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I bend down and pull her up so that I have each of my girls close to my chest. They smile and laugh when I shimmy and dip. Their smiles are contagious.
I look up and find Luna watching us. A wide beam on her face. We lock eyes and I see the sparkle that is always there when she observes how I play with the kids. It takes her only a fewseconds to drop her look of contentment and turn away from me. My heart practically falls out of my chest.
“Hey girls,” I whisper so only they can hear. “Why don’t you dance with your brother so I can dance with mommy. Yeah?”
They nod enthusiastically and work their way out of my arms.
“Hunt! Dance wif us,” Poppy calls out in her little lisp.
Helene snatches his hand out of Luna’s and the girls circle him with their arms.
Luna stands transfixed on them and I take advantage of the moment and slide my hand into hers, tugging her close to me.
She stumbles with a gasp but I bring her so close that a strand of hair couldn’t fit between us and she holds her breath.
I don’t speak. I simply wrap an arm around her back, splaying my hand across the small of it, and begin moving side to side. I stare into her deep blue eyes, mesmerized by the swirls of light and dark blue. The way the light shines on them makes them look like sea glass, polished by the sand and gleaming in the sun.
The song is definitely not meant for slow dancing but I don’t care. Just having her in my arms is the best feeling in the world and the last thing I want to do is rush it.
I let my head fall to the hollow where her neck meets her collarbone. I inhale her scent and nuzzle my nose against the column of her neck. I trace it up to her lobe and place a gentle kiss just behind the shell of her ear.
“I love you so much, baby. Please don’t give up on me. Let me make this better,” I whisper in her ear.
Her breath stutters and I pull back to see her eyes closed and her lip tremble. I touch her lips with mine and kiss the corners of her mouth. Then I take in her full lips, her top one just slightly larger than the bottom, and get lost in their softness.
I part my lips and lick the seam, doing my best to coax them open. When she responds my heart soars, and I release the breath I didn’t realize I was holding.
Her arms come up to circle around my neck and I wrap both of mine behind her, my hands moving up to play in her hair.
We get lost in each other, lost in the moment and I’m seconds away from sneaking her upstairs when I hear, “ewwww. Mommy and daddy are kissin’.”
Luna’s eyes snap open and she pushes me away like I’m a fire that scorched her. She heaves and her chest rises and falls with each gasp of air. Her fingers come up to trace her lips and I can see how her dainty fingers shake.
“Dinners ready,” she says in a breathy voice.
I swallow down the lump in my throat and give her a curt nod. “C’mon kiddos. Let’s set the table.”
I give her the moment she obviously needs to compose herself.
After dinner I help with cleaning up and then move to getting the kids ready for bed. Well…one kid. Luna is the expert who can juggle all three at once.
The look on her face when I step in to help proves to me once again what a complete and utter ass I have been. Something so small as putting Poppy in her pajamas and helping her brush her teeth is a simple task to me, but means the world to Luna.
I make a promise to myself that I will do better, be a better man, for both my wife and my kids. She deserves more. She deserveseverything.
“All right my little flower. Time for bed,” I tell Poppy once we’re finished with brushing her teeth. “Let’s say goodnight to mommy and bubba and sissy.
She places her hand in mine and together we walk to Hunter’s room, first.
“Hunt!” Poppy shouts, hopping up on his bed where Luna is tucking him in. “‘Night, bubba.” She crawls up to him and wraps him in a tight hug.
“G’night, Poppy-seed. Love you,” he replies.
“Luv you.” They give each other a sweet kiss goodnight and she jumps off his bed.
“I’ll be right in to say goodnight to my girls. Go with mommy, okay?” I tell them.
My three beautiful girls walk out of Hunters’s room, giving me a moment alone with him.
