“Holy hell. That was…wow.”
I smile at her softly spoken affirmation.
“I love you, Kitten.”
She hugs me tight for a second and then lets off on the pressure while still keeping her arms around me.
“I love you too, Max. God, I love you so much.”
“No more doubts or hiding, Tess.” When her body tenses up, and it feels like she might argue, I stop her with a kiss on her forehead. “For either of us, Kitten. This is it. We’ll weather whatever comes our way, together.”
“No more decisions alone, Max. We’re a team now.”
“No more decisions alone,” I agree.
My fingers seek out hers, and I thread them through hers, raising our hands so I can see them together…joined.
“Why are you on birth control, Tess?”
“The doctor asked after my last checkup if I wanted to go on it. I wasn’t sure where we stood, but Marcum said you’d be coming home soon. It seemed like the thing to do,” she yawns, curling deeper into my hold.
“You wanted me, even with all of the fuck-ups I kept making?”
“I’ll always want you, Max. Always,” she says kissing my shoulder. “You’re what I’ve wanted my entire life. You and Maddy are my family. You’re where I belong.”
I close my eyes as her words wash over me, and son of a bitch if I can’t feel moisture gathering there again.
“Same goes for me, Kitten,” I tell her, my voice thick.
“Good, because I’m not letting you go.”
“Never give up on me, Kitten.”
“I never have. Even when you were an ass,” she says, and I can’t help but laugh because she’s right. I was an ass. “I’m sleepy, Max. I think you zapped me,” she says, yawning again.
“Nonsense, you just need your stamina building up. I’ll make that my life’s mission.”
“Ut oh.”
I bury my head in the side of her neck and nibble on the flesh there. She purrs and shifts against me, her body already searching for more.
“I want another baby with you, Tess,” I tell her licking the skin I’ve been torturing and trying to pretend my statement isn’t worrying me. She has every reason to say no.
“Max…”
“I’d be here every step of the way this time, Kitten.”
“Max…” I hear the hesitation in her voice, and I tap down my disappointment. If all we have, is each other and Maddy, I’m okay with that.
“It’s okay, Tess. We don’t have to …”
Her fingers cover my lips, and I look down at her. Her eyes are bright again, with happiness.
“I want another baby with you, Max. It’s just; I was kind of thinking about going to law school.”
“Law school?” I ask her, unable to resist kissing her lips again.
“I do most of the work now, but I’m useless when it comes to going in front of the court to fight for my clients. I want to be on the frontline, so that when people like you go to trial, you have someone who cares about what happens. When a person who has served their time comes up for parole, there should be someone with them who cares about their case. I want to do that.”
“So go to law school,” I tell her, feeling at peace with the world. I lay on my back and pull her over my body, so she straddles me.
“But if we have a baby…”
“We can do both. My hours are flexible at the shop. In fact, the boys can pretty much handle it without me. I might even bring Lenny in as a partner. He’s been doing it all since I’ve been gone anyway. I can stay home and take care of Maddy and any other baby we’re lucky enough to have.”
“Seems like you have this all worked out,” she says, and her smile speaks volumes, but it’s the tears in her eyes that tell me she’s happy.
“Pretty much. Now if you’d just get busy and do what you need to do.”
“Throw away my birth control?”
“Well that too, but I meant; ride your man.”
“You’re not too tired?” She asks with a saucy grin.
“I’ve got a lot to make up for,” I tell her, groaning as she lifts up and wraps her hand around the base of my cock.
“We have time now, Max. We have time.” She says sliding down on my shaft.
“That we do, Kitten. That we do,” I agree, taking her mouth with mine.
As she starts riding me, I realize that Tess has done the impossible. She’s made me believe in fairytales.
THE END