Page 116 of Happy Ever After
Her eyes flare. “Isn’t that, like… way too soon?”
I shrug a shoulder. “Probably. But I love having you here. And so does Lucky. It’s not the same when you’re not here. Feels like there’s something missing.”
Hannah considers the question a moment, her gaze flitting to where Lucky and Toast are sound asleep. “What about Toasty?”
I sniff a laugh. “Pretty sure Lucky would riot if the beast didn’t come too.”
Hannah smiles at the two of them.
“Come on, Baby Draper,” I urge, grabbing her around her waist and shifting her body in one effortless move so that she’sfacing me, forced to straddle my thighs. Holding her close, my hands rest on her hips, and I steady her with an earnest look, resting my forehead against hers. “Please move in here with us because this place doesn’t feel right when you’re not around,” I whisper, pressing a kiss to the tip of her nose. “Let me give Lucky the one thing she’s always wanted—a family.”
Hannah smiles, but I don’t miss the tears that reflect the shine of fairy lights in her eyes.
“Happy tears?”
She nods. “I love you. And I love Lucky.”
“Is that a yes?” I quirk a brow, wrapping my arms tighter around her, my smug grin threatening to break free.
She nods again, and my shoulders sag with relief as I release the breath I didn’t even know I was holding.
Searching my eyes, Hannah’s smile turns sad. “I’m just sorry tonight didn’t end the way you wanted it to.”
I balk. “You kidding me, Baby Draper? I got you.” I scoff, burying my face in the crook of her neck and breathing her in. “You’re my happy ever after.”
“Sounds like some sort of romance novel,” she says on a sigh when my lips find the one spot I know makes her toes curl.
Gliding my tongue against her pulse point, I revel in the taste of her skin and the way her body shivers in response, and with a throaty chuckle, I murmur, “As long as it’s one of those filthy ones.”
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