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Setting her down, he undressed her, piece by delicate piece. And when he had her standing before him, naked and unabashed, he realized she’d always been naked with him. In her words, in her attitude, in her emotions. She’d never hidden anything from him, not truly, her truth and integrity there for him to see, if he hadn’t been so blind.
“I’ve never seen anyone more beautiful,” he murmured.
“Should I be grateful it’s dark?” she teased. “Or grateful you have such poor eyesight?”
“I think I see you clearly for the first time, without Carina distorting my vision.”
“Has she finally been laid to rest?” Mia asked seriously. “Or will she always cause issues between us?”
“She’s Toni’s mother, but she’s not my wife. She never was, not in any true sense. You’re my wife, Mia. You’re the only wife I’ve ever had or ever will have.”
“Oh, Brand—” Her voice broke. She struggled for an instant to get the words out. “I truly didn’t believe a permanent marriage was a possibility. Didn’t believe that you would want me, especially once I told you I was pregnant.”
“We created a baby. Our baby.” He lowered his head and kissed her, worshipped her mouth, her cheeks, the length of her neck. “When I think about my life a few short weeks ago versus now… Let’s just say it’s a Christmas miracle.”
She leaned into him. “I think we can thank your mother for that. She’s the one who sent me to you.”
“I suspect she tried to send you once before, only Carina got in the way.”
“Or maybe she meant for Carina to get in the way so you would have Toni.” She cupped his face. “We’ll never know, Brand. Instead, we simply accept and trust and believe.”
“And make love.”
“And make love.” Mia smiled, aglorious, incandescent smile that exploded across her face and turned her eyes to gold. “Make love to me, Brand. Like it’s our first time together.”
He gently cupped her abdomen. “Is it safe?”
“Yes. Idid think to ask, though I didn’t expect you’d actually want to.”
Didn’t she know? “Every moment of every day I want to.”
He tipped her back onto the bed, following her down. Taking her mouth in a slow, deep kiss, he caressed her breasts, pinching the nipples until he had her moaning. “Sensitive?”
“So sensitive,” she breathed.
“And here?” He kissed a path down her body to her abdomen … and then lower still. “Here?”
“Yes, there. Please, Brand! There.” He complied, parting her folds and edging her moment by moment to a pleasure beyond all others. She shuddered against him, her hands spearing into his hair and pulling him up. “I need you inside me.”
“I’ve got you, sweetheart.”
He notched himself at her opening and thrust inward, thrusting into heaven. He groaned at the overwhelming pleasure possessing her created. More. He needed more. He needed all of her. He drove into her over and over, delighting in her cries ofjoy.
He couldn’t explain why this time felt so different from the others. More complete. More precious. More vital. It just was. “Mia…”Mine.
“I love you, Brand,” she cried.
And then she convulsed around him, sending him straight over into his own climax. “I love you, too, Mia. Forever and always.”
For a long time afterward, they simply held one another, sinking into the embrace, reveling in the touch and scent and taste of each other. Of their hearts joined in unison and the beauty of their joining.
With a deep sigh, Mia said, “I think you finally did it.”
“Did what?”
“Seduced me.”
He shook his head with a broad smile. “Haven’t you figured it out yet, my love? Don’t you know?”
