Page 38 of Wizard

Baylor laughed, shaking his head. “Ash managed to piss Nora off when he got shot. Before he realized that she’s the woman for him.”

After having a knife shoved against my throat by my stalker, I barely blinked at the mention of one of the guys getting shot. “Sounds as though there’s quite the story there.”

“There definitely is.” He pressed a kiss against my forehead. “But unfortunately for you, I can’t share much of it because the whole thing was club business.”

“That’s probably for the best.” I grinned up at him. “You should probably also warn all the guys…having an author in your life means that any stories I hear are fair game for books later on.”

“Be prepared to take lots of notes, baby. My club brothers are a fucking riot when they’re falling for their old ladies.”

Considering what had happened with us, I believed him.

“Will do,” I murmured as he gently lifted me off the stool.

He kept his arm around my back to make sure I was steady on my feet. “But wait until we get that pregnancy test to confirm you’re carrying my baby.”

Only twenty minutes later—with a whole lot of hovering by Baylor—we had our answer. I was pregnant. Luckily, my wedding plans were already in full swing, so I didn’t need to worry about not fitting into my dress.

EPILOGUE

WIZARD

My eyes drifted to the digital picture frame perched on my desk in my home office. When no one was in here with me, a single push of a button turned the screen into a camera feed. One that was set up in my wife’s home office a few feet away.

I watched Thea for a few minutes, simply admiring how fucking beautiful she was. She’d gained a few more curves after having our daughter, Skye, four years ago, then our son, Wyatt, who just turned one. She’d complained only once because I spent several hours convincing her that she was the sexiest woman on the whole damn planet. I also made her tell me before I let her come—every single time.

Even though we were only separated by a wall, I liked being able to see her whenever I wanted. And it came in extremely handy in moments like this.

Her lips were curved in a little smile, her green eyes staring dreamily at her computer screen. Then she blushed and shifted restlessly in her seat.

I immediately shot to my feet. Those were her tells—signals that told me she was writing a steamy scene in one of her books.

Thankfully, Skye was at preschool, and Wyatt was having a playdate with Violet and Brendan.

After flipping the screen back to a montage of family photos, I padded out of my office and turned left, taking one step before I was at her door.

Wanting to catch her off guard, I didn’t bother to knock. When I entered, she gasped and spun around in her chair. She looked even more flushed—all hot and bothered—in reality.

“Doing okay, baby?” I asked with a grin as I sauntered toward her. “Or am I just in time to help you find satisfaction from the scene in your book?”

Her eyes narrowed, but my grin widened when her breathing picked up, and her gaze briefly dropped to the bulge in my jeans.

“How do you always know when I’m writing a sex scene?” she demanded.

“A sixth sense?” I suggested, evading the truth without lying.

She pressed her lips together and shook her head. “I don’t think so. It’s happened too many times to be a coincidence.”

I closed the distance between us, bending down to cage her in her chair with my hands gripping the armrests. “Prove it,” I teased.

Suddenly, she gasped, and her eyes darted around the room. “Did you put cameras in here, Baylor?”

I tried to make my expression innocent but failed when a salacious grin spread across my face. “How else am I gonna know when my woman needs me?” Winking, I bent down until our lips were just inches apart. “Wouldn’t want you to get stuck without inspiration. Or experience.”

“Experience?” she questioned.

“That office romance you wrote last year was a bestseller,” I reminded her smugly. “That scene in chapter twenty was real fucking familiar.”

Thea blushed hard, and her green eyes turned molten with desire. “Ummm…”

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