Kissing Mila tends to have that effect on me…
Shit. I might be here for a while.
Epilogue
Rylan
One year later…
“Rylan,” Mila whispers as she grabs onto my shirt and pulls my ear down to her lips. “My coworkers are looking at my vagina.”
“I know,” I whisper back, trying not to laugh. “It’s okay. They’re just trying to help.”
We’re at her hospital and she’s giving birth to our first child. I’m so nervous but I know that my mate is a total rockstar. She’s doing great.
“Just keep pushing,” I whisper to her as she squeezes my hand. “Elliot will be out soon.”
We’re having a boy.
I’m so excited that I can barely breathe. Mila has already given me so much and now she’s giving me a child. One of many I hope…
The doctor and nurses help her through the labor as I hang back by her head, offering emotional support.
It’s not long after she’s pushing hard that the doctors are handing us a squirming crying baby boy.
We both tear up as we stare at him in awe. He’s gorgeous. A little miracle.
With our new family in place, the doctor and nurses quietly exit the room, giving us some bonding time.
“I can’t believe he’s real,” Mila says as he grips onto her finger. “I mean, I can touch him and feel him breathing, but it’s not registering in my head. This is surreal.”
“It’s incredible,” I say as my chin quivers. “You’re incredible, Mila. Look what you brought into the world.”
She looks up at me and gives me one of those breathtaking smiles. “We brought into this world.”
Her sweaty hair is plastered to her face, her eyes are red and bloodshot, and her cheeks are swollen and puffy, but she’s never looked more beautiful to me. She truly is an angel.
And I truly am the luckiest man on the planet.
“I can’t believe we’re parents,” she says as she turns back to the little guy. “Hi, Elliot. I’m your mother and this hot hunk of man is your father. Hopefully, you take after him in the looks department.”
“Oh, please,” I say with a laugh. “He’d be much luckier to look like you.”
“Well, luckily it’s not up to us or we’d be disagreeing forever.”
We can’t seem to take our eyes off of him. Elliot is like a campfire in that way. You can stare at him for hours.
And that’s exactly what we do.
I only occasionally peel my eyes off him to look at Mila.
She’s an amazing woman and I’m so happy I get to share the rest of my life with her.
I would gladly break every bone in my body again if that’s what it took to be by her side.
Now, we have a child (one of many I hope) and I can’t wait to see what else our future has in store.
I know it’s going to be amazing because we’ll be together.
Forever.
Just us and our happy little family.
Epilogue
Mila
Ten years later…
“Oh my god,” I whisper under my breath when I walk into the room.
Every day it’s the same thing.
It’s summer vacation and all four of my kids are draped across the couches while they watch their tablets. I just got back from my spinning class and these little animals are still not out of their pajamas at eleven o’clock.
“Excuse me,” I say in my fiercest mom voice as I tap the floor with my foot. Only my youngest Valerie turns around to look at me and even then it’s with only one eye.
“Tablets off!” I shout. “Right now!”
It’s all groans and moans and complaining as they slowly turn them off, each trying to suck in a precious few more seconds of animated junk food for the brain.
“Summer vacation is for playing outside,” I say as I take one tablet away after another. Each kid freaks out, screeching like a hyena as I take their tablet away. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t getting some enjoyment out of it. I feel like an all-powerful god as I yank them away from their little freaked out hands.
“Dad said we could watch our tablets,” Elliot says with a defiant stare.
I laugh. “Yeah, right. Where is your father anyway?”
That’s when I hear the shower running upstairs. The heat starts to bloom within me when I picture Rylan’s naked body up there with beads of water running between the hard deep muscular ridges.
“He said we could,” Valerie says, echoing her older brother.
“When I was a kid we didn’t have tablets. We played outside during the summer.” Oh god, I sound like my mother.
They all roll their eyes. “There’s bugs outside,” Declan whines.
“And it’s too hot,” Alyssa says with a sour face.
“Can we play video games on the TV?” Elliot asks and they all agree that this is a fabulous idea.
“No screens!” I shout. “When was the last time you played outside?”
“I put out the garbage last night,” Declan says proudly.
“That doesn’t count. When was the last time you let your bears out?”
They all start groaning.
“It’s been a few days,” I mutter while I think about it. Shit, has it really been five days? Oops!
“My bear is fine,” Alyssa whines. I take a closer look at her green eyes and they have a golden hue to them.
“Liar,” I say as I pull her off the couch. “I can tell that she needs to be let out.”
I look at all of them and see more gold. I cringe as I drag them off the couches. Most moms forget to give baths or clip nails… when I forget basic maintenance, I turn my kids into monsters.
“Everybody out!” I say in the firmest voice I can muster. “Right now! Pajamas off! Bears out!”
They all start groaning and whining as they shuffle toward the back door like adorable little zombies.
I help Valerie with her buttons as my older kids start popping into bears all around me.
“Thanks, mommy!” she says with a big smile that hurts my he
art it’s so adorable. I give her a kiss on the forehead and her whole body starts shaking.
With a loud rip, my cute little four-year-old girl explodes into a fuzzy awkward grizzly bear cub.
I smile when I see the four of them wandering around the backyard. They spot a grasshopper and all try to chase after it, bumping into each other as it easily escapes their big paws.
Sometimes it’s hard with these kids, but I love every second of it, even when I don’t.
“Hey,” I say as I walk over to them. “Give mommy a kiss.”
They all line up and I give each bear a soft furry kiss on the top of their head. “Not too far, Elliot,” I say to my oldest. He’s watching me with the same eyes that I was looking at in the house.
They’re so cute. I could watch these guys all day.
But I don’t. I’m still stinky from my spinning class and I want to join Rylan in the shower before he gets out.
I wait until all four of them are in the forest and then I dart back into the house and sprint up the stairs, shedding clothes along the way.
By the time I get in our ensuite bathroom, I’m fully naked except for the wide grin on my face.
I startle Rylan when I yank the shower door open. He quickly recovers as he looks me up and down with hungry eyes. “Damn, you look good!” he says with a wince. “Do me a favor. Give that spinning teacher of yours a raise.”
I smile shyly as I step under the warm water. “Do you have room for one more in here?”
“I always have room for my mate,” he growls as his big strong hands slide up my ribs. He cups my tingling breasts and starts kissing my neck.
“Wait until I wash first,” I say with a laugh as I try to squirm away from him. Try. There’s no way he’s letting me go now. I’ve tempted the hungry beast and there’s no escape…
“I stink,” I say as he slides his powerful hands down to my ass.
He growls as he leans down and kisses my breasts. “I love your smell. It smells like my mate. It smells like heaven.”