Love in Bloom (De La Fuente Family 3)

Mateo used both hands to keep her close and rested his forehead against hers.

“I love you. Do you think you could move to Montana to be with me?”

He paled and although she’d admitted to going after him, he wasn’t sure of her answer.

She slipped her hands around his waist, closed the space between them and dipped down the back to pinch his ass.

He caught his breath and his eyes changed from unsettled to lust filled within seconds.

“I love you.” She smiled. “More than I thought possible. You’re it for me.”

He let out a sigh of relief. “Thank fuck.” Then he gave a gorgeous smile. “Does that mean you’ll move to Montana, make an honest man out of me, and let me keep you pregnant?” he asked, hopeful.

Her heart felt like it would beat right out of her chest, but she answered, “Yes, I’ll move to Montana with you.” She grinned. “Yes, I’ll make an honest man out of you, and the keeping me pregnant is going to have to be negotiable.”

“Yes!” Mateo punched the air, grabbed Erin around the waist, and sealed his lips to hers.

His tongue invaded her mouth and everything else was forgotten as Mateo showed her what he’d do to her with another part of his anatomy and his tongue when they weren’t in public.

Lack of oxygen had them pulling apart, which was when Diego tugged her away from Mateo. He winked at her before hugging her close. She giggled and lightly shoved him. “Stop teasing him.”

“It’s fun.”

“Diego, leave them alone.” His mom smiled. “One of these days you’re going to fall flat on your backside for a woman.”

Kasey shoved Diego. “Yeah, bro.”

Lucia rolled her eyes and hugged Erin. “Thank you.” When she pulled away, they both had tears on their face after such a long embrace. “Welcome to the family, Erin.”

“Thank you.”

Mateo tugged Erin back into his arms. “I’m not letting you go.”

“I don’t want you to.”

“What about Kasey?” Diego interrupted looking at his mom.

Erin noticed that Lucia hesitated slightly, but then answered, “He’ll be the same as you Diego. You both don’t know how the lives you’ve both been living will come back to bite you on the ass once you’ve found the one.”

“We have a graduation dinner awaiting us, so we’ll see you all there. We have more important things to discuss than Diego and Kasey’s past whoring.” Mateo kissed the top of her head and moved her away.

“You really want me?”

“God, Erin. My life’s been hell these past weeks without you. Never question that you are the only one I want. Ever.”

“I love you.”

Epilogue

Three months with Erin and Mateo still couldn’t get enough of her. They rarely went anywhere without the other, or very far, so he wondered how the hell he would survive his first full day away from her.

He had a couple of hours before his new job at the high school but his belly was full of nerves. He didn’t remember being so nervous when he’d started as a rookie on the field, although he’d felt like puking seconds before he turned and watched his beautiful bride walk toward him.

They’d been married for a month and he’d never been as happy. To think that they actually had Roger and Donny to thank for introducing them, even though, if it hadn’t been for Roger’s highhandedness they could have been together longer. That was all in the past now and all t

hey had was the future to look forward to. Before that, he hadn’t given a shit about anything, which had gotten him into trouble in the first place.

Now he had a wife to think about and come home to. His heart had so much love that half the time he didn’t know what to do with it all.