Page 116 of Rebel Heart
“Yes, please,” Rhea said. “You have children and wives who depend on you.”
“Ah, we’ll be fine,” Wyatt insisted. “You women worry too much.”
Ivy rolled her eyes at him.
Just then, the doorbell rang, and I quickly perked up. “Oh, that must be the special gift I ordered for somebody’s birthday. I’ll be right back. Don’t you move.”
Giddy, I made my way to the front door as fast as I could at nearly thirty-seven weeks pregnant. When I opened the door, I grinned.
“We heard there was a party here.” Talon, Jamie, and Vic were grinning just as stupidly at me.
I nodded and waved my hand. “Come in, come in. You have perfect timing. The guys just got back to have lunch.”
My husband had no idea I’d invited his three best friends to join us on this trip. With it being his birthday, I thought it was only fair to have the men he considered to be his family with us.
They dumped their boots at the door and followed me through the house back to the kitchen.
“Happy birthday, husband.”
Beau saw the surprise I had for him and nearly lost his mind. “Are you kidding me?”
He rounded the counter and walked over to greet his friends before introducing them to the rest of the family.
“They’re also professional skateboarders, so I suspect the rest of you are either going to feel less qualifiedto be on a snowboard than you already do after today, or you’re all going to get some great lessons in the terrain park.”
As everyone took a moment to greet and exchange pleasantries with Vic, Talon, and Jamie, Beau moved toward me with a huge smile on his face. “If I haven’t said it before, you are the best thing that has ever happened to me.”
“You might have mentioned it a couple of times before now, but that was the first time today.”
He wrapped his arms around my waist as I draped my arms over his shoulders. “I love you, Jules. Thank you for doing this, for inviting them here.”
“It’s your birthday, and they’re your family, too. Plus, you’re not the only one who can come up with surprises.”
Beau lifted his hand to the side of my face and pushed a rogue strand away from my face. “How is it possible that I managed to get you?”
“You had a sweet tooth and walked up to my bakery for cookies. That’s how.”
He chuckled.
I giggled. “I love you, Beau.”
My husband gave me the sweetest kiss.
Then we joined the rest of the group and had some lunch, before the men returned to the mountain for an afternoon of fun before Beau’s party later that night.
Even being so far along in my pregnancy and feeling uncomfortable most of the time, it was easily the best ski trip I’d ever had to Keystone Mountain.
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BEAU
BEAU - FOUR WEEKS LATER
The soundof my wife’s moans filling the air drove me wild.
Now that we were three days past her due date, it was difficult for me to take charge and have her in all the ways I wanted. Comfortable positions for her had become limited, and I was merely happy to have her any way I could get her.
Because I couldn’t get enough of her. Even if this had become more of a tactical reason for sex instead of a romantic one.
