“You better cut yours, too.”
“It’s as big around as your head, Daddy.” Ollie laughed and then picked up a fry. “Is there any ketchup?”
“Yeah, there is. Here.” I was about to help her when she shook her head.
“No, Daddy. I want my new mommy to help.” I glanced at Lauren who had the biggest smile and tears ringing her eyes.
She took the ketchup and gave it a shake, squirting some out onto the extra plate the waitress had brought for Ollie. “Here you go. Is that enough?”
“Yes, thank you.” Her manners were already improving, and suddenly, out of nowhere she leaned over and kissed Lauren on the cheek. “I’m sorry for earlier when I hit you.”
“Thank you, Olivia. That means a lot to me.” They sat sharing their fries and even saved some for when the milkshakes came.
We finished up, and Olivia was asleep in the car by the time we made it back to the cabin. I carried her in, and although she stirred a little when I put her down on the bottom bunk where I used to sleep, she didn’t wake up.
I met Lauren at the door and took her hand. “She’s amazing,” she whispered. “Probably the neatest kid ever.”
“She’s had some moments, as you’ve seen, but she’s usually like tonight. I think once I get rid of that horrible housekeeper, then we’ll all be a lot happier at home.”
“Yeah. She wasn’t impressed with me being pregnant.”
I hadn’t forgotten Helen had been rude to Lauren, and my blood was boiling when she turned and kissed me just outside the bedroom.
Her mouth was so soft on mine, and then she kissed down my neck and to my chest. “Let’s not talk about that old bag. I want your mind on other things.” She cupped my balls and gave them a squeeze as my cock hardened.
“I like that idea.” I led her into the bedroom, closing the door behind us, and sat on the edge of the bed and pulled her down into my lap. I kissed her shoulder and then up to her lips before nuzzling her neck behind her ear.
She let out a soft moan. “I’ll have to learn to be a bit quieter, won’t I?”
“I think we both will, but I’m going to have fun making you moan just the same.”
She giggled and gave me a quick peck on the lips before she stood and kicked off her boots. Then she undid her dress and slipped it down to reveal her lacy bra. Her nipples were hard, pebbled against the lace so tightly that they almost wanted to poke through it. She slipped her hand behind her back and undid the clasp to release them and slipped her arms out of it. She dropped it to the floor, and very soon, she stood before me naked, her body the sexiest ever with the little bump and her breasts nice and heavy.
I flattened my hand on her bump and then slipped it up to cup her breasts, leaning forward to pull her nipples into my mouth, grazing them slightly with my teeth. She let a soft, low moan escape.
I I rubbed my fingers down across her mound, petting the soft pelt and then rubbing her soft skin. I parted her folds, and she urged her hips forward, hissing between her teeth as I slipped my fingers up inside of her soaking wet slit.
“Lay down, baby.” I pulled my fingers free and took her hand to lead her to the bed. I stood and quickly stripped off my clothes. She laid down and rubbed her pussy for me. “Fuck, I love seeing you do that.” I almost didn’t want to interrupt, but then she curled her fingers at me and then tasted herself.
I went to her, all right. I knelt beside the bed and crawled up between her legs, pulling her to the edge of the bed where I could feast on her tender little pussy. As I worked her good, sucking and licking, I brought my hand back to where it had been and fucked her good and hard with it. I loved to make her come a few times first, and this time, I would get her good and sfeoaked.
She was already so wet that the slurping noises were loud, and she cried out over the sound as she came, glazing my fingers even more.
“I want more of you.” Her tone was a plea, and I knew I wanted to give her one more before I obliged.
“Be a patient, girl, and come for me one more time. I need you to be nice and ready for me.”
“Please, I am so ready.” She writhed on the bed and gripped my hair. “Please, fill me up with that cock.”
I loved to hear her beg like that, and there was nothing hotter to hear from her mouth than asking me for my dick. I pumped my arm faster, my fingers curling against her G-spot which had her being even louder. She pulled her lips in tight, but that didn’t help, and I knew once I gave her my cock, I could occupy her mouth with mine. But I needed one more.
