Mal watched him, wondering when he was going to say something, but grinning at his laughter all the same. “This better be good laughter, husband, because I’m not going to be laughing once we get to the end—”
Hunter cut her off with a triumphant kiss that told her everything she needed to know and more. “Yes, baby,” he whispered against her lips when he finally let her breathe, cupping her face. “Yes! I’ve wanted a family with you from day one. Nothing could make me happier. Are you okay? Are you excited? Scared?” He pulled back and ran a hand over her hair. “Are you scared, babe?”
“All of the above,” Mal admitted, gripping his shirt. “I didn’t know we’d start so soon, and my career is just taking off—”
“We’ll make it work,” he overrode, shaking his head. “We’ll make all of this work. It won’t mess anything up. It’ll just make us more creative.” He smiled and kissed her hard. “I will wear the baby in a carrier at the office anytime you need me to, I promise.”
Mal bumped her nose against his chin, giggling. “I might let you.” She sighed and looked up into his eyes. “I wasn’t sure I wanted this until you. And I wasn’t sure when I wanted it even then. But now it’s here, and … I want your baby, Hunter. I want our baby. Because it’s ours.”
Hunter leaned down, touching his brow to hers and closing his eyes. “I love you, Mal. So much.”
Mal hummed and reached up for the back of his neck. “I love you too, babe. And so does our baby.”
He grinned at that, then kissed her again.
And it was something to remember.
Acknowledgements
This book was a product of so many wonderful people and opportunities. First, thanks go out to all of the people who nominated this book during its Kindle Scout campaign. This could not have happened without you!
Thanks to Amazon and Kindle Press for selecting this for publication and being so fantastic to work with.
Thanks and much appreciation goes to Jennie and Abby for their stellar editing work and making the book so much better than I did alone, and to Deborah Bradseth of Tugboat Design for the incredible cover design.
A million and one thanks to Hannah, Shannon, Alicia, Kim, and the rest of my team for getting this project ready for my campaign and publication, and for loving it as much as I do.
And finally, a HUGE thanks to the WVU rowing team for taking me to Lake Lure with them on their training trip years ago, bringing me to the magical place where the inspiration for this book was born.
About the Author
Rebecca Connolly writes romances, both period and contemporary, because she absolutely loves a good love story. She has been creating stories since childhood, and there are home videos to prove it! She started writing them down in elementary school and has never looked back. She lives in the Midwest, spends every spare moment away from her day job absorbed in her writing, and is a hot cocoa addict.
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