Inhaling deeply, I tug her head against my chest so she can’t see my face as it’s become difficult to focus with her words. It takes a few minutes to get myself under control, and then I admit, “I think the fact that I’ve only given this ring to you, says everything about my past…it’s my new beginning Charlotte. I’m finally going to have the life I once dreamed of.”

“We both are.”

“Hmm.” I caress her back and let my hand linger on her firm bottom as she tosses her leg over my hip. “I thought you were tired.” I nuzzle into her neck, pressing her bottom closer so my cock can nestle against her wet pussy.

“I am tired.” Her hand wanders down my back and then her fingers tickle between the crack in my ass. “Mmm, you like that.”

“I like you touching me everywhere.” I chuckle, ending on a deep groan as my swollen shaft nudges against her clit. “My body reacts with just a hand to my face. I’m completely in tune with you.”

“You most certainly are,” she agrees, slipping a hand over my quivering stomach, seeking and finding the hard flesh bursting from my groin.

I let her stroke me a few times, heightening my arousal, and then I move her hand away and cup her face. “Have you had a good Christmas with me?”

She searches my gaze, becoming serious, and says, “It’s been a day I’ll never forget. The breakfast. The proposal. Talking to my parents. The Christmas movies. The dinner. The off-key Christmas carols we sung. The snow outside that brought my little bird for a visit on the sill. The whole day has been amazing from start to finish.”

“It’s been the best Christmas that my father and I have had in years, and we owe all that to you.” I smile softly. “Thank you.”

I kiss her forehead while rolling her onto her back. Slipping inside her folds, I feel whole.

83

Charlotte

Two days before New Year and my parents’ house is upside down. We arrived late yesterday, so we’ve only been here about an hour, and already Tanner has been taken into the fold. At this, I make a mental note to thank my brothers for making it happen.

“It looks as though he’s always been part of this,” Mom comments, wrapping an arm around my shoulders.

“It does… He makes me happy Mom.”

“I can see that, and so can your dad.”

“Talking about dads, Derek will be here soon.” I let her lead me into the kitchen. “He has it in his head that he’s crashing the party, when I’ve tried to tell him he isn’t and we genuinely want him here with us.” I sigh. “Tanner says his father can be a bit funny around the holidays, which I get, but I don’t want him thinking we’re only asking because he’s alone.”

“Oh honey, he’ll get used to us all. It’s been him and Tanner for nearly ten years now, and the McKenzie family is a lot to get used to. Pity there’s no one around his age.” Mom gets a gleam in her eye.

“Now Mom,” I warn. “He’s a handsome guy, and I’m sure if he was truly interested in meeting someone else then he would have done so by now. Leave him alone.”

“We’ll see,” she says, not committing one way or the other.

“Mom,” I groan.

Aunt Carla’s throaty laugh fills the room. “What on earth is your mother up to now to get the ‘Mom’ attitude?”

I slump into a chair at the table. “She’s trying to think of someone to set up Tanner’s father with.”

“I’d leave that alone,” Garrett says, entering the kitchen with a diaper bag in his hand, his arm wrapped around his wife, and his son in the other. “He won’t appreciate it. That I can tell you.” Aunt Carla takes the diaper bag, and my mother takes her grandchild, while Garrett helps Sirena into a chair.

“I can’t believe I have two months left. I feel like an elephant,” Sirena grumbles.

“You look gorgeous, which I’m sure your husband has told you plenty of times.” I glance at Garrett, who laughs.

“I tell her more than once a day, and that’s all I’m saying on the matter.”

Sirena smirks at her husband. “I don’t mind filling in the blanks,” she wiggles her brows.

“You do that, honey.” He grins with confidence because he knows my sister won’t say anything about his prowess in the bedroom.

Noticing Garrett’s eyes on me, I stand and move into his arms as he grabs me up for a hug. “Congratulations. You’re getting a good man.”

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