Emergency Attraction (Love Emergency 3)

She did, and the world whirled. He carried her out the back door and down the deck steps. Evening closed in around them—warm air, alive with the chirp of crickets and the flash of fireflies. When he stopped and slowly lowered her to her feet, she didn’t need to open her eyes to know where she was. Their tree.

He moved away from her. Something rustled. “Turn around and open your eyes.”

She did, and her heart swelled at the sight of him standing there, bathed in the soft glow of lantern light, holding back a curtain of willow limbs to reveal a picnic basket and a blanket.

“There’s no place like home.”

“Wow. You really did have a plan for tonight.”

“I’ve been planning to get you back under this tree for a while.” He arched a brow at her. “You’re the one who came home feeling kinky.”

A memory of what he’d promised her last time he’d talked about getting her on a blanket under their tree filtered through her mind. Her knees wobbled and her cheeks heated. “How kinky are you planning to get?”

He laughed and took her hand. “I’m open to suggestions, but”—his expression sobered as he led her under the canopy—“if you’re game, I thought we might try to give April a little brother or sister.”

Her heart stuttered in her chest and then took off at double time. “Do you want to?”

He nodded. “It’s not risk free, and we could go the scientific route if you’d rather, but the old-fashioned way worked out pretty well last time around.”

“Yes, it worked out perfectly,” she managed around the lump in her throat and walked over to him. “I’d love to.”

He wrapped his arms around her and lowered his head. “I love you, baby girl. You’re mine. My past, present, and future. You’re my everything.”

“Good to know, since I feel the same way.”

His slow grin heated her belly. “That was my plan.”