“I love it when you say that too.” She closed her eyes and let the sound of his strong, steady heartbeat fill her. “How do you think they will react when we tell them?” Looking up, she watched in awe as his mouth curved into a huge grin.
“I think they’ll be excited, but not nearly as excited as I am.” He placed a big hand on her slightly rounded belly. After five years of having time for themselves, they decided it was time to have a baby. But to their excitement and shock, Kenzie became pregnant with twins. She carried a little boy, a bear shifter, and a little girl, a deer shifter.
She might only be a couple months pregnant, but Bram had already told her no way in hell boys would be coming near his baby girl. He grinned broadly and kissed her on the tip of her nose. He pulled her close, and Kenzie rested her head on his chest again.
They were celebrating Christmas at their cabin this year, and Kenzie was so happy that their home would be filled with the laughter of little children, and they would be surrounded by the people they loved. She had grown to think of Charlie and Ford as her brothers, and Ary and Talia as her sisters.
They were close, spent a lot of time together, and she knew they would always be there for her, just like she would be there for them.
There was a knock on the door, and moments later, deep male voices, female laughter, and children giggling and crying filled her house. That had her smiling, because even through all the chaos was immense love. Ary walked in first with Charlie right behind her. Cole was only five, but already he had his face buried in some kind of electronic device. Their little girl, Madeline, looked so tiny sleeping in Charlie’s big arms.
“She has been a hellion all day and finally fell asleep in the car.” Ary looked over her shoulder at her three-year-old little girl.
“I’m going to put her in your room, Kenzie.” Charlie smiled at her, and she nodded. Several more voices filtered through the foyer, and then in walked Ford, Talia, and their little girl, Amelia. Their fiery little daughter took after her mother, even down to her red hair and light-blue eyes.
Cole saw his cousin and ran up to her, showing her whatever game he was playing. Her face lit up, and she ran to Ford. “Daddy, I hope Santa brings me one of those.”
“Brings you one of what, baby girl?” He got down on his haunches and put a lock of his daughter’s red hair behind her ear.
“Cole has this cool game on his iPad.”
Kenzie left the father and daughter when there was a knock on the door. The noise was almost deafening, but it was wonderful. She opened the door and smiled when she saw Luke, Talia’s cougar shifter brother.
The doctor looked good, especially after everything he had gone through years before. Even after his fiancée betrayed him, he still hadn’t found a female of his own, but Kenzie knew that when he did find that special woman, she would be one of the luckiest females around.
“Hi, sweetheart.” Anytime they had holiday family gatherings, Luke always came. After everything happened with his ex-fiancée, Mina, Luke had resigned from the practice he worked at with his father, moved to Sweet Water, and opened up his own physician’s office. Not only did he help everyone in their small town, but a lot of the time, he did it for free.
To know he’d been screwed over by that bitch Mina and had still risen above it to move on with his life and help others less fortunate than himself always managed to bring tears to Kenzie’s eyes. He was such a good guy and totally deserved a happily ever after. She just hoped he got it sooner rather than later.
She stepped aside, and he walked in. His arms were weighed down with packages of wrapped gifts, and she couldn’t help but laugh.
“You spoil these kids.”
He shrugged but didn’t stop his grin. “What can I say? I like to spend my money on them, and they like it too.”
Kenzie laughed harder. They hugged each other and then went into the dining room where everyone was already gathering around the table.
The children complained that they were hungry, and the brothers spoke about a new contract they would be starting in the spring. Kenzie stared at each of them, happiness filling her. Bram saw her, got up and walked over to her. He wrapped his big arms around her and buried his face in her neck, inhaling deeply.
“So, what’s this news you wanted to share?” Charlie asked through a mouthful of Chex Mix.
Bram turned around, kept one arm wrapped around her shoulders, and placed another on her belly. Kenzie stared at all the people she considered her family then looked up at the male she loved more than anything else in the world.
As bad as her life had been before she met Bram, she wouldn’t have changed it for the world, because without it all, she never would have been put in his life.
Everything really did happen for a reason.
The End.
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