“That is an excellent idea,” Sin called back. Then he looked at Mary. “Let’s be honest, my method wasn’t working very well. I’m ready to try it your way.”
She kissed him then, her mouth soft against his. “Thank you for that.” Then she giggled, whispering close to his ear. “My way involves more than one child in our future.”
He kissed her cheek. “Mary. It only took one time for me to understand there’d be no stopping you. I’m at your mercy.”
Epilogue
Two years later…
Mary lay in her bed, tired but so satisfied, she didn’t think she’d ever have a more perfect moment in her life.
In her arms lay their beautiful new baby boy. Behind her, cradling her to his chest, was her husband. He stroked her hair back from her temple as he kissed her forehead. “You made that look easy.”
She chuckled. “It wasn’t.”
“Still. You were impressive. I….” He kissed her again. “I never imagined birth would be so beautiful.”
“I never imagined you’d stay for the whole thing.” She turned to capture a kiss from his lips.
He shook his head. “While I like doing things your way, I’m still me. I need to be here to make certain nothing goes awry.”
“That is an excellent point.” She kissed him again. “Isn’t he beautiful?”
“Edward might be the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen in my life, besides you, of course,” he answered. “And Anne.”
She rubbed her cheek on his chest. “Sometimes I think I might need to pinch myself because in my wildest dreams I never imagined my life would be like this.”
“Like what?” he asked, placing his arm under hers to help support Edward.
“A fairy tale,” she answered. “My happily ever after.”
The baby gurgled, content at her breast as Cole rocked them both. “You’re my happily ever after too, my second chance when I never thought I’d recover from the first,” he said.
“So tell me.” She looked up, smiling into his eyes. “Have you decided to leave my bed? I’ve given you your heir.”
He quirked a brow. “You know very well that I am never leaving your bed. You don’t have to point out what a fool I was to think it was even a possibility.”
She gave a small giggle. “Sorry my love, it’s just rather satisfying to know you love me and that our happy ending doesn’t have an expiration.”
“Fair enough. But you know I never question any of your Chase instincts. You’ve even won over Reeves.”
Reeves had spent the last several days keeping Anne company as Mary had been too advanced in her pregnancy to do so. “He only wanted to protect you,” she said. “In the end, he knows I make you happy.”
He stroked the baby’s head, still rocking them both. “Me and Anne. You make us both happy. You have put us back together when I thought there was no hope. Mary Sinclair, you are my everything.”
Her heart nearly burst from her chest. “You’re my everything too.”
This series has been so special to me, I just can’t let it go! I’ve decided to laugh a second round of Lords of Scandal which will begin this December!!
The series will begin with the novel, Earl of Gold!!
Why did he need love if he had gold?
The Earl of Goldthwaite had spent his entire adult life accumulating wealth. It was his life’s goal to never end up as his father had, penniless and rotting in some debtor’s prison. He has no time for such silly notions as love or romance. When he eventually marries, he’ll find a nice heiress to increase his holdings. But then Miss Penny Walters waltzes into his life, he knows she’s all wrong for him. As poor as her name implies, she’s nothing that he wanted. Just another woman attempting to part him from his gold. So why can’t he look away?
Who needed gold when her heart was rich with love?
Penny’s life had been charmed, at least she’d always believed so. Though her parents had little assets, they’d had enough to be comfortable and their home had been rich with affection. Which was how she’d determined to live the rest of her life. With her whole heart. Her first task was to open an orphanage in a poor London neighborhood. One that would give back to the community. The problem? She needed a loan to make her dream come true. And the one man she might be able to ask for such a sum was…
The miserly Earl of Gold.
It filled her with sick dread but what choice did she have? What she never expected was to find herself drawn to such a man. He’s nothing that she ever wanted and everything she wished to stand against. But the longer she knows him, the more she wonders… Is there a soft heart under that hard-shiny veneer of gold?
Earl of Gold is a bridge between the first and second round in the Lords of Scandal series. You can find the first round for sale on Amazon:
Lord of Scandal
Want to see where this series started? Collect the whole Lords of Scandal series:
Duke of Daring http://tammyandresen.com/books/duke-of-daring/
Marquess of Malice http://tammyandresen.com/books/marquess-of-malice/
Earl of Exile http://tammyandresen.com/books/earl-of-exile/
Viscount of Vice http://tammyandresen.com/books/viscount-of-vice/
Baron of Bad http://tammyandresen.com/books/baron-of-bad/
More about Tammy Andresen
USA Today Bestselling Author, Tammy Andresen lives with her husband and three children just outside of Boston, Massachusetts. She grew up on the Seacoast of Maine, where she spent countless days dreaming up stories in blueberry fields and among the scrub pines that line the coast. Her mother loved to spin a yarn and Tammy filled many hours listening to her mother retell the classics. It was inevitable that at the age of 18, she headed off to Simmons College, where she studied English literature and education. She never left Massachusetts but some of her heart still resides in Maine and her family visits
