Total pages in book: 36
Estimated words: 33324 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 167(@200wpm)___ 133(@250wpm)___ 111(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 33324 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 167(@200wpm)___ 133(@250wpm)___ 111(@300wpm)
“So, you don’t need to take Hailey to the city. Because I’m staying here.”
He frowns. “What?”
“If you’ll have me?” I slide my hands around the hard muscle of his waist, his hands dropping to grab me by my ass, tugging me upward, mounted on the front of him like a baby in one of those chest carriers.
“You’re not giving up your dreams, but I got you, baby. Daddy will always be here for you.”
He’ll never let me go, never let me fall.
I didn’t think I wanted a life of adventure, but with him behind me, beside me or on top of me, it will be the safest adventure of all time.
“Dolly’s gonna kill me,” he murmurs into my ear, before planting a kiss on that magical spot on my neck, my skin rippling all the way down to my toes. “She told me if I ruined you, I’d have her to deal with.”
“Better make the ruining worth it then, don’t you think?” I say with a grin, rolling my hips against him, working the bottom of my t-shirt up and over my head. “Let’s live dangerously.”
Chapter Twelve
Summer
Epilogue…seven years later…
My husband has made some adjustments when it comes to his version of ‘roughing it’.
Electricity, four bedrooms and six bathrooms, a library, offices for both of us, a playroom for the kids and an all-white kitchen with every gadget and gourmet appliance Price could convince the delivery drivers to bring all the way up here make our mountain ‘cabin’ something we can both live with.
He’s just outside, torso glistening in the summer sun as he swings the ax in an enormous arc, bringing it down with a ‘crack’ onto the standing piece of wood, splintering it into three pieces.
Our oldest outside of Hailey is Nick, named after Price’s brother, and he just turned five last month. He’s his father’s little shadow. My heart strains when I see how he looks at Price like he created fire.
He’s an amazing father to all three of our babies. I adopted Hailey officially the day after our wedding, having another type of ceremony to symbolize bringing our family together officially.
That was all Price’s idea. The big lug has the biggest heart.
I shiver as his stunning green eyes shift, eating me up as he looks over to see me standing in the doorway of the cabin, wearing a white lace-trimmed eyelet nightgown, cradling my steaming cup of coffee and taking in the beauty of our surroundings.
The old cabin where we spent our first night together sits about a hundred yards from this newer one. We use it still as a getaway, and love to re-create our ‘only one bed’ night as often as we can.
My husband wants to be inside of me every chance he gets, and I admit I still tease and taunt him, not that he needs any encouragement in that department.
He is always thinking of what’s best for me, even when I don’t like it.
I’ve had more than one red bottom in our time together, but after the spanking comes the orgasms. So. Many. Orgasms.
Those early days of playing our big brother, little sister roles have grown into their own naughty fantasies. But that’s just for play time.
The other title I use for my husband is Daddy. More than just a turn-on during sexy times, it’s who he is with me. Protective, nurturing, a bit bossy but always with a reason and a guiding hand showing me the way.
Out of the corner of my eye, I see movement and turn, wondering if it’s Electra showing up again to show off her newest cub, but no, it’s the camera crew here to change out and adjust some of the cameras that hang in some of the rooms of the cabin.
As the three men exit their van, Hailey comes running out from the woods, sticks stuck in her hair, holding up what looks like a six-foot snakeskin to add to her collection.
She raises it toward Price, with a big smile and he drops into a crouch, giving her all his attention while she displays her newest treasure. She’s the original wild child for sure, and she’s so much like her Daddy that sometimes I feel outnumbered by their sheer ability to navigate the wilderness that surrounds our home.
Me? I am still not a fan of spiders, but I’ll re-home them back outside when Hailey or Price are not around.
“Ma’am.” The tallest of the crew approaches, and I nod, then shrink back a step, remembering I’m still in my nightgown with nothing on under it and I don’t wish harm to come to the innocent camera crew, but I might be too late. They all three take a long look at me before I can stop what I know is about to happen.
In a split second, Price has Hailey corralled to watch Nick, and he’s halfway to the unsuspecting three men when I throw out a Hail Mary to save them.