Page 37 of The Billionaire's Baby
They were blessed in so many ways and the greatest man in the world loved her. Favian had been working from home since Mateo came home from the hospital. His business was run from his home office with video meetings and conference calls. Between Suzie, his aunt and cousin, she had more than enough help. But Favian was firm; he didn’t want to miss anything.
“I’m the boss and I can do whatever I want, and I want to take extended paternal leave,” he said and kissed her. “Remy is at the office.”
“No, Remy is upstairs feeding Mateo his afternoon bottle and Lyn is putting him in that onesie she bought him that has little skulls all over it,” Adira pointed out with a smile. “Everyone has been here at some point, love. I fear Carol may be running the whole show at the office.”
He kissed her again and took the basket of laundry from her hands. “It’s in good hands then. I’ll fold; you put away.”
“Suzie is going to be mad at us,” Adira said.
“We’ll let her take the midnight feeding and she’ll sit in the recliner and sing to him,” Favian said. “She’ll love that and we’ll get some extra sleep.”
“Love, how about we send everyone away tonight and be parents alone?” Adira took back the basket from him and put it on the kitchen table. “I love having them here and the help has been marvelous, but at some point we should be able to walk into his nursery and not find someone camped out in there.”
“This is true,” Favian murmured.
She wrapped her arms around his neck. “Plus, my darling man, we can once again do certain things, like coupling.”
“Is that your way of saying we can make love? Because I like it,” he murmured. His hand tugged at her hip and brought her closer.
“Then let’s have them go to their respective homes and have a night with our son and our family alone.” Adira kissed him and felt passion bloom in her lower stomach.
“Mi querida, this will be done.” Favian kissed her long and deep.
It took more than a few hours to get everyone to go home. Suzie was uncertain they’d get up for Mateo’s feeding and said that Adira may still need to recuperate. Aunt Carmen wanted to make extra meals before she left. Lynette said she had no problem working quietly downstairs in case they needed help and Remy actually used the excuse of taking care of business in the home office for Favian. She and Favian shot them all down gently but firmly and ushered them out of the house. The promise that they could come back the next day was the only thing that got them to leave.
Finally, they were alone and the house was quiet. They gave Mateo a bath and he smelled so good as she nursed him. Adira still could hardly believe he was theirs. She put him in the crib and watched his little face as he slept.
Favian came in and wrapped his arms around her waist. “He’s our miracle, isn’t he?”
She leaned her head back against him and sighed. “Yes, he is, and I can understand why no one wanted to leave tonight. I’m having a hard time leaving the nursery myself. We almost lost him—”
Favian shushed her with his finger to her lips. “No more, my love. We weathered that storm and our little fat boy is strong. Now we look towards the future.”
“Yes, we do,” Adira agreed.
“And a little girl,” Favian hinted.
She turned in his arms. “How about we let him reach the age of two before we start that task? Birth control is in place until that time.”
Favian sighed. “Fine, but a man’s lot in the world is to procreate and spread his seed over fertile land.”
Adira led him out of the bedroom laughing. “Seriously, did you just say that? I’ll compromise. You can spread your seed anywhere on me that you’d like and when the time is right you can sow once more.”
“Deal.” He swung her into his arms and crossed the hall to the master bedroom.
“Go back, love. We need the baby monitor.” Adira reached over his shoulder.
Favian reversed his steps and she grabbed it before returning to the bedroom. Their kisses became fierce, almost desperate as they clung together and tried to get their clothes off at the same time. With everything they had been through, the tension, the fear, the anger and the pain culminated into this one moment of passionate release. She had longed to be in his arms again. Their son was safe and perfect and they were in love. Their family had beaten the trial and came out stronger because of it.
“Have I told you today how much I completely adore you?” Adira said as Favian set her gently on her feet beside the bed.
“I’ll never get tired of hearing it,” Favian answered and kissed her neck tenderly. He skimmed his hands over her body and cupped her full breasts. “I am beyond happy to be alone with you right now and may I add that I am completely jealous of Mateo nursing at these beautiful breasts?”
