Faithful (Wanted 3)

I quickly made my way to the back door and unlocked it. When I opened it up, I smiled at Greg and Liz. They were each carrying a baby, and Elizabeth had the biggest smile on her face.

I instantly felt my face flush. Oh god. What if they ever found out their son tied me up and made such passionate love to me?

As Elizabeth walked by, she stopped and looked at me. Then, she gave me the biggest smile I’d ever seen.

“Oh…I’ve known that feeling before,” she said with a wink.

“What feeling?”

“If that flush on your cheeks says anything, I’m going to safely assume my son makes you very happy…very happy indeed. ”

“Oh. My. God. Elizabeth! You did not just say that?”

She threw her head back and laughed. “Oh, the hell I didn’t. ”

Josh walked into the kitchen and immediately took Will out of Greg’s arms. “My big boy! Did you have fun with Grammy and Gramps?”

“He sure did. He also slept the whole time,” Greg said with a smile.

Josh and I both snapped our heads over toward him.

“He slept that whole time?” Josh asked.

Elizabeth laughed and handed Libby to me. “Pretty much. Once all the paperwork was signed, the prince and princess woke up, demanding food, and then they nodded back off to sleep. ”

“What the hell? They never do that for us,” Josh said.

I laughed as I watched Elizabeth shrug her shoulders and smile.

“Wait. What paperwork were you signing?” Josh asked.

My heart started beating so fast. I’d been dying to tell Josh, but his parents had made me promise not to say a word.

Elizabeth walked up and kissed Greg so sweetly on the lips that it caused me to look away. She pulled away and smiled at Josh. “Oh, it’s nothing really. We just signed on the house we bought. ” She turned, reached into a cabinet, and pulled out four wine glasses as Greg grabbed a bottle of wine.

Josh looked at both of them and then at me. The expression on his face was priceless. He was confused as hell.

“Wait. What house? Where?” he asked.

Elizabeth turned around and leaned against the counter. “Oh, the darling little cottage house we bought here in town. It’s about fifteen minutes from here. ”

I watched as the smile spread across Josh’s face. I knew how close he was to his parents and how much he missed them. He hated living over an hour away from them.

“Y’all bought a house here?”

At the same time, Greg and Elizabeth both said, “Yep!”

“Holy hell! Mom, Dad…this is wonderful! Oh my god, I’m so damn happy. Wait…Mom, what about the law firm?”

“Well, since I now have two beautiful grandchildren, I’m going to need more time to be the best Grammy ever, so I decided to somewhat retire. I’m going to work from home, but I’m mostly just going to do consulting for the firm. I still own half of it, but I’m just becoming more of a silent partner in it. ”

If I didn’t know any better, I would have sworn I just heard my husband let out an eeeppp. He walked up and hugged both of them and then turned to me.

“Surprise number one?” he asked.

I nodded and smiled. “I wanted to tell you so bad. ”

He walked up to me, leaned down, and kissed Libby on the forehead. Then, he kissed me and gave me that crooked smile of his.