Page 58 of Seducing Cinderella

Reaching down, he easily brought her up to settle on his hip. “And our other champion…Marleyyyyyy Andrewwwwwwwwws!”

As he ran around the room, he made the cheering sound of the audience with the kids laughing until they could hardly breathe, then Reid pretended to be so tired that he collapsed on the mats only to have the kids monkey pile on top of him.

“This looks more like playtime than a workout.”

Almost a decade later and her voice still had the power to light up his world. Reid lifted his head off the mat to see Lucie leaning in the doorway, her arms crossed over her chest and a soft smile on her lips.

“Hi, Mommy,” he said, grinning at her.

“Hi, hotshot.” Then to the kids, she said, “Hey, munchkins, I brought you a visitor.”

A grizzled older man passed his wife to enter the gym, and Reid was suddenly abandoned as both kids ran over shouting, “Pop-Pop!”

His dad opened his arms for them to run into and Marley jumped right into telling him the first of many stories. She might enjoy training like her dad and uncles, but if Reid had to guess, his daughter was going to be a famous author someday. At night,shewas the one who told the bedtime stories to him and Lucie, and she constantly amazed them with her imagination.

Stan lifted Enzo up as he continued to give Marley his attention. Lucie had crossed the room and sidled up to Reid, looking on fondly as their children interacted with their only grandparent. His relationship with his dad wasn’t perfect, but they’d come a long way over the years, and there wasn’t anything Stan wouldn’t do for those kids.

“What brings you in, Pop? I didn’t know you were coming.”

“Your wife offered to let the kids have a sleep over, so we’re going to get some new toys and eat pizza and ice cream until we puke. How’s that sound?”

The kids cheered. Reid just cocked an eyebrow. “It’s your funeral, old man.” Stan had a bad habit of spoiling the kids rotten. Luce thought he was trying to make up for not doing the right thing with Reid growing up, so he overcompensated by buying their love. So far it was harmless, but if the man started buying ponies, they’d have to have a chat. Peering down at his wife, he said, “You set this up? Any particular reason, Mrs. Andrews?”

“Why don’t you grab a shower and maybe you’ll find out,” she answered coyly, getting his blood pumping in a decidedly southerly direction, before making a smooth transition into Mommy-mode. “All right, munchkins, say goodbye to Daddy and let’s get you on the road with Pop-Pop.”

Reid hugged and kissed Marley and Enzo and said goodbye to his dad, then took the stairs two at a time while Lucie got them situated. He took one of the quickest showers of his life and wrapped a towel around his waist. He thought he heard her in the adjoining bedroom and called out through the door. “Are we going somewhere? Is there a certain dress code I should be aware of?”

“No dress code.”

She sounded like she was standing on the other side of the door. When he yanked it open, his heart stuttered to a stop. Lucie stood there, poised with her hands braced on the doorjamb, wearing nothing but one of his dress shirts and a sly look on her beautiful face. It was one of his favorite memories come to life, and a reminder of how far she’d come—from a shy, insecure mouse to a confident lioness. This was the woman he knew she had in her all along.Hiswoman.

His wife.

His Lucie.

Reid’s dick was already tenting the terrycloth and his mouth salivated just looking at her. “No dress code, huh? I don’t know. You’re wearing a thousand-dollar Armani shirt. I’m feeling a little underdressed.”

Stepping closer to him, Lucie hooked a finger in the towel. “Considering my plans for you are to keep you naked until an hour before our children come home, I actually think you’reoverdressed.” And with that, she gave a tug and whipped the offending material behind her. It might as well have been a starting gun going off.

Reid pounced, claiming her mouth with one hand wrapped in her dark hair and the other one gripping the curve of her waist. Motherhood changed her body in the most delicious ways, making it softer, slightly rounder, and accented with silver marks from carrying their babies that he’d traced with his tongue on more than one occasion. She was as beautiful now as she was eight years ago, and he made damn sure she knew it.

The hand at her hip dipped between her legs, stroking over the already soaked silk covering her pussy. “If these aren’t blue, I’m going to be severely disappointed,” he said between kisses.

She smiled against his lips. “I guess you’re going to be disappointed then.”

He stopped. “What?” How could she get that detail wrong? Those blue panties had made it into his Hall of Fame. Not that he actually had one in real life, but in his brain’s Hall of Fame, they were a key item.Fuck the shirt.Grabbing it at the opening between her breasts, he pulled it in opposite directions, sending buttons pinging on the marble floor and found…blue panties.

Lucie giggled and he growled his appreciation, his eyes locked onto her blue silk covered mound. Reid lowered onto his knees and pressed his nose into the juncture of her thighs, inhaling her scent deep into his lungs. She threaded her fingers through his hair and let out a shaky exhale. Gazing up the length of her body, he gave her a playful nip. “Sometime, before the day is through, I’m going to make you pay for teasing me like that.”

“I’m counting on it, hotshot,” she said breathily. “But right now, I’m hoping you don’t have the patience.”

“And why’s that?” he asked, using his teeth to graze over where he knew her needy clit was hiding. “You need something, baby?”

She nodded.

“Tell me,” he commanded, his voice deep. He loved it when his wife talked dirty.

“I need you to fuck me, Reid. Hard. Now.” Her hands clenched in his hair as she whispered, “I need it so badly.”

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