“Can I put her into the bassinette?” Ethan asked, gazing down at his sleeping daughter, a look that had Sienna’s heart melting and her falling in love with her husband all over again.
“Sure.”
He carefully lifted his baby girl and placed her down into the bassinette by the bed in their room. Then he slid in beside her.
“You did it.” He pulled her into his arms.
“We did it. You got me to the hospital in time, after all.”
He chuckled. “I’m not sure I could be happier,” he said.
“Me neither. And you know that question you asked me? What do I want to do now that I’m living in New York?”
He nodded. “Any business you want, I can get you an interview. Any nonprofit would be lucky to have you.”
She swallowed hard. “How about our kids? How would they feel about having a stay-at-home mom who ran charitable events when she could carve out the time?”
He pressed his lips to hers. “I think they’d love it. And as long as you’re happy, I will be, too.”
* * *
Ethan glanced at his watch. If Sienna didn’t hurry, they were going to be late. He debated on yelling for her, then decided against it. For one thing, he didn’t want to wake the baby, and for another, he knew better than to rush a woman getting ready to go out for the evening. For the first time since having a baby. A baby they were leaving with a sitter who came highly recommended but was a stranger they’d interviewed twice and called every reference she had.
Chances were they’d be home within the hour, but he and Sienna agreed they had to go to a happy hour event at her brother Jason’s Club TEN29, the hottest New York City nightclub around. With the lack of sleep they’d endured lately, Ethan was glad this would be an early night.
Jason Dare, of all the brothers, was an enigma. He kept to himself, rarely went to family events, and was closest to the group of men he owned his club with. Men he called his brothers.
From Sienna, Ethan knew something had happened to Jason and those other men in college, an incident that had bonded them in a way few could understand. And though Sienna had shared the drama of that time, Ethan never brought it up with Jason. It wasn’t something a person talked about like the weather; rather it defined the kind of man Jason had become.
He remembered asking Sienna the meaning behind the name of Club TEN29 and she’d replied, it’s the defining date in Jason’s life. Given what he now knew, the name was appropriate. A fitting memorial.
Ethan glanced at his watch again and groaned. “Sienna!” he called, knowing they had to leave or else they’d be late.
“I’m coming! I was just checking on the sitter and the baby.” Mara, the babysitter, was sitting in the rocker with Lizzy in her arms.
Ethan knew it was going to be difficult for them to leave her. He looked up, his gaze lit on his wife, and his breath left his body in a whoosh, leaving him light-headed.
“Jesus, you’re gorgeous.”
“You like?” She stepped into the room wearing a strappy red dress that draped over one shoulder and slid over her body like a caress. The hem ended mid-thigh, revealing her long, sexy legs that were covered in a sandal with a red sole she made sure to show him. “See? I match.”
He grinned, wrapping an arm around her and dipping her low. “Do you know what tonight is?” he asked.
“Six weeks,” she whispered through bright red lips that also matched her outfit. Her long hair fell around her shoulders and he raised her to a standing position.
Six long weeks and his cock had felt every last second. “I’m going to bring you home after this damned event and fuck my wife,” he whispered into her ear.
She shivered and her nipples puckered beneath the sheath of her dress.
“Are you not wearing a bra?” he asked on a low growl.
“You’ll find out later.” She spun away. “Can we go? I want to get there, be seen, and come home so I can check on my baby … and then make love to my sexy husband.”
If he had to put up with Jason Dare in order to make it back here for the main event, Ethan figured he could deal. Especially since he’d end the night buried deep inside the wife he adored.