Page 29 of Always and Forever

“Oh,” Hawke replies, laughing.

“Quill, can I go in and see her?” Lu asks.

“Sure, she should be done feeding Rose, so just head on in—room twenty-two.

“Thanks, Quill,” she says smiling. “Here, you take Sienna.” Luisa hands Sienna off to Hawke, but once she’s settled in Hawkes arms, she’s squealing to come to me, her arms held out in my direction. She looks so cute, her hair in pigtails with pink bows and a cute pink dress on. Her large blue eyes shine bright when I hold my arms out to her.

“Come to Uncle Quill, baby girl.”

She giggles when I lift her in the air and bring her back to me.

“Man, you’re gonna do just fine with Rose,” Hawke says, and I cock my eyebrow at him.

“Why wouldn’t I?”

“Man, look, I’ll tell it to you straight. You’re fucked just as much as me, so we need a plan, and we need a plan fast.”

Frowning, I ask, “What the hell are you talking about, Hawke? And you’re lucky Lu wasn’t here to hear you swearing in front of Sienna.”

“You know what I mean, brother. Girls, man. We need a plan. I mean check out their mothers—Luisa’s gorgeous, and I don’t need to tell you how hot your wife is.”

“Watch it Hawke,” I spit. “All I’m saying, brother, is that with my two, and now Rose, we need a plan to keep boys away. Because if being brought up in a club full of horny bikers is anything to compare to, then we gotta have a plan. I say we pack up and move, man.” I laugh out loud and kiss Sienna—who’s pulling my hair—on her cheek. “You’re exaggerating, they’ll be fine. No one will want to mess with the Prez’s daughter, and the VP’s twins, no way in hell, and if they do, then we’ll deal with it then. You make me laugh, Hawke. Now let’s go in and check on my two favorite women. turn around to head to Jasmine’s room, and Hawke laughs behind me. “Whatever you say, brother. Just come and talk to me again about this when they’re sixteen, then don’t say I didn’t warn you.” I turn to face him and reply, but it dawns on me all of a sudden—my daughter is going to grow up. I stop in my tracks, picturing Rose at sixteen. If she’s going to be anything like her momma, I am totally fucked.

“What’s wrong, man?” Hawke asks, walking past me and taking Sienna out of my hands. “You’ve gone all pale, something the matter?” He smiles then, like he knows exactly how I’m feeling, and walks toward Jasmine’s room. I on the other hand, stand here for a while, trying to figure out what the fuck I’m gonna do.

I’ll lock her up till she’s thirty, that’s what. And with that decision made, I inhale, and open Jasmine’s door, seeing Luisa holding Rose and facing me. “Oh, Quill, she’s gorgeous, she’s going to be a heartbreaker.” And that’s when panic fills me again. I look at Hawke, who’s smiling wide. Fucker, I’ll show him. I may have one daughter, but the fucker has two.

6 months later

We walk Luisa and Hawke and the twins out to their car, and say goodbye. They came over for dinner tonight, and it was so nice to have some company. We were able to enjoy our dinner as Rose was asleep, and Jack and the twins played together while the adults enjoyed my famous spaghetti and meatballs.

Hearing Rose cry through the monitor I’m holding, I sigh, and say to Quill, “I’ll go and feed her.” I kiss him on the cheek then turn to leave, but Quill pulls me back by my hand. “Where do you think you’re going?”

I frown. “What do you mean? I’m going in to feed Rose.”

“No, baby, you’re going to go upstairs, take a bath, and let me feed Rose.”

“But you did it last night.”

Quill cups my face, and the look of lust I see in his eyes has my breath hitching in the back of my throat. His two-day-old scruff makes him look all man, and delicious. He recently had his black hair cut, and it’s styled in that hot way that looks like he’s been running his hands through it all day. He removed his cut when he got home from the club, showered, and changed into a blue long-sleeve Henley, with dark blue jeans that sit perfectly on his hips.

“Baby, what are you thinking about?” Quill asks as he runs his thumb over my bottom lip. I feel my face heat, and Quill laughs. “Oh, that. Well, baby”—he leans in, running his tongue around my lips—“I plan to give you what you want, it’s been too long.”

I pull back and stare into his eyes. “Too long? It’s only been a week.”

Quill pulls me into him, and I feel his hard cock rub against my belly. “A week too long, baby. And each time we’ve been in a rush. So tonight, I’m gonna go feed Rose. I’ve already run you a bath, and you’re gonna enjoy it, and then I’m going to come up and join you once I’m done checking on Jack in bed and feeding Rose.”

“What do you mean you already ran the bath for me? When?”

“While you were cleaning up. I knew Luisa and Hawke would be leaving, so I went upstairs when I said I’d check on the kids, and filled it for you.”

I wrap my arms around Quill’s neck. “How did I get so lucky to find you?”

He leans in and kisses me. It’s the kiss, the kiss, which literally takes my breath away. He pulls back and smiles, and I’m in a love-struck daze.

“I found you, babe, we were always meant to be. Fate brought you to me that day, and I’m so fucking lucky it did, because I have everything that I’ve ever wanted. No, scratch that,” he says, looking away for a moment, then back at me with a look of such love in his eyes. “Everything that I never knew I wanted—a future, and a family that I never had. I love you so much, and I will continue to love you till my last breath.”

Tears blur my vision, and I look deep into his eyes. “I love you too, Quill. Always and Forever.”

The End

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