Page 78 of His Wild Attraction

My Lupina’s pants were so fucking tight, showing every glorious curve like she’d been dipped into them. The flowy top had a deep scoop neck that showed off her sexy-as-fuck cleavage.

When she moved, it moved with her, layers of soft-looking black fabric showing tantalizing glimpses of skin and the lacy black bra she wore beneath it.

She looked gorgeous. She looked like mine.

Whatever womanly magic she’d performed after I’d left the room—you know, those finishing touches females did that seemed to make them glitter and glow from head to toe, those womanly secrets that softened features and emphasized beauty, you get it—well, Ellie did some of that.

And the results left me breathless.

“Ellie,” I said, needing to touch her before she left. I jumped to my feet.

“Yeah?” she asked, eyes wide.

“Be careful tonight. Call me if you need anything,” I said, moving across the room to cup her face in my hands.

“I will,” she smiled, and leaned her head back, kissing me goodbye.

“Bye, Mommy!” Sammy shouted, scrambling to his feet so he could get a kiss too.

I didn’t blame him. He ran into our knees, hugging us both, and I grinned before scooping him up so he could snuggle his mom one more time before she went out for her girlfriend dinner.

“Be good, Sweetie,” she said, her eyes going round as she hugged him tight.

I knew she was having misgivings, but I wanted her to trust that he would be fine here with me.

“Michael is driving you, and Eduardo will be your bodyguard,” I told her, walking her to the door as Sammy chased Rocky around the room.

I grinned as he skipped back over to the racetrack we were building and started lining up his cars, having already forgotten about his block tower.

“Oh, I don’t need a bodyguard to go to a restaurant,” Ellie said, shaking her head.

“I know you’re fierce, Lupina. But you will always have a bodyguard with you when I’m not there, make no mistake.”

“But will he be noticeable? I mean, that’s kind of weird, no?”

Her frown was so cute. I smoothed the line between her eyes and kissed her again. She was so close, I couldn’t resist the chance to taste her. Even chastely.

“No. It’s not weird. He knows how to do his job. You just have fun with the others, okay? And don’t think for a minute they’ll be there without their own bodyguards.”

“Okay. You are probably right. Um, I’ll be back in a few hours. If you need anything or if Sammy does?—”

“Angel, Sammy is going to be fine. My mother is coming by with a brand new cartoon movie for him. She’s determined to spoil him rotten.”

“I’m missing Nancy? Oh no, I’m sorry,” she started.

I knew Ellie and my mother had texted a few times. My mom was trying to be unintrusive, but I was so happy they liked each other. I didn’t think it mattered, but having Mom approve of my choice to marry Ellie only solidified my resolve that this was the right thing to do.

Even though she was unaware of my little obsession with her. Or of the fact I’d stalked her from the house down the block when she was in Morristown. Or that I’d hacked her personal files—okay, fine. There was a lot she didn’t know.

But it didn’t matter. I’d do it all over again if it meant I ended up with her.

Ellie brought a level of satisfaction to me, to the depths of my soul, I never even thought was possible.

Marrying her was better than winning the lottery. But it was that same kind of extreme happiness.

Fuck. She makes me so damn happy.

“It’s okay. She’s not going anywhere. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to hang out with Mom, trust me,” I told her and kissed her nose, just because I could.

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