I stepped into the nursery where Keeley slept and smiled over at our daughter.
She was so cute, Cupid-bow lips and long eyelashes. She looked just like Luca, but he kept saying she looked like me.
All I knew was that she was my everything. Our touchstone. And I would do all in my power to protect her and be worthy of her.
I left her to sleep, aware that the moment she woke up she would probably be hungry and our evening plans would shift.
I made my way back into the bedroom and started to get ready for Luca’s return. He was currently on a walk with Puddles, but when he came back, it would be time.
It had to be.
It had been months since we had touched.
And it wasn’t because I didn’t want to. Okay, sex had been the furthest thing on my mind recently, but still, I could count on one hand the number of times that Luca and I had slept together, because of circumstances outside of our control. But the doctor gave me the all clear, and I was going to lean into that with every ounce of anticipation I could possibly have.
So I slathered myself with lotion, a dab of perfume here and a dab of perfume there. I put on a silky little number that I had never worn before—a gift from Paisley and Devney and I was grateful that they had gone one size up because my breasts were freaking huge.
They had gotten big during pregnancy, but now that I was breastfeeding? Ridiculously huge. As soon as Luca untied that little bow, I’d pop out, breasts going everywhere.
Though I was pretty sure he’d like that.
The dress went down to mid-thigh, and I had little boy short panties on that were just made of lace. I wasn’t really into thongs, but I figured he’d have fun unwrapping me.
I slid on the robe that came with it, which wasn’t see through, and was almost a little modest until you realized how short it was.
I was ready for Luca, so I just needed the man to get home.
And as if I had thought him into existence, the back door opened and I heard Luca whispering to Puddles.
“Okay, we have to be quiet. Be quiet.”
“Yip yip yip.”
I smiled, then groaned as Keeley made a whimpering sound.
I quickly ran to the door, but then realized she was back to sleeping, as Puddles had quit his tiny little barks.
“Okay, we’re going to go into your play area for a minute, hopefully maybe more than a minute. However, it has been a long while.”
I put my hand over my mouth so I wouldn’t laugh out loud as Luca set up Puddles with playtime and water, and I knew I probably wouldn’t last a minute either.
For two people who had accidentally fallen into each other multiple times, the fact that we had scheduled this moment? Oh, how our lives had changed.
Luca turned the corner down the hallway and nearly tripped over his feet, his mouth hanging open in shock.
That’s when I remembered exactly what I was wearing, and blushed.
I tugged at the bottom of the robe, my teeth biting into my lip. “I was going to surprise you,” I said quietly.
Luca’s eyes went dark, and his throat worked as he swallowed.
“Consider me surprised.”
And before I could blink, he was on me, his mouth on mine, his taste exquisite.
We had kissed of course, had been very careful these months to keep it just kissing.
He hadn’t let me touch him over this time, even though I had offered to watch him jerk off.