She gave one more loud squeal and came so hard, she gripped my fingers, pulling them even deeper. “That’s my girl.” I rose up and centered myself against her entrance. “It’s going to feel so good.” I slipped my cock inside nice and slowly, inching it in and taking it out, inching a little deeper, then retreating as she begged.
“Please, Gage.” She lay on her back, cupping and squeezing her tits, twisting her nipples so hard they were red. I leaned forward and pulled one into my mouth, and I thrusted hard, plunging into her depths all at once. She made a little squeak, and I looked up to see that she was holding her lips so tightly that they were turning white.
I rose up and kissed her, putting that sweet mouth to work so she could stop worrying about making too much noise.
“I’m going to come.” She spoke against my mouth, and I pulled away and lifted her hips to work her G-spot over a bit more. Sure enough, she clenched her hips, gripping my cock as she came hard.
“That was so fucking hot.”
She rested her ankles on my shoulders, and I laid my hand on her stomach, which made her come again, this time soaking my balls in the process. Her pussy went into a spasm, milking my cock, clenching, and releasing.
“It’s uncontrollable,” she sang out with pleasure in her voice. “It feels so good.”
I pounded harder and faster, and soon, I was so close that I felt a spurt of a pre-come splash against her walls. I wanted to hold off and make it last forever, but I couldn’t slow down, not with her milking me so good.
I held off as long as I could, but I finally felt my cock swell and burst a thick, hot load all up inside of her tight pussy.
She moaned and seemed to lose her steam, and I made sure every last drop spilled inside of her before pulling out. Once I did, I pulled the covers back and wrapped us in them, curling up closely.
“I love you.” Her voice was so crystal clear in the dark that it was as if an angel from heaven was speaking to my soul.
“I love you, too, baby. You and Ollie are my whole life.”
“And you are both mine now. I’m so glad she likes me.”
“I knew she would. We’ve got a lot of planning to do, but we have time now. With you not being due back at a job, and me being able to take all the time I need, we can make our lives into anything we want, starting with home.” I had considered that she might not want to live in my parents’ house, and to be quite honest, I wasn’t sure I wanted to raise my family there, either.
“Gage, I have something to ask you, and I don’t want to be offensive.”
“Ask me anything. I know you don’t mean me any harm and wouldn’t say anything trying to hurt me.”
“Never. At least not intentionally.” She let out a deep breath. “I love this house, and we have a past here.”
“Yes.” I blurted.
“Yes? You didn’t even let me ask.”
“Sorry.” I’d let her finish, but I had a good idea that I already knew what she was going to ask me.
“Don’t be. I was hoping you’d say yes. It’s hard, though. I know you love your home, but I’d like to raise our kids right here. We have so many memories in this place, of us as kids, of my family, and I know this is why my father left it to me. He wanted me to have a place for my family, a place where he could be a part of it in a way.” She sighed and looked up at me. “Still want to say yes, or did I just totally offend you?”
“I still say yes. I had hoped that
was what you were asking, but we need to work out a few things. For one, I need a home office and so do you. We have two kids on the way, and only two extra bedrooms. We’ll have to expand the cabin.”
“I’m good with that. We can afford it, can’t we?”
I laughed, knowing she really had no idea how much money I had. “Of course. We can do anything we need to do.”
“That’s a relief.” She gave another soft sigh and then turned over to face me.
“I’m going to give you and Olivia the whole world if I have to.”
She shook her head. “You only need to give us your heart.”
“You don’t mind sharing?” She’d once been afraid of not having enough time with me, with my daughter around; I couldn’t imagine how she felt sharing me with two kids.
“I’ve learned something about you, Gage. Your heart is big enough for us all.”
I pulled her into my arms and kissed her, knowing that she spoke the truth.
Epilogue
Lauren
“Do you think my figure is coming back?” I turned to the side in the mirror and flattened my hand on my stomach, which seemed a tad bloated.
Gage came up behind me and put his arms around my waist. “You never lost it.” He kissed my cheek and then went over to the closet for a shirt.
