Savor (Bad Boy Rockers 4)

“The nurse will shout.”

“Let her. I want, no I need, to cuddle you both.”

The bed swamps me, so he goes around to the opposite side and snuggles into me. He places one arm around my shoulders and sighs with pleasure as I rest against his chest. His other arm goes under mine on my stomach and we both hold our daughter.

“Thank you for giving me such a precious gift,” I whisper, tipping my face up to his.

“Oh, babe,” he pauses, overwhelmed with emotion, “I don’t think I’ll ever be able to tell you what you and Faith mean to me.”

He places a soft kiss to my lips before we both look back at our sleeping daughter.

She was worth every bit of pain I suffered bringing her into the world, and I can honestly say that I have no regrets.

But I do have one request.

“Ryder, will you sit on the chair, right there, and hold your daughter?”

He tenses against me before he relaxes and climbs from the bed.

“You won’t drop her . . . I trust you,” I say and I mean it. I know what an amazing father he’ll be to her.

He looks so scared, but he needs to see that he can hold her and get past his fear of hurting her.

He inhales, and reaches out as I pass our sleeping daughter to her daddy.

Ryder snuggles her close and practically drops into the chair behind him. He seems to sag, and then he’s holding her close with one hand as his other caresses her cheek. Tears leak from his eyes and the soft smile on his lips is filled with love.

My whole heart is right here in this room.

The End