Page 124 of Lowering His Guard

“Set me down. I have a surprise for you.”

Ah, this is why she’s been antsy for the past week. She’s been putting together a surprise for me.

I set her down but keep hold of her hand. “What surprise?”

She tugs me toward the bedrooms. My cock twitches. It wants a surprise that involves the bedroom. Preferably with May naked and laying spread out on the bed.

But May passes our bedroom and keeps going until she reaches the spare bedroom.

“Did you finally decide what you want to do with this room?”

She bites her bottom lip. “Kind of.”

I gently remove her lip from her teeth. “Show me.”

“It’s not much.”

I urge her forward. “Show me.”

She opens the door and motions me inside. I scan the room. It’s as empty as the day we moved in. Except for a rocking chair in the middle of the room.

“Explain.”

She wrings her hands together. “I…um…don’t know if I want children. I’ve spent more than ten years thinking I couldn’t have them. I…” She blows out a breath. “I don’t want a surrogate. Maybe adoption. But I thought we could try fostering for a while.”

My heart gallops in my chest. I’d resigned myself to the family I currently have. I don’t need more. But May wants children. I know she does. She stares at babies with such longing in her eyes it hurts to witness.

“You changed your mind. You don’t want children. You—”

I meld my lips to hers. She gasps and I shove my tongue into her mouth. Her taste hits me and I groan. I wrap my arms around her and yank until her body slams into mine. Her fingernails dig into my shoulders.

I lift her up and she wraps her legs around my waist. My cock is hard and heavy. She moans as she rubs herself against it. I start walking toward the bedroom.

“Dad! May! Grandma and Grandpa are here!”

At the sound of my son arriving, I tear my mouth away from May’s and lay my forehead against hers. “This will be continued later. And in case there’s any fucking doubt, I will foster children with you. I will adopt children with you. Whatever you want, you can have, pint-sized.”

She stares up at me with those brown eyes. The specks of gold are shining bright. “I love you, Brock Porter.”

I will never get tired of her saying those words. I never thought I could believe a woman who declared her love to me again. I was wrong. I let my life be ruled by one untrustworthy woman. No longer.

“And I love you, pint-sized.”

“Dad! May!” Jace shouts as he hurries through the house. He screeches to a halt in the hallway. “Ugh.” He glances over his shoulder to where Lin and Patrick are now standing. “They’re making out again.”

Lin giggles, and Patrick shakes his head. It’s not the first time they’ve walked in on us in a compromising position. And May wonders why I prefer to lock the door.

I set May on her feet and place her in front of me while I order my cock to calm down. May reaches behind her and cups my length before squeezing it.

“You’ll pay for that later,” I grumble.

She winks. “I can’t wait.”

“What is everyone doing here?” I ask as I herd May down the hallway.

“We heard a rumor,” Lin sings.

May moans. “Can no one keep a secret on this island?”