With the position open, I encouraged Maddox to run. I knew it was very different from being in the Navy, but I thought he could do some good for our little town and our county. Plus, it would give him a sense of accomplishment. He’d been cleaning up the department the last few months. He complained sometimes, but I thought he secretly liked it.
It had taken the town a little while to get over the scandal that Foster had committed the crime that everyone had blamed Maddox for, but they’d learned to forgive Foster. Most of them anyway. And those same people had opened their minds to Maddox being a good guy. So much that he had been voted into office.
Brandon had made a full recovery and finished the golf course as the lead on the project. It made life easier that the golf course was constructed, and Maddox’s mom had relocated to the new trailer park. Claire had taken the money and bought herself and Ben a nicer house in town and was now working at the country club. In the end, everything had worked out.
Maddox ran his thumb down my cheek. “Addison Wolfe. Attorney-at-law and wife.”
“What would you think if we added one more title to our names?”
He raised an eyebrow. “Oh, and what would that be?”
I touched my finger to my chest. “Mommy.” Then, I touched his. “And Daddy.”
Maddox blinked a few times before hauling me into his arms and lifting my feet off the floor. “When did you find out?” he asked, setting me back down and staring at my belly with wide eyes.
“This morning. I was feeling off the last week or so, and I thought I’d better check before I drank champagne today.”
He grinned. “So, that’s what was with the sparkling cider at the last minute. Why didn’t you tell me this morning?”
“I wanted it to be your special wedding present from me when we got home.”
“Oh, Addy, it’s special all right.” He kissed me and slowly took off the rest of my clothes. “I need to be inside you right now.”
I reached for his pants and unzipped them. “I completely understand.”
“Get on the bed, wife.”
I grinned and walked backward to the bed. I lay down and spread my legs for him.
Maddox groaned. “When can we tell people?”
“In about five to six weeks, I’m guessing. We’ll find out when I go to the doctor. Why do you ask?”
“Because I can’t wait to tell the world another way that I’ve marked you as mine.”
I laughed and held out my arms. “Take me, Maddox. Right now, I need you to show me that I belong to you.”
ALSO BY R.L. KENDERSON
NOVELS IN THE FORBIDDEN SERIES
Paranormal Romance
Forbidden Blood
Forbidden Heat
Forbidden Temptation
Forbidden Addiction
Forbidden Claim
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BOOKS IN THE NAUGHTY SERIES
Contemporary Romance
Kinky
Dirty
Sexy: Luke & Elise’s First Night
Nasty
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SANDALONE SHORT STORIES
Summer Heat
The Hottest Player
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
R.L. Kenderson is two best friends writing under one name.
Renae has always loved reading, and in third grade, she wrote her first poem where she learned she might have a knack for this writing thing. Lara remembers sneaking her grandmother’s Harlequin novels when she was probably too young to be reading them, and since then, she knew she wanted to write her own.
When they met in college, they bonded over their love of reading and the TV show Charmed. What really spiced up their friendship was when Lara introduced Renae to romance novels. When they discovered their first vampire romance, they knew there would always be a special place in their hearts for paranormal romance. After being unable to find certain storylines and characteristics they wanted to read about in the hundreds of books they consumed, they decided to write their own.
One lives in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and the other in the Kansas City area where they’re a sonographer/stay-at-home mom/wife and pharmacist/mother by day, and together they’re a sexy author by night. They communicate through phone, email, and whole lot of messaging.
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Table of Contents
Title
Copyright
Note to Readers
Prologue
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty
Twenty-Two
Twenty-Three
Twenty-Four
Twenty-Five
Twenty-Six
Twenty-Seven
Twenty-Eight
Twenty-Nine
Thirty
Thirty-One
Thirty-Two
Thirty-Three
Thirty-Four
Thirty-Five
Thirty-Six
Thirty-Seven
Thirty-Eight
Thirty-Nine
Forty
Forty-One
Forty-Two
Forty-Three
Forty-Four
Forty-Six
Forty-Seven
Forty-Eight
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