My hand slips inside her jeans, and she whimpers as I stroke her hot center. She’s wet through her panties, and I slip my hand inside those too.
“You’re wet for me.”
“I need you, Dean.”
My cock aches to be where my hand is. I tug her jeans down and her panties and pull them off her ankles. She grabs at my belt and pops me free. Cool air grazes my cock before her warm hand closes around my base.
I groan as Lauren tugs me toward her. She’s pressed up against the wall, and I grab her ass with one hand and lift her up, positioning her hips so I’m lined up with her entrance.
She clings to my shoulders, and with a deep thrust I drive home. We both cry out as our bodies come together. Emotion swells in me as I gaze at the woman I love. I’ve never felt so peaceful, so connected, and so turned on all at once.
Lauren feels so damn good, and I pull her toward me, needing to go deeper. I roll her hips until I’ve worked her into a frenzy. Lauren cries out as she comes, and a moment later, I explode inside her, burying my cum deep inside.
It’s only afterward that I realize we didn’t use a condom. She must realize it at the same moment because her eyes are wide when they meet mine.
“We didn’t use protection.”
“I’m clean,” I reassure her. “And I know you’re an excellent mom.”
Her eyes widen even more. “You want a baby?”
“Only if you do.” I hold my breath, because even though I’ll respect whatever Lauren wants, having my baby in her belly is my new favorite fantasy.
She smiles slowly. “I’d like that.”
A few weeks ago I would have said I was happy, but I was wrong. Now I have a ready-made family and a chance to build on that with the woman I love.
“We’d better get started then.”
I take her hand. This time, we’re going to do it slowly, in the bedroom. We’ve got all night to ourselves, and I’m going to try my best to make sure she’s pregnant by morning.
EPILOGUE
LAUREN
Two weeks later…
The bonfire crackles, sending an orange glow over the men and women gathered around it. The smell of roasting meat hangs in the air, and there’s the soft sound of conversation.
It’s the first bonfire night that Dean’s taken me to at Jake’s Retreat. I sit on a camping chair sipping wine out of a metal camping cup.
Kieren stands with a group of men on the other side of the bonfire. Dean is with him, and so are men I’m starting to get to know. Aiden, whose fiancée Lexi is in the chair next to mine, distributing wine to the women from the cooler box by her chair.
Jace, I recognize from the rescue a few weeks ago. I understand he’s a resident here, and from what Dean says, a terrible patient. He twisted his ankle on the mission, but he won’t rest like he’s supposed to.
Sam is on the other side of Aiden. He’s got a permanent grin on his face, and he leans in to hear something Kieren says.
Kieren is nearly as tall as the men, and he speaks animatedly. I don’t know what they’re saying, but they include Kieren as one of them.
I’m not sure if it’s the wine, or the fire, or the company, but a warm feeling spreads over me as I watch Kieren speak with the men. A few weeks ago, he was being raised by a single mom, and the only male role models in his life were those he found online. Now he’s got an entire town of them. Not just Dean, but every man here was a veteran. Every man here has values and honor, and while I’m sure they have their flaws, they’re good men at heart.
I’m no longer worried about who he might find on the internet or the influence his father has on him. With these men in his life, Kieren is going to turn out okay. And that’s all that a mother wants for her son, for him to grow up into a good man.
I sip my wine and sigh contentedly. I’m only having small sips because Dean and I haven’t used protection for the past two weeks. The thought of having another baby makes me nervous and excited. This time I’ll have Dean by my side, and Kieren will be the best big brother ever. When he was little, he used to ask me when he was getting a little brother and it would break my heart, until he got old enough to realize it wasn’t happening and stopped asking.
I can’t wait to be pregnant and expand our family.
“You want to get some food?” Lexi asks.
