Total pages in book: 29
Estimated words: 27313 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 137(@200wpm)___ 109(@250wpm)___ 91(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 27313 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 137(@200wpm)___ 109(@250wpm)___ 91(@300wpm)
I step closer, wrapping my arms around my wife’s waist and leaning down to kiss the top of the sleeping baby’s head gently, holding my whole world in my arms.
Sophia stirs, blinking her big blue eyes open. She looks so much like Savannah, with soft blonde hair and those ocean-blue eyes. She yawns, and Savannah and I both coo over her.
“Come on, angel. Let’s go to the pool!” Savannah says in a baby voice, lifting Sophia up high to make a face at her. The baby laughs, reaching out her chubby hands for me.
I scoop her up, kissing her cheeks and tickling her as Savannah gathers up towels and the baby float for the pool.
I help Savannah get settled at the side of the private pool before ducking back inside to grab refreshments from the fridge. When I return with a tray of watermelon and pineapple and a sugary drink for Savannah, she gives me a smile that makes my pulse kick into overdrive.
“Thank you,” she says, popping a piece of fruit into her mouth.
“Anything for you.” I dip my head to kiss her, tasting the pineapple juice on her lips. “You look fucking incredible, sweetness.”
She blushes. The pink bikini she’s in hugs her curves and shows off her soft skin. Savannah is the most beautiful woman in the world, and I take every opportunity to remind her of that and savor the way she turns pink with my compliments. Making my wife blush is my favorite hobby.
“I love you.” She smiles, the sun making her shine even brighter than usual.
“I love you endlessly, sweetness.”
Our baby squeals excitedly, making grabby hands at her pool float. I chuckle.
“We’re going to have to get a house with a pool,” I muse as I grab the float and scoop my daughter up.
Savannah laughs, thinking I’m joking. “What on earth do we need that for?”
“For our little water baby,” I say, then turn to Sophia in my arms. “Tell Mama you need a pool to play in whenever you want. Don’t you, baby?” Sophia giggles, showing off her single tooth. “See? How could I say no to this face?”
“You’ve got your daddy wrapped around your little finger.” Savannah coos to our daughter, standing to join us at the side of the pool.
“A holiday home then,” I tell her as we slip into the warm water. Sophia immediately flails her arms around, splashing us all eagerly. “Somewhere hot so you can sunbathe in all the bikinis you want, with a private pool for all the kids—”
“All?” Savannah bounces Sophia up and down in her arms as the baby plays with the water.
I know she’s teasing me, considering we both want a big family, but I let her get away with it…for now. I’ll punish her for being a brat later, and she’ll enjoy every second of it.
“Somewhere we can go to get away from the city and work.”
“Somewhere like this? I mean sure it sounds amazing, Sean.”
I grin, wading into the pool further so I can wrap my arms around her again. The water makes her skin glisten, the ends of her hair wet and sticking to her shoulders.
Sophia kicks her legs happily as Savannah holds her. Clearly, Sophia is on my side. She loves it here, and I know Savannah does too. And what she loves, she’ll have.
“Then it’s yours,” I say simply.
Savannah rolls her eyes and laughs. “You can’t just decide to keep this place.”
“I didn’t just decide. It’s already yours, sweetness. I just wanted to make sure you loved it before I told you, in case I had to find somewhere else.”
Savannah goes wide-eyed, her mouth dropping open. “You’re joking.”
“You know me better than that.”
“You…you bought me a house?”
“Yes.” I grin. “It’s perfect, is it not? More than enough room for all the babies we’ll have. The perfect place to escape to for the holidays.”
“Oh my god,” Savannah breathes, but she’s smiling beneath the shock. “You’re insane, Sean.”
“For you.”
“It’s really ours?” Her eyes flick from me to the beautiful house behind me.
“Really. There’s nothing I wouldn’t do to make you happy.”
“You and Sophia are all I need to be happy. But I do love this place. Thank you, Sean.”
She tilts her head back to kiss me quickly, her skin warm from the water and the sun, before she pulls away.
Savannah’s eyes sparkle and she bites her bottom lip, readjusting her hold on Sophia so she’s securely held in one arm. I know she’s up to no good even before she helps our daughter splash me with water, soaking me.
I blink away the water to the sound of my wife and daughter’s laughter. Savannah shrieks as I steal my daughter, holding her up so she can kick her legs and splash water everywhere, returning the favor. Soon we’re all thoroughly soaked and our stomachs hurt from laughing, and Sophia is yawning from all the excitement.