“This will be a happy place again.” She turned and went up on her toes to kiss him. “Give it time, Beckett. I think you’re right. I think your cousins will come around and one day this place will be filled with family again.”
He spoke against her lips. “Want to know a secret?”
“Always.”
“When I picture the family that will fill this place, I picture ours.” He kissed first one corner of her mouth and then the other, backing her slowly to the wall. “It’s too soon to get into the specifics, but that’s where this is headed, Samara.”
She arched against him with a soft laugh. “Do I get a say in this theoretical family?”
“Of course.” He nibbled her neck. “Would you prefer a spring wedding or a fall one? How do you feel about dogs? Should we have two kids or more?”
She burst out laughing. “Getting a little ahead of yourself, aren’t you?”
“Never.” Beckett pulled back enough to meet her gaze. “It’s you for me. If that means waiting a year or waiting a decade, then that’s what I’ll do.” He traced her bottom lip with his thumb. This part was more difficult to get out. “If you don’t want kids…then we won’t have any.”
Her eyes went wide. “You just said you wanted kids.”
“I do. With you. But that’s not a decision I get to make without you.” He leaned down and brushed his lips over the path his thumb had just traveled. “I’m head over heels in love with you, Samara.”
She slipped her arms around his neck and kissed him. It wasn’t an answer…but maybe it was. Beckett scooped her up and strode up the stairs, eliciting another infectious laugh from Samara. He went straight to his old room and laid her down across his bed. She looked around. “Tell the truth—you snuck girls in here all the time when you were a teenager.”
“Never.” He pushed her shirt up and kissed her stomach, working his way up to her breasts. “We had a full staff and they reported on my every move. Nothing kills a makeout session like having your dour housekeeper fling open the door.” He pulled her shirt off and tossed it aside, quickly followed by her skirt. Beckett lowered his voice. “We’re alone in the house right now.”
“Thank God.” She reached for his jeans and shoved them down his hips. “I might throw something if we’re interrupted.”
He kissed her as he guided his cock into her. This. This right here is fucking perfection. Beckett thrust slow, savoring every touch, every sigh, every little gasp she made. “Happiness is you with me, Samara. Happiness is this.” He picked up his pace and reached between them to stoke her clit the way she liked it.
She came with his name on her lips. Beckett couldn’t hold out any longer. He didn’t want to. He thrust into her again and again, chasing completion that he’d only ever found with this woman. “I love you.”
Samara clung to him as their heartbeats slowed and their breathing returned to normal. She kissed his jaw, his neck, his shoulder. “Beckett?”
“Yeah?”
He felt her smile. “Want to know a secret?”
“As if you have to ask.”
She shifted back and trailed her fingers down the side of his face. She wore a satisfied smile and there was no mistaking the love in her dark eyes. “Yes.”
He went still. “‘Yes’ isn’t a secret.”
Her smile grew. “I think three kids is a nice number. I prefer cats to dogs, but I’m willing to be convinced. A fall wedding would be wonderful.” She kissed him. “I love you, Beckett King. I think we should wait a few years before we start popping out babies, but let’s fill these halls with a happy family. Our happy family.”
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About the Author
KATEE ROBERT is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who learned to tell stories at her grandpa’s knee. Her novel The Marriage Contract was a RITA finalist, and RT Book Reviews named it “a compulsively readable book with just the right amount of suspense and tension.” When not writing sexy contemporary and romantic suspense, she spends her time playing imaginary games with her children, driving her husband batty with what-if questions, and planning for the inevitable zombie apocalypse.
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Also by Katee Robert
The O’Malleys Series
The Bastard’s Bargain
Undercover Attraction
Forbidden Promises
An Indecent Proposal
The Wedding Pact
The Marriage Contract
Acclaim for Katee Robert’s NovelsUndercover Attraction
“Pick it up as soon as possible. The story is packed with all the action, scandal, sexual tension, and family drama you could ask for, and I, for one, loved it.”
—All About Romance
“Robert combines strong chemistry, snappy plotting, and imperfect yet appealing characters…This installment is easily readable as a standalone, and it’s a worthy addition to a sexy series.”
—Publishers Weekly Forbidden Promises
“A tension-filled plot full of deceit, betrayal, and sizzling love scenes will make it impossible for readers to set the book down. This installment stands alone, but new readers will certainly want to look up earlier books.”
—Publishers Weekly
“A great read from the talented Robert!”
—RT Book Reviews
“4.5 Stars! My favorite book so far in this series! You will finish it in one sitting…This was one sexy ride!”
—Night Owl Reviews, Top Pick An Indecent Proposal
“Robert proves she is one of the bright new stars of romance, and readers who love tortured heroes…will snap up the latest in her brilliantly imaginative and blisteringly hot O’Malley series.”
—Booklist
“Top Pick! The chemistry between Cillian and Olivia is amazingly hot and the connection they have is wicked…Another amazing addition to a very
