little man can’t handle a dirtydiaper.”
Dallas is the only man … hell, the only person I know who enjoys changingdiapers.
“Thank you,” Iwhisper.
We agreed to take turns in getting up with him at night, but that hasn’t happened. Dallas is a lighter sleeper and never wakes me up when it’s my turn. He does whatever Samuel needs and comes back to bed without uttering onecomplaint.
Moving in with him was the right decision. My initial worry that it’d hurt our relationship is gone. It’s only fueled more attraction and love betweenus.
Our bond is tighter, our lovestronger.
“Daddy?”
Maven’s voice catches me off guard. She’s standing in the doorway with her blankie. Dallas or Samuel must’ve woken her up. She rubs her eyes and sluggishly stomps into the room. I scoot over and pat the space between Dallas and me, and she climbs right in. I smile when her head rests on my shoulder, and she snuggles into mybody.
The cartoons comeon.
We eat breakfast inbed.
This is myfamily.
One night changed mylife.
One night gave melife.
THEEND.
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