Page 91 of You're All I Need

I bark out a laugh and shake my head. “You don’t need to do that. We’ll get what we need as we go.”

He nods. “I’ll probably go overboard when it’s time.”

I reach up and run my fingers through his hair. “That’s okay. I’m sure we’ll need all the things.”

He holds my gaze. “I’m going to be here for everything, Adrienne. For you and the baby. You’ll never get rid of me. You two are all I need.”

“I don’t want to get rid of you. I want to keep you.”

“Forever?”

My heart skips a beat. “We can discuss forever another time,” I tell him, giving him a small smile. “We’re going to take this day by day.”

“I want you to move in with me.”

“What?” I ask, gaping up at this gorgeous man.

“I don’t want to miss a single moment of this, sugar. And just so you know, I’d want you there, even if you weren’t pregnant with my baby.”

I swallow over the lump in my throat. “You would? It’s only been a few weeks,” I reason, feeling a little overwhelmed once more.

“We’ve been dancing around each other for months, Adrienne. I’ve wanted you in my bed since the moment I first laid eyes on you. Now that I’ve had you there, I never want to go a night without you.”

I sigh and lean my cheek against his chest. I can feel the steady, rapid beat of his heart. “I don’t know what to say,” I confess.

He kisses the crown of my head. “Don’t say anything now. Just know the offer stands, and when you’re ready, we’ll make it happen. Until then, I’m going to date you.”

I feel myself smiling as I start to relax for the first time in nearly a week. “You are?”

“Damn right, I am. The last thing I want to tell our baby when he or she is older is that I knocked up their mama and we weren’t dating.”

“But…we weren’t dating,” I remind.

He moves my head by placing his finger beneath my chin. He brushes his lips across mine. “But we are now. And now is what’s important.”

“Okay.”

“Okay.”

His lips move across my mouth in the most beautiful, tender kiss. It feels like the start of something new, something great. “There are going to be broken hearts all over town when everyone finds out the infamous Caden Neumann is off the market.”

He scoffs, “I only care about one heart, sugar.” He places his hand against my chest. “This one is the only one that matters.”

“I love you,” I whisper, relief washing over me at finally saying the words. They feel so powerful, so right.

“I love you too.” He takes my hand and reaches for the door locks, flipping them to the secured position. “Come on, I want to take my baby mama to bed and show her how much I love her.”

My body hums to life, my nipples harden and my clit tingles in anticipation. “After you, cowboy.”

“Nope. You go first. You’re always first, love.”

He leads me up the stairs, slowly undresses me, and makes love to me. Twice. When we’re both left completely exhausted, our limbs tangled with each other’s and the sheets, we drift off to sleep wrapped in each other’s arms.

This wasn’t how I expected my life to go, but I wouldn’t change it for anything in the world. I have the man I’ve fallen in love with and our baby on the way.

There’s nothing more I could possibly want.

We’re going to be a family.

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