“Honey, don’t lie to me,” I called over my shoulder.
“My lying days are over. Your brother is just now warming up to me after all this time, and I don’t want to pick up an old habit.” He lined up the buttons and started from the bottom, working his way up.
“You’re exaggerating. Noah has been wonderful, and you know it.” Noah had been incredible and had even come down for the birth of our son, who we’d named Wade, after the creek. It was Ollie’s idea, and I was glad to give her that honor. His middle name was Patrick, like my surname, and I knew my father would have been really proud to have a grandson.
“Yeah, I have to say, the guy really came around. But he claims if I don’t marry you soon, he’s going to come after me. I tried to explain that we’re taking our time.” He sat on the bed to pull on his boots.
I turned and put my hands on my hips. “Well, how much time are we taking again? I’d like to be married this decade.”
“You’re the one who said you wanted to wait, that there was no need to rush it with the build going on and the baby being born. You wanted a big wedding, remember?”
“I know, but I think that it’s not practical. We have a family already, a home already, and we’re both busy with work again. Do you think we should worry about a big ceremony?”
“I think if we don’t, Chloe is going to kill you. It’s all you two discuss when she’s down. And Ollie wants to be the flower girl, remember?”
“I know. You’re right. Now that you mention it, you’re the only one holding things up.” I gave him a sly grin.
He belted out a laugh. “Has this discussion been one huge hint?”
“Well, you haven’t really asked me. Not in any formal way, that is.” He’d talked about marriage with me a hundred times, but still, I waited for a ring on my finger.
“I’ll do it when you’re not expecting it. In my own time, but soon, I promise.”
“Need time to save up for a ring?” I always teased him about a huge ring, big enough to choke a horse, but he knew I was only kidding. I had shown him several pictures of nice rings that I liked, and every time, he would tell me the stones weren’t big enough.
“Oh, it’s going to be a horse-choker. You wait and see. I want you to wear the gaudiest, vulgarest ring I can find.”
I laughed. “We’ve watched Gone with the Wind one too many times. I’m afraid one day you’ll tell me you don’t give a damn.”
“In your dreams. You’re my girl, and you’re going to stay my girl.”
“Just not your wife?”
“Do you want me to ask you right now?”
“No, you silly man. Save it. But I am going to talk to Chloe about the wedding. There’s no sense in planning anything big if and when it happens.” I threw in the if just to mess with him, and he retaliated by pulling me into his arms and kissing me so hard my lipstick smeared.
“Now I’ll have to fix my face again.” I laughed.
“You’re beautiful, even with smudged lipstick.”
“I doubt my new client will think so.” I turned to the vanity and went for my foundation brush and a makeup wipe. As soon as I fixed it, little Wade tuned up in his bed across the room.
I abandoned my makeup and used the wipe on my hands as I walked across the room to pick up my sweet little boy. He looked like his father, but a lot like Noah, too, and the two fought about who he looked like more every time they got together.
“I could have gotten him, you know,” Gage said. I’d cut him off at the pass to get to Wade first.
“He’s crying for me. It’s time to feed him again.”
“At least let me get the bottle.”
“Fine. Make yourself useful then.” I gave him a teasing smile.
“Thanks for letting me.”
He disappeared into the kitchen, and I let out a breath as I looked down at my son. In some ways, I wanted to go back to work. In others, I just wanted to be a mother. I knew my plan was to do both, but I kept wanting more time.
Tears were spilling down my cheeks when Gage came back into the room, and he knelt down in front of me and the baby and stroked my arms. “What’s the matter, baby?”
“I just think I should call and cancel this client meeting. I need more time with the baby, and I’m not ready to leave him yet.”
“It’s okay to feel that way, baby, but you can’t call and cancel now. How about you just go down there and hear this person out? It’s not like you’ve even taken the job, and you might get down there and find out that you’re ready. Besides, you look gorgeous. I’m glad this is a lady you’re meeting, or I’d be a bit jealous.”
