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“Or want.” Jack grinned.
“Hey.” Logan scowled at him. “I’m happy, okay? I know this is probably hilarious to you guys, but I’d really appreciate a bit more support.”
Jack looked chastened. “Sorry, man. You’re right. I shouldn’t be a dick about it. For what it’s worth, I’m glad it’s worked out for you.”
“We all are,” Kyle said quickly.
Tione cleared his throat. “Yeah. We’ll try not to give you such a hard time.”
“I appreciate that.” He doubted himself enough without them piling on.
“It’s the start of a new era,” Sterling said with a smile. “Why don’t we toast?”
Jack raised his can of beer. “To happy relationships.”
Sterling lifted his whiskey glass. “To happy relationships.”
They all raised their drinks. Logan grinned, relief untangling the tension that had been growing within him. He’d always laughed at how mushy his friends got over their women, but he was one of them now, and it felt better than he ever could have guessed. He’d always thought that settling down would feel like the end of something, but it didn’t. It felt like the beginning.
Hours later, when he got into bed with Gabby and wrapped himself around her, he breathed in her familiar scent and allowed it to welcome him home. He held her close, kissing the top of her head when she snuggled into him and murmured something sleepily. His heart was so full, he felt like it might burst. Perhaps he wasn’t out hooking up with gorgeous tourists every other weekend, but he had something so much better.
Now don’t screw it up.
* * *
Gabby sippedher lemon and ginger tea and petted Thomas, who’d curled on her lap. Karen sat on the arm of the sofa watching them as if deciding whether to grace them with her presence. Gabby was considering making breakfast when Logan sauntered in, his pajama pants slung low on his hips and his lean torso on delicious display. He stopped at the end of the sofa and gazed down, a smile flirting with the corners of his lips.
“Do you come here often?” he asked, hitching up one of his eyebrows suggestively.
Gabby smothered a laugh. “Was that supposed to be a pickup line?”
He winked. “Do I need one?”
Honestly, no.
She let her focus wander down his chest, past his tight pecs, over his grooved abdomen, and to the V that arrowed into his pants. She bit her lip. The annoying ass knew he was hot as hell.
“Are you just gonna look at me?” he asked mischievously.
She smirked. “I’m pregnant. I think that means you’re supposed to do all the work.”
To her surprise, he fished Thomas out of her lap and sat him beside Karen, then he slid his arms beneath her and scooped her off the sofa. She gasped in shock and clutched his shoulders.
“What are you doing?” she demanded.
“The work,” he teased. “I would’ve thought that was obvious.”
“But I’m too heavy.”
He carried her to the bedroom. “Apparently not.”
He set her gently on the bedspread and climbed over her, staring down at her with something unusually soft in his eyes. They’d been tender with each other before, but this felt deeper. Her pulse leaped. Could it possibly be love she saw looking back at her? Or was she projecting her own feelings onto him? Because she could no longer deny she cared for him deeply.
Her breath hitched and she rose up to kiss him. He kissed her back as though they had all the time in the world. There was no rush or urgency. Instead, he made love to her with his mouth, and her foolish heart squeezed and grew and yearned to give itself to him.
When they finally drew apart, her mind was pleasurably hazy. He removed her clothing piece by piece, kissing and caressing the skin revealed. He peppered the curve of her belly with kisses and rubbed his cheek against the smooth skin, setting off sparks in nerve endings she didn’t even know she had. He shifted lower, using his tongue and lips to coax her senses to life until her entire body was humming with desire. She threaded her fingers through his hair and arched her hips, begging for more, now, please. She’d never been with a man who dedicated so much attention to her enjoyment and she knew, in her heart, that it wasn’t only because of their chemistry. She meant something to him, and he was telling her so in the best way he knew how.
He entered her, holding her gaze, his expression almost fierce.
