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“What now?” I ask him.
“Now, we do that again,” he says, already sinking inside of me. “And then again.”
I like the sound of that.
Scratch that.
I love the sound of that.
THIRTEEN
Foster
Five Years Later…
“I don’t thinkthat I forgot anything, but if I did, you have a key to our place,” I tell my dad as I set the kids’ backpacks down on the kitchen table.
“I’ve got it. Now, get out of here. I’ve got the kids,” my dad assures me, and I smile at him as I head for the door.
“Be good for Grandpa,” I tell my kids as I bend down to kiss them goodbye.
“We’re going to have a sleepover,” Miley tells me excitedly, and I laugh.
She’s been so excited for her sleepover with Grandpa. It’s all she’s talked about all week.
“I know. You guys have fun, okay?”
“Okay,” Ryan says distractedly, already heading over to play with the toys that my dad keeps at his place for the kids.
“Thanks again for watching them,” I say, and my dad waves me off.
“Of course. I love spending time with them. Tell Lilliana that I said hi.”
“I will. We’ll see you guys tomorrow,” I call, and the kids wave goodbye as I head out to my truck.
Today is our anniversary, and Lilliana and I have big plans for tonight. I’m taking her to a new steakhouse that just opened up in Rose River, a town about half an hour from here. Then I’m going to take her to a hotel for the night and hopefully make love to her until we’re both too tired to move.
I drive through town and pass by Lilliana’s old apartment. She only spent a few nights in that place. She hadn’t even unpacked everything before we admitted that we loved each other and got engaged. That made it easy to move her into my house, at least.
During the last five years, she’s made it into our home. She’s left her mark on every room, and now that she’s there, I finally look forward to going home after work every night.
I’ve hired a few more people to work at the shop with me. That way, I’m able to get home to Lilliana and the kids at a reasonable time every day.
Lilliana’s lingerie line has really taken off in the last few years, too. She’s built a whole company over the years and now has deals for her lingerie to be in several department stores. Her website has grown, too. I couldn’t be prouder of her, and I know that she loves her job and loves helping plus size women feel sexy and beautiful in their own bodies.
The two of us got married a month after she moved back to town and I proposed. Neither one of us could wait any longer. I think that our friends and families thought the same thing because when we told them that we were engaged and were getting married in four weeks, they all had the same thing to say; “It’s about damn time!”
I had to agree with them. I was just glad that I didn’t have to wait until it was time for our marriage pact and that I was getting to make her my wife at last.
Our wedding was held right here in Wolf Valley. There’s this spot in the woods that Lilliana and I used to hike to when we were younger. We chose that spot for our wedding and it was perfect.
Our wedding was pretty small, with just our family and friends there. We had joked then that Ransom and Ruby or Ford and Cameron were going to be next to get married, and surprisingly, we were right. Both couples had only been together for a few weeks or days at that time, and both couples were married within the next three months.
We found out that we were expecting right after we got back from our honeymoon in Hawaii. Then, after Miley was born, it was only about five months later that we found out that she was pregnant with Ryan.
Having two kids so close together has been great in so many ways. The kids love playing together, and we were able to pass down toys and some other baby items right away. Having two toddlers under three, though, was rough, and after Ryan, we decided that we were done growing our family.
I pull into the driveway and grin when I see that Lilliana is home already. I climb out of my SUV and hurry through the cold and up to the front door.
