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Herlife saver was a father And she, a mother In thatthat every mistake she’d h Emily hadn’t laid eyes on him yet, she felt her love for Noah soak her soul, the same way she knew her mother’s love for herif he was allowed to but not giving a shit, Gavin yanked the surgicalto catch his breath, Gavin spoke against E in his throat "You’re a Thank you so much Jesus Christ, he’s beautiful, Emily He has a full head of brown hair like yours" Gavin looked over the sheet hung in front of Eie Howser!" With a raised brow, the doctor glanced up "Ten fingers? Ten toes? Healthy?" Gavin probed

"Yes to all of the above Congratulations to you both" Sh I ie Howser is"

Gavin chuckled "Of course you don’t You’re too young Thank you for deliveringquite confused, the doctor nodded

As one of the beahtly swaddled Noah over, a once unruffled Gavin suddenly felt nervous He didn’t knohere this was co he’d held Teresa and Timothy when they were infants He licked his dry lips and tried to compose himself as the woman placed Noah into his arms As if that nervousness never existed, Gavin instantly calmed as Emily’s reflection stared back at him when he looked into the dark blue eyes of his son In complete awe, Gavin’s eyes traced Noah’s face, hisevery second into his ers to Noah’s tiny button of a nose, chuckling when his son yawned

"You think you’re tired, little guy?" Gavin asked, kissing his soft cheek "Tell that to your mother You made her turn a little psychotic there for a while She scared "

Emily’s heart swelled at Gavin’s easiness and instant love She wasn’t surprised though S, she watched Gavin proudly dote over their son With Noah cradled tightly in his ar over her exhausted body, he held Noah to her lips, allowing her to inch up and kiss his forehead His satiny skin felt like heaven No longer drowning in a nighthed as contentment bloomed wildly in her soul

"He’s beautiful," she whispered, tears creeping froled with the need to touch him "My God He’s so beautiful, Gavin"

Gavin placed a soft, lingering kiss on her lips "Just like his mother" He stared into her watery eyes, his breath stolen by the pure happiness sreatest gift a wo truain, his voice a sweet caress "I didn’t think it was possible, but I’m more in love with you now than before You’ve rocked my entire world, E down her face, Emily stared at the two men who’d stolen her breath, heart, and soul the second she laid eyes on theued the path she and Gavin walked along the way, she’d never take any of it back because each step brought the the beautiful sued forever, the year her future began, Eift ever

Now… she could finally breathe

CHAPTER TWENTY

The ht danced over Noah’s face as Eood hearty burping, he looked blissfully content Lying on her side with hiertips across his cotton candy-soft hair Giggling when he stirred lightly at her touch, warmth traveled up Emily’s spine and settled in her heart as she continued to visually inhale her precious angel