“Shit, sorry about that,” I say.
“What’s a few more scratches on the old wood?”
“I’m sure I can buff them out.”
“Oh, no. You’re not playing handyman this time, Kane Saint. We’ll find someone to fix itafterwe leave.”
The look in her eyes says there’s no argument.
Chuckling, I catch her around the waist, pulling her closer.
Amazingly, our hunger hasn’t slowed down a notch in our months together.
Hell, if anything, it’s growing like a beanstalk, ever since that kiss.
The fact that I can have her morning, noon, and night some days only makes me fucking ravenous.
If she’s not busy on calls with designers and physicians who want her Orthique line of shoes in production by summer, and I’m not investing in my latest start-up projects with mountains of vetting, we’re either with the kids or I’m locked up with her under me.
“Your job is dog food now,” she teases.
I snort. “Come on, it’sonestart-up I decided to fund. The owner’s a nice guy and hungry for a win. Big social mediapresence with lots of dogs all over social media. Zero chance Brady Pruitt screws me over.”
I mean it, too.
After the debacle with OptiSynth, I’m never getting tripped up again.
“Exactly. This is my house and my responsibility. If you’re under my roof, you just worry about your updates with cute dogs.” She taps my chest with her finger playfully.
That wins her my teeth when I kiss her again.
“What the hell will I do with you and our kids and no work?”
Our kids.
Her eyes blaze, and I think she gets it.
They don’t call herMom.
Not yet.
It hasn’t been long enough, and they still have a real mother who pops in and out of their lives when she starts feeling guilty.
Margot won’t ever replace Daria, no, but there’s no hiding how thrilled the kids are to have some motherly affection at home.
No hiding how awestruck that makes me, either.
We’re becoming the family I always wanted.
Whole.
Undamaged.
Somehow, a living miracle.
“It really is freezing in here,” she says with a shiver. “Can you turn the heat up and start the fire? I’ll go make sure the pipes haven’t frozen.”
“Sure.”
