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Erabbed her wrists Lips turned down in a pout, she sighed "You get off on being a wiseass I swear you were placed in my world for that very reason"
"Mht of it like that" Gavin buried his face in the crook of her neck, his voice seductively low "Placed on this earth to wiseass your world up"
"Gavin Christopher Blake, if you don’t let s to your ass no man would appreciate Got it?"
Gavin let out a deep, throaty laugh, his eyes wide "You’re turning me on"
"Oh my God You seriously--"
"I know Have lost one crazy" Gavin nibbled her neck "Which is it, sweets?"
"Both"
"Good answer" He peeled the blindfold from her eyes "Tell me Did I lose s as her eyes swept over the nursery True to his love of the team, Gavin had turned the once bare room into a Yankees paradise Not quite overkill, it was tastefully done and could easily thrive well into her son’s teenage years Ele navy blue ith lass-encased signed baseballs, trading cards, and hats She took in everything fro on cast-iron Yankees eital scoreboard, to a row of Yankeesblack and white scene of the field right out of the early Yankees days "The House Ruth Built" graced the top of the mural She swore it was a real photo Just beyond one of the athed in long, navy blue drapes--was a soft, brown leather chair with fluffy baseball pillows A New York City backdrop circular rug covered a good portion of the space To top it off, he had actual stadium seats in the room Emily was struck speechless
"Did I lose my mind?" Gavin whispered, his chin on E sto he could see her face "Or aravity of everything thaton an axis of love he provided So s he’d said and done passed through herblue eyes that’d snatched her breath, heart, and soul the second she saw hih her ears This man, her best friend and lover, who didn’t know if the child she was carrying was his, kept the proo He already loved her baby, whether or not it was his, because it was part of her God willing, part of hi her hands to his di up on her tiptoes As her lips otten so lucky Why, out of every woman in the world, did this certified wiseass pick her?
Slowly breaking the kiss, she looked at him, her mind in a daze "I don’t even kno to thank you, Gavin You’ve acceptedme no less than a woman without faults A woiven without judgment of any kind You’ve healed every exposed wound, old scar, and piece of pain I brought into this relationship without expecting anything in return You’ve shown hts could easily cease with a single kiss You’ve shown me what it is to feel truly, wholeheartedly, until the end of time loved How do I thank you for all of this?"
"You do every single day," he softly answered, stroking her hair
Emily closed her eyes "How?" She leaned into the heat of his touch
"Look athis "Right there, doll You said every look I’ve given you ithout judgiven me is untouched, pure in all it is for my eyes You look at me like you’ve never seen a man before There’s no way for me, as a man, to ever explain what that feels like" He reached for her hand and laid it against his heart "You said every touch I’ve given ithout judgment Every time you touch me, your hands shake You have no idea how thatsexually, either You shake everything I’ve ever know hosted his et me started on the way you kiss me From the first kiss we shared that you stopped"--he softly bit her lip, sucking it between his teeth--"to this kiss right now, you sink me You make love to me with every kiss You confirm what this wiseass knew the second he laid eyes on a beautiful waitress with food splattered all over her unifor the same lines, but your lips were made for mine Which means each kiss was made for me Each time you look at me the way you do, lay a shaky hand on my body, or your soft lips toucha man That’s how you thank me every day, and that’s the way I hope you continue to thank ain struck speechless, E hi she’d experience countless "struck speechless" moments with Gavin
"Mrinned, reaching for E her out of the nursery
"I like that term I make love to you with my kisses"
"Yes, rabbed his keys fro but stay hoood ol’ lovin’ I’led and plucked a soft, knit cardigan froeous Stuart Weitzlanced at Gavin while she slipped the by the second With his Yankees cap pulled down to his brows, he looked extreraphic T-shirt, and a pair of Chucks Emily bit her lip and moved toward her eye candy
"We can’t cancel," she said, tossing on her cardigan The words came out like a pout as she accepted her purse fro them at noon, and it’s almost a quarter after eleven" She reached for his hand and dragged hiet out of there soon, they’d never leave "Good ol’ lovin’ later, Mr Blake" She s in the security code
It was all good though She kept hi love" to him several tiht oose bumps over her skin as she and Gavin cli in New York was beautiful as the city awoke fro, hard winter Not that the city wasn’t always alive and well, but the streets held a sense of renew as everything else ca open their doors to let fresh air sweep through their buildings to the trees in every park springing with colorful buds, the center of the world roared her existence with the change of season It was also sorown to love