Page 78 of Arrested Love
My eyes snap toward the baby monitor where I can hear the soft lullaby playing, the same one I just left on in Daniel’s room. I let out a groan as I run a hand over my face.
“You just listened to all of that, didn’t you?”
Helen bites her lip and then looks at me from underneath her lashes. “You know I did. It was adorable, Rhodes.” She looks at me and her gaze locks with mine. “You’re an amazing father and I love you so much.”
I prowl closer to my woman until I’m able to grip her ankle and pull her until she’s flat on her back. “Rhodes,” there’s a warning in her voice, “you know I haven’t been medically cleared.”
One side of my mouth tips up as I smirk at my woman. I slide into bed and pull my woman into my arms. Her body molds to mine and I let out a contented sigh.
“All I want to do is hold you,” I rasp the words. “I never want to forget how this life would not be happening without you having taken a chance on me and letting me show you what was possible. You made me dream of a future, and now we’re living it.”
She turns her head and I can see how much love she has for me. It’s right there in her brown eyes.
“And,” I wiggle my eyebrows, “when you’re ready, I can definitely find a way to give you pleasure without being inside of you. It’s always my greatest joy to give you pleasure.”
“Tempting,” she murmurs.
Stella pushes the door open to our room and goes straight to her bed in the corner. After circling a few times, she lays down and lets out a gentle whuff which is comfortable contentment made into sound.
As I hear the gentle breaths coming through the baby monitor, while my arms are wrapped around my woman, I know this is everything I could have ever wanted in life and we’re only just beginning.
