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“What’s this about a new position?” He plucks Otto off the floor and swings him up in the air, earning a delighted giggle. “They realize your mommy can run the world?”
“Oh, please.” I roll my eyes… but with an adoring grin. My husband is as biased about my abilities as he is devoted to our family.Completely.
“Pretty much,” Abby agrees, chuckling when Otto gets a fist into Axel’s neatly cropped off-seasonhair and presses his hockey stuffy to his daddy’s mouth.
“Gross, little man.”
I’ll never get tired of watching them together. My two favorite people in the world.
I turn to Abby. “I’m not sure about full-time.”
I love the time I have with these guys, and finishing my degree is as important to me as my work at the foundation. I don’t want to give any of it up.
She reaches for my hand, giving it a squeeze. “I’ll email you the specifics, and you think it over. We’ll talk in a day or so. But it’s a no-pressure offer.”
Another option in a life that, once upon a time, had none. “Seriously, thank you for thinking of me.”
Abby starts packing up Evan so she can meet Hank and their teen son, Mickey, for dinner with her mom.
When she’s gone, Axel takes my hand, bringing it to his mouth. “Hungry?”
“Starving. Want to eat out back?” I’ve been smelling whatever he was grilling, and my mouth is watering like crazy.
“Already set up.”
I don’t know why I asked. We’ve been having dinner on the back patio every night the weather permits. It’s beautiful, strung with Edison globe lights and overlooking a lush garden, sprawling yard, and pool… all of which are big enough to accommodate my family visiting. A requirement Axel gave the realtor when we started looking because I am married to the most thoughtful, generous man in all the land.
We sit down for the chicken and vegetables Axel grilled. Otto has a puree of the same, but after his exciting afternoon with Evan, my little guy conks out in his highchair before he’s even finished.
“How about I put Otto down,” Axel says, pushing back from the table while I gather our dishes. “Meet you in the kitchen.”
“Deal.”
A few minutes later, strong arms wrap around me from behind as I wash the few dishes from dinner. His chest covers my back as his lips brush my ear. “Forget this stuff.” His teeth close gently over the shell. “Come hang out with me.”’
I let my head fall back against his shoulder. “I’ve only got three things left.”
“Mmm. Let me help… so you finish faster.”
I smile, because I’d probably be done thirty seconds from now if it weren’t for the distraction of his hands sliding over my maxi dress, across my belly, and down my thighs where he slowly begins gathering handfuls of the fabric.
My nipples pebble tight, and I arch, pressing back into Axel, inviting him to distract me more. “How are you going to help?”
“Like this.”
His voice is a low rumble against my ear, a dirty promise all on its own. But then, his hands find the bare skin of my thighs, and that calloused touch against my sensitive skin has an achy need taking root and liquid heat spilling through my center.
“Mmm, so you’re helping…”
“But not with the dishes.” He pulls my dress over my head, leaving me in nothing but a pair of panties with the number six on them and the layered bracelets Otto loves to play with.
Axel groans appreciatively, running his big hands over my ass in a possessive caress. “Turn off the water.”
I do, making a show of bending forward and pushing my butt further back than is strictly necessary, but this man of mine loves it. And I love driving him crazy as much as he loves doing it to me.
I look back, biting my bottom lip at the sight of Axel’s hands on my hips, his eyes on my ass as he presses against me. He licks his lips, and my belly clenches.
I know that look.
