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“After all this time, I still can’t believe that the prettiest girl I’ve ever met in my whole life loves me.”

“Stop that. There’s no way that’s true.”

“Oh yes, it is most definitely true.” He lowered himself to kiss her as her fingers tightened around his biceps. Something about that drove him crazy every time she did it.

“Thank you for coming home to me,” she said as she looked up at him with her whole heart in her eyes.

“Thanks for having me.” He flashed a dirty grin as he pushed into her. “Mmm, so good.”

He loved the way her arms and legs entrapped him in the best kind of web, the one he wanted to be “stuck” in for the rest of his life.

“Love you, sweet Julia, more than anything in the whole wide world.”

“Love you more than that.”

“It’s not possible.”

“Yes, it is.”

Shaking his head as he smiled, he kissed her, amazed at how she’d succeeded in taking his mind off the thing he most wanted to forget. He’d never had anyone who could do that for him the way she did. Loving her was the best thing to ever happen to him, and he’d be thankful for her for the rest of his days. He was also thankful to Blaine, who’d made him come to the island where he’d found his precious Julia.

After surviving the ordeal at sea, he was thankful for everything, even his ass-pain older brother.

He buried his face in the curve of her neck, breathing her in as they strained for the release that had them clinging to each other as they gasped with pleasure.

“How soon will we know?” he asked after a long period of silence.

“Know what?”

“If we made a baby.”

“In a few weeks.”

“Not sure I can wait that long.”

“You’re going to have to get some patience. Having a baby takes months.”

“No way. When were you going to tell me that?”

She pinched his rear, making him startle as he laughed.

“Will you take good care of me while I drive you crazy wanting our baby here right now?”

“I’ll do what I can with you.”

“I can’t wait.”

“For what?”

“Everything. Every single damned thing with you.”

“I can’t wait either.”

Chapter19

Like I might die if you ever stop kissing me.

McKenzie revisited those words as she fell asleep and then as she awoke to a new day full of exciting possibilities.

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