“More brownies, huh?” I tease, leaving her foot and crawling over her on the sofa. She giggles and wraps her legs around me as I come face to face with her.
Her arms wrap around my neck in a loving embrace. “Wanna see if I still taste like them?”
I laugh before I kiss her, and everything turns from amused to fucking hot in seconds. Her small body presses against mine as I do taste the dark chocolate on her lips and everything about Anastasia. I push her top up with my hands, running my hands over her lacy bra and feeling her hard nipples. Ana never needs to do much to turn me on. One touch. One look. One word.
It’s always been that way.
My life, heart and body have always belonged to Anastasia Noble.
I pick her up and keep her close to me as I carry her to the bedroom, never once breaking our kiss. I swallow her sweet moans like they are my own to keep. And in every way, they are in this moment. Laying her down on the bed, I lean back and pull my shirt off.
The way she looks up at me...fuck. There is nothing sexier in this entire goddamn world.
I grin and lean down, pressing my lips to her smooth skin on her stomach, knowing my child is in there. I don’t give a fuck if the baby isn’t my biological child; blood has never made family to me. Family is who you are there for when the world is burning around them.
And I choose Anastasia Noble and our baby.
Pulling her leggings and panties down, she helps me kick them off her feet and unclips her bra at the same time. As she pulls it off, lying under me completely naked, I feel like I can’t breathe unless I’m inside her soon. I kiss her harshly, rubbing my hard cock against her thigh as I sink one of my hands into her soft hair and the other between her legs. Pushing my finger into her, I find her soaking wet for me right away, and I use my thumb to slowly rub her clit, loving how she reacts to me, how she tightens around my finger when she is close. I pull my hand away and grab her thigh, sinking deep inside her and groaning from how hot and tight she feels. Holy fuck. Her sweet moans fill my ears as I thrust in and out of her, barely able to control myself with how she feels. Her tongue slips into my mouth, taking me completely into her, not holding any part of her back from me.
And gods do I love her more for everything she gives me.
I’m one lucky son of a bitch.
I feel her come, tightening around me, and I can’t hold on any longer. I sink as deep as I can into her with a thrust, coming hard and long, and nearly blacking out from the pleasure. I breathlessly fall to her side, pulling her onto my chest and covering us with a nearby blanket.
“I love you, Mason,” she whispers, and I kiss her forehead, smiling to myself.
“I will love you forever, Ana,” I tell her, speaking directly from my heart.
Not long after, she falls asleep, and I gently leave her on a pillow, tucking her in with a thicker blanket. I clean up in the bathroom and get changed into some loose joggers and a tee shirt before going to the kitchen. By looking in the fridge, I would take a guess that Liam is cooking honey and mustard chicken, so I help him by cutting up the vegetables and peeling the potatoes. Liam comes through the door not much later, searching the room for Ana no doubt.
“Ana is napping,” I tell him when he spots me and places his keys on the side.
Pulling his boots off, he looks up at me. “How is she today?”
“Tired, I think,” I say. “But happy. We should talk to her about staying on the island for good when this is all over.”
“You like it here too then?” Liam questions as he places his boots by the door and comes over to the fridge. He gets the chicken out, and I hand him a sharp knife as he places them on the chopping board.
“Yeah. It’s got the forest, the sea, the city where the laws are good and firm. Crime is low and not tolerated, and they clearly protect their own. Really it is just an upgraded version of the homes we have always been in,” I reply.
“The community feel to this place would be good for our baby and Ana. I don’t feel like she is in danger here,” he replies as he cuts the chicken into strips. With so many of us eating here tonight, we need quite a bit. “And I think it’s good for her to see her mum and dad. I was talking with my mum, and she said she would have left me under the same circumstances. Maybe their choice is something we can understand when we are parents.”
“I think I understand it now. There isn’t anything, including leaving, that I wouldn’t do for Ana and the baby,” I tell him. “I’m glad Alex has his head sorted now. I couldn’t stand seeing her in any pain.”
“He will be a good dad,” Liam concludes with a small smile. I grin at my friend, a man who is a brother to me in every way except blood, and I don’t have to say it out loud. Liam will be a good dad, and I will make sure I am too.
