Jax curled his toes and dug them into the bed. His whole body came alive as Ryder kissed him. Ryder’s tongue swooped in, and Jax moaned, shifting underneath him. Ryder kissed him with such passion, stoking the flames of a fire that warmed his soul.
Their tongues danced as Ryder started to explore Jax’s body with his hands. Jax did the same, their hands stroking and groping wherever they could touch each other. After several minutes of kissing, Ryder drew back to catch his breath. He looked down at Jax with a satisfied grin.
Jax chuckled and wrapped his arms around Ryder’s neck to pull him down towards him. Ryder groaned against Jax’s lips as Jax reached out and stroked his erection. He grew harder still in Jax’s grasp.
“Holy fuck!” Ryder moaned. His cock throbbed, begging for release. He took his lips to Jax’s chin, then trailed little kisses down to his neck and then to his chest. Jax brushed his thumb over the tip of Ryder’s cock, and Ryder murmured against Jax’s body. Ryder ran his tongue around each of Jax’s nipples, hungrily tasting him, making Jax squirm beneath him. Jax cried out, his own cock getting harder as Ryder flicked his tongue against his nipples again and again.
Jax was beyond ready to feel Ryder inside him, but his mate was taking his sweet time. He whimpered with pleasure, wanting to cry out his desire and pleasure, and arched his back. He desperately needed Ryder to take him. He dug his fingers into Ryder’s back. “Please, I need you inside me now,” Jax begged.
Ryder groaned. He lifted himself up and brushed another kiss on Jax’s lips. His cock brushed over the head of Jax’s, making him whimper. “Turn over,” Ryder whispered to him, breaking away from the kiss.
Jax did so willingly. He grabbed onto the side of the bed as Ryder pressed one of his digits into his hole. Jax nearly wept with need, holding on tightly. Ryder opened him up further, and Jax closed his eyes. Then, finally, Ryder slipped his cock inside of Jax. Jax gasped at being breached, and Ryder moved in further, going deeper. “Oh … Ryder!” Jax cried. Ryder pulled back and plunged deeper inside of him. He settled into a rhythmic thrust, dipping in deeper, hitting his sweet spot on every glide. Jax held onto the bed and met Ryder’s every thrust.
Jax loved the feeling of his mate’s cock sliding in and out of him until he couldn’t hold back any longer. He felt his orgasm crash into him. His hole clenched around Ryder and his cock spurted. Ryder grunted and thrust two more times before groaning out Jax’s name as his seed spilled into Jax’s body.
“You’re so amazing, Jax,” Ryder whispered before leaning in for a kiss.
“You’re pretty amazing yourself.” Jax sighed and snuggled into his mate’s body.
Jax snuggled against Ryder’s side. He had never felt so loved before. And maybe there was a part of him that still waited for the other shoe to drop, but he shoved it to the back of his mind forcefully.
When he heard Tabby making a whimpering sound through the monitor, he slid out of bed, careful not to wake Ryder. At the last minute, he detoured and grabbed a pair of pants. He slipped into them and made it to her room in less than a minute. When he looked in the crib, Tabby was awake, staring up at the ceiling, but she wasn’t crying. When he looked down at her, she smiled back at him and wiggled her arms.
“Come here, my sweet baby girl.” He picked her up and carried her over to the rocking chair. “I love you so much, and you know what? Ryder loves us both, and you’re going to have a sweet baby brother or sister. We’re going to be one happy family.” She made a noise and reached out, her small hand touching his chest. He grabbed onto her hand and kissed it softly. “I have never been so happy and so full of love. We are truly blessed, my princess. Do you know that?” She giggled and that just had Jax smiling wider.
“You’re my princess.” He leaned his head against her forehead, and her soft breath brushed along his face.
“She’s our princess,” Ryder said. “She’s our daughter.”
Jax looked up as Ryder entered the room. Ryder knelt down next to him, and Jax looked into his eyes. He’d never tire of hearing that. Jax could imagine Tabby and Ryder as she grew up. He had a feeling she would be a daddy’s girl. He was proven right when she made grabby arms for Ryder.
“How did I get so lucky?”
“I ask myself that every day,” Ryder said and cupped Jax’s neck, putting their foreheads together. He held his hand there for a moment, and the love in Ryder’s eyes stole his breath away. Jax said a prayer to the Goddess that the day would never come where he wouldn’t get that look from his mate.
Ryder took Tabby from him and kissed her all over till she giggled.
He was very lucky. Lucky that Tabby would have two fathers who loved her. Both … no, all of their kids would.
Jax stood and Ryder pulled him into his side, and they kissed. “The three of you are my blessings, and the best gift I could have ever asked for,” Ryder whispered.
Ryder was his gift, as a mate, father … and his partner through life so Jax would never have to face the world alone again.
Chapter Sixteen
Ryder
Ryder and Jax walked down the stairs, Jax holding Tabby as they made their way to the bottom. Both of them were beyond thrilled because, for the first time, they were going to have friends and family over officially as a mated couple.
And the icing on the cake was that they were going to tell everyone the news that Jax was expecting. They turned to one another. Tabby was making the cutest cooing sounds as Ryder leaned in and kissed her papa.
“I love you so much, Jax.” Ryder sighed, looking into his mate’s gorgeous brown eyes.
“I love you too, so very much.” Ryder was about to kiss Jax again when someone rang the doorbell. “And our guests arrive.” Jax grinned, excitement dripping off him.
Ryder feigned a sigh. “Get the door,” Jax instructed, nudging his side.
“Yes, sir,” he teased.
