Total pages in book: 23
Estimated words: 21170 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 106(@200wpm)___ 85(@250wpm)___ 71(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 21170 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 106(@200wpm)___ 85(@250wpm)___ 71(@300wpm)
I turn to him with tears in my eyes.
“Yes, I think it’s possible,” I whisper. “I’ve loved you since the moment we met, and it was agony to be apart from you. I want us to be together.”
He presses a fervent kiss to my lips then, his body already growing hard and insistent.
“Good, because that’s what I want too,” he says in a possessive growl. “You’re my woman, and you’ve already had my child, Penny. From here on out, I’m making you mine in every sense of the word.”
With that, our lips meet in ecstasy as my arms snake around his neck because I’ve already had the CEO’s love child. Little Georgie sleeps upstairs right now, peacefully in his room, as his parents declare their adoration for one another and promise to seek a future forwards … together.
Epilogue
Patrick
Six months later.
We’re at my father’s wedding, and it’s one for the ages because my new stepmother has spared no expense. The church is decorated to the nines with pink and red roses, and in the reception hall, I know there are tablecloths, placemats, goody bags, and all sorts of accoutrements stenciled with the words “Patrick and Marina 2020” in elaborate pink hearts.
After all, my dad’s getting married on Valentine’s Day, and as a result, they’re trying to stick with a theme. Never mind that it’s Senior’s sixth wedding. Lots of guests still came because of the lavish ceremony, generous food, and even more generous drink.
But I don’t mind because my fiancée’s here, and Penny is all that matters. After our dramatic reunion, Penny moved straight into my penthouse, bringing Georgie with her. It was sudden, but her father accepted it cautiously.
“Mr. Lockwood, I’m so sorry this has come as a surprise,” I apologized to the older man. “I know this is not what you expected for your daughter, and had I known about my son, I would never have left them to fend for themselves. But I want you to know that I want to do right by Penny and Georgie from here on out, and that means that they’re coming to live with me. Your daughter and grandson are my responsibility, and they belong with me.”
Harold blinked a bit, looking at me cautiously.
“How did you meet my daughter, though?” he asked slowly. “I didn’t even know that you knew each other.”
The dreaded moment had come, but there was no beating around the bush. With halting words, Penny explained how she’d snuck away during Take Your Daughter To Work Day, and bumped into me for a passionate tryst. We left out the details because no man needs to know that his daughter lost her virginity on a hard cement floor in a supply closet. But Harold seemed to understand as Penny finished the story.
“So Georgie is your son,” he said slowly. “And you didn’t know until a week ago.”
“I didn’t know,” I confirm with emotion in my voice. “And I swear to you, Sir, that had I known, I would have whisked Penny and Georgie off immediately. I would have done everything in my power to make their lives comfortable.”
“Plus, Daddy, Georgie already loves Patrick. In fact, he just called Patrick “Da-da” the other day.”
That event had almost broken my heart with joy because I never expected such an honor. I expected the baby to look at me with fear and suspicion as a stranger intent on usurping his mother’s affections. But to my surprise, Georgie took to me from the start, and although his words are merely single-syllable utterances at this point, last week, something resembling “Da” did come out of his mouth when he smiled at me.
I cried upon hearing that word, and Penny immediately rushed over to inundate me with kisses.
“It was meant to be,” she whispered in my ear. “You are Georgie’s daddy, and he knows, even though he’s just a baby.”
With that, our bond was sealed, and it was only a matter of months before I proposed.
“Will you, Penny?” I asked while on bended knee with my heart in my throat. “I love you more than life itself and you’ve made me so happy. You are my life, sweetheart, and without you, I’d be a broken man.”
Penny accepted with tears in her eyes, pressing a tender kiss to my lips as she slipped the ring on her finger.
“I’d love to be your wife, Patrick Lancaster,” she said in a voice full of love. “Becoming Penny Lancaster would make me incredibly happy.”
Thus, I gaze with satisfaction at my wife from across the room. The ceremony ended with Marina kissing her elderly husband, and we’re now at the reception in a lavish hotel ballroom. Penny is absolutely lovely in a peach silk dress which highlights her generous curves, as well as the glow of her skin and the generous fall of curly brown hair down her back.