by Delisa Lynn
“No, I think we’re good. Lopez has all the meat on the grill. How are you feeling?” Kathy asks.
“I’m ready for one of his famous steak burgers. Well, baby boy is hungry for it.” I rub my belly before digging for some Doritos.
“What are y’all in here talking about?” London chimes in, walking through the door. “Holy shit, your belly has grown so much in the last few days.”
“As if I needed you to tell me.” I swat her ass. “Are Matt and Ricky going to make it over today?” My in-laws love them, so I knew they wouldn’t mind that I invited the couple.
“Yes, they were on the way when I spoke with him earlier. Matt pulled three doubles this week, so he may be a little cranky.”
“He’ll be fine once he gets here and sees all the desserts.” Kathy laughs. “He loves Mom’s double chocolate cherry cake. He actually called her and asked her to make one for him a few weeks ago. She loves him, so of course she did. Ricky picked it up for Matt.”
I laugh. He’s always had a sweet tooth. “Sounds just like him. I better go check on my kiddos. Kole has them all in the pool, and I’m sure they’re cooking up some pranks.”
This is what life is all about—family and friends. Today, we’re celebrating my parents’ anniversary, and I really enjoy being around everyone. I have my beautiful wife by my side, and I couldn’t be prouder of her. She’s an amazing mother, always on her feet taking care of the kids and me. If you had asked me seven years ago if I would’ve loved and even married again, I’d have said you were fucking insane. But meeting Roe changed my world. She gave me hope, and love, and a promise for the future. Our love came so fast that I know people thought we were crazy, but hell, I think I fell in love with her the moment she stepped out of her car glaring at me.
After the weeks passed, and the more time we spent together, I knew I needed her in my life regularly. She’s given me three beautiful and rambunctious children, with another on the way. I never knew there were second chances until I met her. My life is complete, and I owe it all to her.
I watch as she walks toward me, her long hair twisted into a bun on top of her head. Her sundress clings to her curves, her stomach rounder than it was with the other kids. She’s still absolutely breathtaking.
“Hey, babe, did you want a beer?” she asks, handing me a cold one. “It’s so warm today. I wanted to stick my feet in the water,” she says, sitting on the edge of the pool.
“Thank you.” I pop the top and take a pull from the beer. “You’d think that after the rain the other day it would’ve cooled off a bit, but I think it made it warmer. So glad I’m on vacation this week.”
“Rain always makes it worse.” She leans in and kisses me. “I’m so glad you’re on vacation too. We need to finish the nursery.”
“We’re going to have to get a bigger house if we keep having more babies.”
“Speaking of, what do you think about the house next door to this one?” I can tell by the look in her eyes what she’s thinking. We love our house, but we didn’t realize how small it actually was until after we had the twins.
“I saw it was up for sale. Is that what you want?” I ask, watching her smile grow as she nods in confirmation. “Well then, looks like we need to put an offer in on it. Would you want to sell ours, or lease it out?”
“Whatever you want. I do love our house, but we’ve about outgrown it. Plus, the kids will love being next to their aunt and uncle.”
“I agree. We can start working on everything this week.”
“You’re so good to me, thank you. I fall more in love with you every day. I never knew I could even love this much…until you.”
“I would do anything for you, and you know that. I love you, sweetheart.”
The End
First and foremost thank you to everyone who has taken the time to read this book or any of my books. Even though this is my eighth book, I still get nervous when I release one and you all are always so supportive.
Jay, my hubby, thank you for always listening to my ideas and always supporting anything I want to do. Yes this is my 8th book. See I do write, I’m not always on Facebook.
Anna Gorman, although this book is dedicated to you…I couldn’t leave you from the acknowledgements. Your friendship means so much, you’ve been nothing but supportive and I really appreciate all of your help with all of my books. I love you and can’t wait to see you in July. We’re gonna’ rock our SP.
Aunt Nece, thank you so much for always standing by me and believing in my words and me. I love you so much.
Heather Parsons, I am so glad we live in the same state now. You’ve been my best friend for so long and I am really thankful for all of your support. I love you.
Jessika Harper and Ashley Johnson, thank you both for listening to all my rants and giving me feed back on anything I throw your way.
Angie Sakie, thank you so much for beta reading this bad boy and listening to me complain that I was never gonna’ finish it. You totally rock, woman.
My beta readers, Anna, Angie, Ebbie, and Ashley B. Thank you so much for taking the time and giving me your honest thoughts.
Andee Michelle, thank you So much for taking time and proofreading for me. It means a lot. I can’t thank you enough.
Kristin, Stacey, Anna and Sarah, the team behind this book, thank you all for your hard work. You ladies are awesome, and have helped make this book shine.
Lydia with HEA, thank you for all of your help with my releases and tours.
Thank you to all the blogs and bloggers for all of your help promoting my books.
Embracing Series
Treasured
Salvaged
Destined
Fated
Healed
Borrowed
Benton Creek Series
The Ocean Between Us
You can find this and my other playlist on Spotify
The Reason by Hoobastank
Tomorrow by Chris Young
Heaven by Matt Bomer
How Does It Feel by Matt Bomer
Hello by Adele
Tennessee Whiskey by Chris Stapelton
Used To Love You Sober by Kane Brown
Forgetting Is The Hardest Part by Kane Brown
Love Me Like You Do by Ellie Goulding
All That Matters by Justin Beiber
Stone Cold by Demi Lovato
Used To Love You by Gwen Stefani
Buzzkill by Luke Bryan
Apologize by OneRepublic
Delisa Lynn grew up in Columbus Ohio, where she currently resides with her husband and fur daughter Sophie. During the day she works as a Medical Assistant and at night, she types away on her laptop, allowing her characters to escape her mind. Pink is her favorite color, and she loves anything animal print. She loves traveling, shopping and baking. When Delisa isn’t working or writing you can catch her snuggled up with her kindle reading about her newest book boyfriend.
