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“This is all I want,” he told me “You Our baby Our family”

“I know” But ere currently victims of circumstance I tried not to think of that Instead, simply basked in the way I’d connected with this azes had ht up in his raw intensity, the dark beauty of him

He’d turned out to be so much more than I’d expected A fiercely protective husband ould give us an heir to everything that Dane stood for—everythingstood for

Feeling somewhat swept away, I said, “It’d be okay if we never left the bedroom”

He chuckled “Careful there, sweetheart After all this is over, I ht not let you leave”

My s sentiment Still … “I suppose we’d have to eat from time to time”

“Maybe Rosa will agree to room service”

“Not a chance in hell,” I scoffed The efficient woman who’d basically run our home while Dane and I had been 24-7 Lux pre-launch preparations was not about waiting on anyone hand and foot Fine by all of us, particularly since Kyle and I liked to do the cooking But that prettyup in our suite for Dane and me

Darn

He eventually withdrew from me and slipped out of bed to tidy up in the bathroom I, of course, admired the view As he walked away and when he returned, strutting toward hed dreah butterflies had taken flight

He gave rin “You can devour me with a look”

“And my mouth”

“Yes,” he added with a lint in his eyes as he cliue of yours knows a few tricks of its own”

“My body parts are quite partial to yours What can I say?” I snuggled close to my husband, his arms around me, my head on his

I absently trailed a fingertip over one of his scars, the constant renificantly altered our lives