Page 123 of Backup Plan

When I glance over at Liam, he’s grinning. My brows pinch together until it hits me.

“You bought it?” I whisper.

He nods.

“Are you serious?”

He nods again. “And it should be all set up for us when we get there. If that’s what you want…”

“If that’s what I want? Oh my God, yes! That’s exactly what I want!” I’m squealing with excitement, and it’s a little too much excitement because it wakes up Liora, who starts to cry. “Oh, shoot,” I murmur, and I run to the kitchen to make a bottle for her.

When I return, I see Liam walking around the room, gently bouncing the baby girl in his arms to calm her down. Man, he’s hot holding a baby. He’s hot all the time, but something about a baby in his arms makes him freaking irresistible. He’s a DILF. He’s making my ovaries explode.

He’s making me want more babies, but ones that have his nose and my eyes.

I sigh. I should probably pump the brakes. I mean, this divorce was just finalized today. But my marriage was over much longer ago, and I know what I want. I don’t want to waste time pretending that I’m not going to end up with Liam. I know what life is like with him, and I know what life is like apart from him.

I’ll take the first option all day every day.

After he sits with the baby, I hand him the bottle, and he feeds her as he glances up at me. “I realized something, Pen.”

“What?” I tilt my head.

“I realized I asked you the wrong thing.”

My brows push together. “What was the question?”

He chuckles. “I asked you if you would quit your job and move with me, but I never stopped to think that maybe that wasn’t what you wanted to do. And so I’d like to ask you a different question.”

My chest tightens as I wait for him to ask. “What is it?”

“It’s a two-parter. Will you and the boys move to San Diego with me?”

I bite my lip. “What’s the second part?”

“Will you be Liora’s stepmother?”

Tears fill my eyes. I move over to him and gently press my lips to his so as not to disturb the baby. “Yes and yes. Pending a job since, you know, I need to work to support my boys.”

“I realize that, and I think you like to work, too. You’re driven and ambitious, and I know you have dreams, too. But I want you to know that with me, you’ll never have to worry about money, Pen. I do have a job in mind for you, but I don’t want to say what it is until I can show it to you.”

My brows push together. “Show what to me?”

He lifts a shoulder. “You’ll find out in two days.”

“Ugh,” I mutter, and I roll my eyes. “Fine. But I also want you to know that none of this has anything to do with money.”

He offers a soft smile. “I know it doesn’t. You wouldn’t have moved in with your mother if it did. You would’ve at least taken Ev up on her offer to live at her place if it did.”

“I love you, Liam,” I say.

He lifts a hand, and I grab it with mine. He squeezes. “I love you, too, Penny. And as soon as we get this little bunny back to bed, I’m going to show you just how much.”

I squirm a little. “Deal.”

It’s not long before he makes good on that promise. The boys are sleeping. Liora is sleeping.

He takes my hand and leads me up to his bedroom. We have the monitor with us just in case anyone wakes up.