“Lots of horsepower resides here,” he teases, flexing his arms. “Thank you for saying that to me, I was beginning to worry that I still had a lot to prove to you.”
“No, sometimes my demons rear their ugly heads, but that’s on me, not you. You’ve done everything right. I promise. I think sometimes, I still have that fear that she’s seen as an obligation. But like I said, those aremyinsecurities. I just don’t want her to ever think she’s not as important as those future children we’ll have.”
“I never want her to feel that way,” he confesses. “What can I do to ensure she doesn’t?”
“Nothing because you’ve done everything right, Harrison. She knows, I just have to get my head to stop putting stupid thoughts out there.”
As he inserts the code into the keypad, the door clicks open and he lifts me up and carries me inside. When he sets me back on my feet, he leans his forehead against mine and says, “The adoption has gone through, she carries my name, but there has to be something more I can do that cements the fact that she’s mine.”
“Just keep doing what you’ve been doing, biker man. Quality time and that heart of yours will prevent her from ever feeling like she doesn’t belong,” I promise him.
“Good, because she does. She’s my first baby no matter how many more kids you decide to give me. She’ll always hold a special place in my heart. I can’t come up with the right words to say how much she means to me. Nothing I say will describe the feelings she evokes in me. The entire room lights up when she enters, and I can’t wait to bask in it whenever she’s near. Being a daddy wasn’t something I thought I’d be good at, I’m too jaded and saw things in black and white before she colored my vision. Fuck, Zoey, you and Elodie, you two are my everything. When I’m not with the two of you, I can’t stop thinking about what you’re doing. I can’t wait until my day ends where I can come home and be with you both.”
“And just like that, you fixed my insecurities and worries. You’re a diamond in the rough. You’re a good old man and daddy, Harrison. I need you, I need to feel you inside of me, loving me.”
“And like always, I can’t deny you what you want, baby girl.” He slams the door shut with the heel of his boot and carries me down the hallway, in search of the master bedroom. The entire time, I’m nibbling on his neck, speaking words full of devotion.
Now, the prospect of bringing this new life into the world is effervescent. It’s not as frightening as it was before he professed his steadfast feelings, and I’m not drowning in concern because Idon’thave to worry about Elodie getting lost in the thick of things and excitement of a new baby becoming part of our family—she’ll always be front and center for us both.
CHAPTER
EIGHT
Indiana
The wayshe nibbles on me like I’m her midnight snack as we traverse down the hallway awakens the beast inside of me. She always has the innate ability to make me feel like a horny teenager even though I’m a man who has control of his functions—normally. It’s always been like this with Zoey though, she can rev my engine to where I’m idling in place to soaring down the highway at a high rate of speed in three point five seconds.
“I need to feel you inside of me, Harrison,” she purrs.
“I’ll be buried deep inside of you before you know it, Zoe,” I inform her as I walk over the master bedroom’s threshold with her tucked in my arms. “Patience, love.”
“I don’t want to be patient, Harrison. I need you now,” she demands, ripping at the neck of my shirt, trying to rip it off me before I have the chance to set her on her feet.
I’m a little disappointed in the fact that she hasn’t stopped pawing at me long enough to see the atmosphere I paid themanagement to set up for me. It’s romantic. Rose petals are strewn across the bed, candles are lit and illuminating the room. I put a lot of forethought into making this special.
I must be wearing my feelings on my sleeve because she draws back with her nose pinched as she notices my crestfallen look. “What? What’s wrong?”
“Valentine’s Day is tomorrow, so I had this plan,” I say, sighing, lowering her down my torso until her feet touch the ground. When she’s steady, I stretch my arms out wide and wave them through the air. “I wanted this weekend to be perfect.”
Zoey spins around and takes in the view, gasping as she sees everything. “Harrison. This is… everything I’ve ever dreamed of.”
“I know,” I admit through a barely audible tone. “I may have taken a sneak peek at your Pinterest board to get a few ideas.”
She cups her hands over her mouth as her eyes twinkle in amusement. “You looked at my honeymoon idea pins?”
“Is that what that was? I didn’t look at the labels,” I confess. “Just wanted to make some of your dreams come true, Zoey.”
“You are my dream, Harrison. This,” she says, spinning around in circles, “is just icing on the cake.”
“I’m your cake, huh?” I tease, reaching out for her and dragging her back to me. “Or am I the icing?”
“You’re the entire treat, Harrison.”
“Stroke my ego a little more, baby,” I taunt, leaning down and capturing her lips with my own. As our tongues clash, everything surrounding us disappears. I don’t know why I letmyself get down because in the grand scheme of things, this is the only thing that matters. Us. Together. Building a future and cementing our love.
“I’ll stroke it and so much more,” she coos, reaching down unsnapping and unzipping my jeans. As her hand slides beneath the waistband and she grips my cock, my eyes roll to the back of my head. Lifting up on her toes, she nips at my earlobe causing shivers to race up my spine. “You don’t have to dress up a room to make being with you special, Harrison. All I’ll ever need is you here with me to make it memorable. Every touch you give me, every word you say to me, speaks volumes of how you feel when it comes to me.”
“You’re my everything,” I reiterate as she pumps her hand up and down on my shaft.