“Would you?” My body began to warm and tingle just thinking about him being jealous.
“You know it. If this were a man, I’d be calling you every five minutes.” He gave a little laugh. “Olivia and Ava are getting ready for their girl’s night, and Ava wanted me to thank you again for letting her spend time with Ollie.”
“She’s been so wonderful, and Ollie loves her. I have to admit, I might be just a tad jealous of that at times, and would be more, I guess, if me and Ollie didn’t have as good a relationship ourselves.” Me and her had been closer than ever lately. So close that I wondered if Ava was jealous of me.
“Just go and have a good time. We’ll all be here when you get back, and we’ll talk about whatever decision you make once the kids are asleep.”
“Okay, I’m going to hold you to it. Do you think you can take over with the baby? I need to run if I’m going to make it on time.”
“Okay, pass him over.” He rubbed his hands together, and I passed little Wade to him who was still making a little bit of a fuss until Gage stuck the bottle in.
I got myself ready and then made my rounds kissing everyone goodbye and took a deep breath as I headed out to the restaurant where the meeting would take place.
I got there with plenty of time, and when I walked into the room and found Noah sitting at the table smiling at me, I was more than surprised. I was confused.
“What are you doing here? You’re the new client?” I had talked to a woman on the phone, and she’d wanted me to go over her estate with her and make a will. I had figured it would be an easy job to get me back into the swing of things.
“Nope. I told her to fuck off.”
“Stop kidding around. What are you doing here?”
“I wanted dinner with my sister. Let’s order a drink.” I gave a shrug and sat down with him. “How are you?”
“Other than confused? I’m relieved, actually. I was telling Gage that I didn’t know if I was ready to go back to work. When I quit my job, I thought that I’d miss it, but with the house and the kids
and Gage, I don’t.”
“You know you don’t have to work, right? I mean, Dad left you fairly well off, and that man of yours, well, I heard a rumor that he’s a multi-millionaire and some bigwig owner of a construction company.”
“I heard the same thing. I still can’t believe it at times.”
“Yeah, well, all I’m saying is, don’t beat yourself up about it. The kids would rather you be home with them, and that law degree isn’t going anywhere. You have time.”
“Is that why you came?”
“Nope.” He turned to the waitress, who walked up and readied her pen.
“What can I get for you?”
“I’ll have a martini, extra dirty.” He looked the woman up and down and gave her his best smile.
I ordered a glass of wine, and as the lady walked away, I kicked him under the table. “You’re a hopeless flirt.”
“Maybe I’ll find a good woman and be married before you.”
“Don’t get me started, Noah. He’ll ask me one day.”
“Yeah, he’d better.”
The waitress came over and handed us our drinks, and then she gave us a regretful look. “I hate to ask, but do you think you could move to a different section? I have a large party coming in, and they need this area. There are plenty of seats on the other side.” She gave a warm smile, and Noah nodded.
“Sure. Come on, sis. I’ll carry your drink.” I didn’t think the night could get any weirder, and that was when we walked around the bar and into the other section to see Gage and Olivia standing there waiting for me, both dressed to the nines.
“What’s going on?” I looked over to see Chloe, who was holding Wade, and Ava and her boyfriend were both there too, along with a few of our other friends, and even Reed, who was on the arm of a very attractive younger woman.
Gage grinned. “I gathered the whole gang together because it’s our anniversary. This is the day we decided to be a family.”
“And yet, technically, you’re not,” Noah said under his breath beside me, earning a nudge from Chloe.
“I heard that, brother, and since we’re all here, I’d like to remedy that.” Gage took my hand and stared deep into my eyes. “Lauren, I know you’ve loved me since we were young, and I’ve loved you since I came to my senses. Now, we have our own family and home, and you make us all so happy. You took me and Ollie and gave us little Wade, and you’ve outdone yourself being their mother. I want to make things official, once and for all, not only because I want Noah to get off my back about it, but because I love you and want us all to share the same name like we share the same love.” He squeezed my hand, and then he reached into his pocket for a tiny ring box.
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