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I’ve adopted him or some shit”

“Love you, babe” I s ready You just shoith beer and your brother”

“Love you too” He snaked an arm around my waist

I inhaled sharply His eyes raked overnext It didn’t matter that ere married It didn’t matter he had kissed me so many times it wasn’t possible to count All that mattered was that he stole my breath every time he did it

His ue slipped betweenwith expert flicks

He eyed ht I could take that kiss a lot further when I got home”

I pulled his lips back tofor more The passion rolled between us The fire stirred under my skin

“Fuck, Alexa,” he whispered

I looked into his eyes, trying to steady myself God, he made me spin He lit every fuse I had

“Ten minutes?” I asked

He growled, but I knew exactly hoould spend the next ten minutes I smiled at him as he lifted me on the kitchen counter

He would love me until we both drowned in our fever And when he was done and I let him walk out of my arms, I would stroll to the front atch him drive toward the city

I never would have thought the first tiht that this would be the place I would raise otistical womanizer And maybe back then it was But nohere Luke and I loved each other

It here he whispered dirty things in my ear that ht and binge-watched TV shows It here we decorated the nursery for our baby And invited our friends to be a part of e had built together

It was the place where my husband could make me come one more time on the kitchen counter before he left for work Where I could tell him I loved him Where we made our future The walls were filled with music and football Sports and art Love