“Is that right? Fine, Brooklyn’s out, so what do you want to name her now?” he asked, not angry over it even though it meant he’d have to take the present he’d bought Megan back to be redone with their little one’s new name.
“Everly,” she said, tracing their little girl’s face and just looking at her, he knew it was perfect.
“Everly Jade,” he suggested, and the smile on Megan’s face was everything he’d ever wanted to see in her from the moment he knew she wasn’t just someone he wanted to enjoy fucking but wanted as his for always.
“If we have a boy, I’ll let you pick his name,” she said later that night after he’d accidentally dropped what was supposed to be the present for her, which had him admitting he’d had a new necklace made last week with their girls’ names on the back of the padlock. Megan’s, Skylar’s and their new baby’s birthstones glittering on the front.
“You want to give me another still?” he asked holding her close and she nodded, resting her head on his shoulder smiling contently to simply hold their sweet little Everly. “Well then, I really hope it’s a boy and I’ll be super nice and not choose the name Michael.”
“Oh god, please daddy, never,” she laughed.
“Well, what about Zackary?” he said watching her eyes brighten further. “It was my favorite of our original boy names.”
“Zackary Ryan…I like that. I guess it’s up to you to make it happen now, daddy,” she added and nineteen months later, he did just that, holding her as their little boy came into the world, just as perfect and incredible as his older sisters that they adored.
“Now, am I going to have to remind you about our deal?” he asked as the nurse gave them the paperwork to fill out the birth certificate.
“Never daddy,” she said, and he dropped a kiss onto her lips loving that she still didn’t use the word no with him, even if it was the simplest response because she truly was his good girl. The biggest temptation of his life turned out to be the best and he’d never regret giving into that temptation—not now, not ever. His life was too incredible to wish for anything different.