“Four boys, and you kept saying we should try again.”
“And once more was the charm. You would be miserable without Carol.”
“I’d be miserable without any of you.” I nuzzle Sadie’s neck.
“Stone seems nice.”
“Yeah.”
“You are okay with him and Carol?”
“Any guy that works for Locke is a sterling character, so from that standpoint, yeah, but it’s up to Carol. She’s into that Sohto guy for now.”
“I’ve only heard good things about Sohto, but Stone seems good, too.”
“She’s only seventeen.” I slide my hand up Sadie’s shirt. “There’s plenty of time for her to decide which person she wants to settle down with.” My hand finds her plump breast. I palm it and rub my index finger across the small, hardening nub. “But you know what needs urgent, immediate attention?”
Sadie twists her head and takes my face in her hands. “Yes, I do know. It’s pressing against my ass right now.”
I laugh, full and free. “Then what are you going to do about it?”
“Take you to bed, immediately.”
I sweep her up in my arms and carry her toward the stairs. At the top, Carol stands and scowls. “It’s the middle of the day, you guys!”
“It’s nighttime somewhere,” I quip and climb up the stairs. No one, not even my beloved youngest daughter, can keep me from Sadie’s hot embrace.
“This is so gross.” Carol covers her eyes and stumbles back into her room.
I continue down the hall and then kick our master bedroom door shut behind me.
“This is very much male lead behavior,” Sadie murmurs as I press her down onto the mattress.
“Can’t be outdone by the Charlie Wrights of this world.” I kiss her neck and then move lower.
Her hands skim across the muscles of my back and then dig into my hard biceps. It’s been twenty-five years of marriage and five kids, but I work out daily to keep a hard body, not just for work, but for Sadie.
“You’ve never been outdone by anyone in Hollywood for even a minute,” she tells me.
I part her legs and press a kiss to the slick skin. “And my era of dominance continues.”
Her laugh stops abruptly as I arrow my tongue inside of her. What a life I have. An actual starlet as a wife, a movie icon in my bed, the best woman in the world as my forever. It couldn’t be more perfect if Hollywood tried to dream it up.