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As he walked to the door, Andy tried to calm the wild cadence of his heart.
“Wait, Dr. Serious!” Danny shouted.
Andy jolted and gave a full-body shiver. No one but Kim hadevercalled him that. The nickname had been a private joke between them. Danny couldn’t have remembered it. He turned around, chills covering his body.
“What, Danny?”
“I forgot to tell you,” Danny said with a grin. “Mom has the coolest angel wings ever. They’re bright blue andreallybig.”
His lips trembled as he tried to smile at his son. “You tell her I love her when she visits you next time.”
“Ah, Dad,” Danny said, shaking his head at him. “She knows that. Duh!”
Andy turned back around and headed to the door, unable to keep the tears from streaking down his face.
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Lucy was shaking off her bad mood when she heard a knock at the door. God, please don’t let it be her mother. Or her father for that matter. He’d called her to say he’d heard about the fight. Of course he wanted them to work things out, but things had gone too far this time, and Lucy wasn’t sure their relationship could recover. It was impossible to think about anything else, and Lucy had vacillated between lying on her bed in a sad funk and pacing the small cottage in anger.
She peered through the window to identify the car and was puzzled to see it was Andy’s. She detoured to the front door. “What are you doing here? I’m sorry I needed more time. I was in a mood, but I was just about to head out.”
He stepped closer to her and framed her face with his hands. “Do you have any idea how much I love you?”
The intensity with which he said it, combined with the heat of his touch, seemed to turn some wheel inside her. Well…this was unexpected. “Yes. I think so. Sure.”
“Let me show you,” he said in a deep voice before covering her mouth with his.
He danced her inside the house and closed the door behind them, making her wonder what in the world was going on. Then he swept her into his arms and carried her to the bedroom all Prince Charming-like. It was a little weird and surprising, but his mouth was so hot and insistent on hers she let all the questions flee her mind for the moment.
She fell back into that place of pure heart, pure sensation with him—a place she’d never knownuntilhim. After depositing her on the bed, he kissed his way down her body, dispensing with her clothes as he went. His fingers glided over her skin in reverence. His kisses were a benediction to flesh and bone.
Something really was different. But it felt so wonderful, she was content to meet whatever mood he was in.
His mouth gave worship to her breasts and the sensitive core between her thighs, causing her to cry out in pleasure. When she came apart, he continued to love her, causing her to come again.
He was on fire for her, and she was on fire for him. Panting, she rolled onto her side and put her hand on his heart. Arousal had tightened his muscles, but the love shining in his eyes made her heart expand beyond its previous limits.So this is love, big love, she thought, and leaned forward to kiss him again and share her piece of it.
She kissed her way down his skin, just as he had done for her, and as she removed his clothing until they were completely bared to each other, the only wish she had was to love him—all of him—and to help him feel the wild beauty he’d unleashed in her heart.
The tips of her fingers tingled as she ran them across the hard planes of his body. Her love was so great, so large she could have hugged the whole universe. She honored the differences between their bodies in a whole new way,and when he finally slid into her, holding her gaze, it felt that they were floating up in the stars.
When she resurfaced, she realized he was sprawled across her, his elbows preventing him from crushing her. He was always so careful about that. Their hands were still linked, which made her smile. His warm, rapid breathing tickled her ear, making her giggle.
He shifted until he could see her face. “Wow,” he said in a stupefied voice.
Her body felt like a small container for all she was in that moment. “Yeah. Wow.”
Rolling onto his back, he drew her onto his chest, not that she needed urging. Her favorite place in the world was to be cuddled against him, listening to his heart beat, feeling the rise of his ribs as he breathed.
“I’d like to analyze what happened,” he said with a snort, “but after this evening, I’m pretty much open to anything.”
She inched higher so she could meet his gaze. “Sounds like you have an interesting story.” She had no desire to share hers in this special moment.
His smile was soft. “I do,” he said and proceeded to tell her about Danny’s visits from his mom, who had blue angel wings.
By the end, they were both brushing away tears.
“As I was driving over here,” Andy said, “I couldn’t stop thinking about it. Kim wanted me to know she was still watching over our son like she promised she would before she died. She told me she’d find a way—even if it took petitioning God multiple times.”
