Sweet Satisfaction

“You know I’m not freezing anymore .”

“Didn’t think you’d stay cold long .”

He shifted to his side. His eyes drifted to my navel as he began to draw circles on my belly .

“This is incredible .”

“You’re happy?” I was hesitant to ask. Having a baby wasn’t an automatic pass for happiness. There was so much to discuss .

“Of course I’m happy. We made a baby.” He flattened his palm. “When do you think it was? On the boat? The swing ?”

I laughed. “I think it was the first time. The couch .”

“The couch. Really?” He raised his eyebrows .

I nodded. “It was the first time I’d ever had sex like that. I just have this feeling .”

“Magic position.” He winked .

“It was magic, wasn’t it ?”

“Damn straight.” He tickled the tops of my thighs and I wriggled under the pressure .

“Blake?”

“Hmm?”

“Before the baby, before today, my answer was yes .”

He sat forward. “Yes ?”

I nodded. “I missed you. Nothing mattered anymore. What I have in Dallas doesn’t matter. I want you to know that. I figured it out before this morning. But the baby—it changes things .”

He brushed the hair from my face. The tendrils were damp. “It does.” He lowered his mouth to mine, inhaling with a fierce kiss .

“I was never going to get over you, Sierra .”

I smiled. “Now you don’t have to .”

* * *

“W hat do you want to do with the house?” Blake asked as we locked up the door. We had kept in warm in the linen closet as long as we could. We had to head for somewhere with heat .

I dropped the keys in my purse. “I’d like to keep it. What do you think ?”

He nodded. “Yeah, let’s do it .”

“What do you mean ?”

We walked down the wooden stairs. There were so many repairs the house needed. There were leaks under sinks. A few of the gutters had broken away from the house. And now I knew without power I was setting up the scenario for possible frozen pipes .

“I mean, let’s make this our island house. I’ll sell the business to Cole .”

I stopped in my tracks. “What ?”

“Cole wants to build boats. There’s a pier here. We can build anything else we need. It’s where you grew up. You were happy here. I can see us here .”

I was amazed. Blown away. “You’re serious ?”