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“Right?” she laughed, tightening her arms around his neck and hugging him again. “It’s supposed to be soothing to the baby and remind them of being in the womb.”
“Can I be near it?”
“Oh my gosh…” she laughed outrageously, throwing back her head in delight while he held her close, leaning forward to kiss her throat. “That’s how we got here.”
“Stretchy pants… super… sexy…” he whispered, kissing her throat and jaw between each word.
“That uniform is pretty hot yourself, Officer Selkirk.”
“Comes with handcuffs, baby…” he joked, hesitating as he realized it was actually true and not just a joke after all, before laughing. “Perk of the job, I suppose.”
“You should tell me all about your day, and then we’ll talk about the baby,” she encouraged lovingly, but he was having none of it as he realized just how stretchy that front panel was.
“Nope,” he whispered, picking her up into his arms. “Stretchy pants are coming off…”
“Promises, promises,” she teased softly, reaching to brush back his hair. “Do you know what a nursing bra looks like?”
Ian whimpered as all sort of images ran through his mind, and his knees almost buckled.
“Hush till we are closer to the bed, wife.”
“Aye, aye, husband…” June laughed throatily in that sexy hoarse way that haunted his dreams as he set her down on the bed, putting his hand on her flat stomach.
“We’re gonna have a baby?” he asked again, almost as if it was too much for his mind as he looked at her, feeling a lump in his throat.
“Are you happy?” she asked nervously.
“Oh Minx… just when I thought I couldn’t be any happier than I was? You go and shatter through the finish line, showing me that this is just the beginning of the race. I’m all in, my heart, and I cannot wait to hold our miracle.”
His hand moved from her stomach to cup her cheek.
“But for now… I’m going to hold my other miracle close and show her how grateful I am for your love,” he promised, as he leaned down to kiss her.
EPILOGUE
JUNE
Forty years later…
“Hey Minx.How are you feeling, my love?”
“Sore,” June admitted, looking at Ian and smiling.
He was standing there holding a bouquet of red roses in his hand, and looked as handsome as the day she had come home from work to find him sitting in the yard, wanting to play the ‘Dating Game’ just to talk to her.
Her entire world had changed in that moment… for the better.
“You just missed Ashley,” she told him and smiled. “She and her husband are flying to Finland for vacation in a month, and wanted to come by to check on me. I cannot believe I broke my stupid ankle stepping off the curb.”
“It happens,” he said simply, setting down the roses and reaching up to touch her hair. “I’m glad you weren’t hurt worse.”
“Just my pride… and a bruised cheek.”
“Want me to kiss it and make it better?”
“Start with the ankle, buster, and if you succeed, then absolutely you can kiss my bum,” she smirked, and saw his wide smile touch his face as it creased his eyes. “I missed you last night,” she admitted openly in a tender voice.
“I missed you,” he replied hoarsely. “Home is not the same when you aren’t there. It’s just four walls and… you’ve got to be careful.”
