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“Please, trust me, baby. Now that I know what you went through and why, I can be here for you the way I always should have been. I don’t want to take your strength. I just want to make you even stronger.”

I shake my head. “I’m not strong, Wyatt.”

“That’s where you’re wrong and I am really hoping you’ll give me a chance to prove it to you.” His eyes plead with me to give this a chance, trust him with not only my heart but my fragile mind and I suck in a breath as my belly flips again and my heart thuds in my chest.

“Okay.”

A brilliant smile stretches across his face. “Yeah?”

“Yeah, we’ll give this a real shot,” I answer with a nod and he laughs as he crushes me to his chest and slams his lips down on mine. My body relaxes in an instant, melting in his lap as my eyes close and we both spill everything we’re feeling into the kiss - pure joy with a little bit of fear mixed in. But I let it all go. There was a time in my life when I trusted Wyatt with every piece of me and I need to do that again. Now that he knows, now that there are no more secrets between us, he would never let me fall apart again. When he pulls away, he starts planting kisses all over my face and I giggle as I try to push him back and his answering laugh warms my very soul.

“Now that we’ve got that sorted out, there are two other things I wanted to talk to you about,” he says and I arch a brow, as I flash him an expectant look.

“Let’s hear ‘em.”

He stares up at me, his gaze so sure that the last of my worries disappear, ripped from me and pulled out to sea by the tide.

“First, I think we should back out of the leases on both of our apartments and find a place together.”

“Okay,” I agree, nodding my head. I’m not particularly attached to my apartment and I can’t wait to be living with Wyatt again. “What’s the second one?”

“How do you feel about having a baby?” he asks, a trace of nerves flitting across his face as my heart skips a beat. It’s everything I wanted, everything I have been hoping for but is it too much too soon? It occurs to me that up to this point, we haven’t used any protection and my heart start to beat a little faster as I consider the possibilities. He slips his hand into my hair and pulls my gaze to his as he offers me a reassuring smile. “Trust me, Pip. I’ve got you if this is what you want.”

“Oh, God,” I whisper, burying my face in my hands as my chest feels light as air and a smile stretches across my face. Am I really going to get everything I want? When I open my eyes again, I meet Wyatt’s gaze and after searching my face, he gives an encouraging nod that makes my belly flip. “Okay. Let’s do it.”

He flashes me that brilliant smile again and pulls me to him, surrounding me with his arms and crushing his lips to mine as he falls back into the sand, sweeping his tongue into my mouth. I moan into his kiss as I cling to his t-shirt, wishing I could rip it away and feel him against me. One of his hands slips down to my ass as I grind against him and he groans before pulling his lips from mine.

“You better get back up to the house before I just take you right here,” he growls in between desperate kisses and I shake my head, trying to climb off of him but he keeps pulling me back down.

“No way. Sand in places sand was never meant to go is not sexy.”

He finally releases me and I stumble to my feet as he jumps up behind me and throws me over his shoulder. His hand lands on my ass with a smack and I squeal as he starts walking back up the beach with determined steps. The smile on my face makes my cheeks hurt but I can’t stop it as I imagine our baby in Wyatt’s arms and I slap him back as butterflies flutter through my belly.

“Hurry up, Landry. Time to put a baby in me.”