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Steven lifted her and turned her so that she could lay on top of his chest. Josephine chuckled and looked up at him, "I don't think this bath actually cleaned up your mess as much as it just made an entirely new one."

He chuckled underneath her, "That sounds like it will be a problem for later." He started rubbing her back slowly. He used his foot to start the water again to heat it back up in the tub. He turned it off, and they lay there just like that until they decided it was time to actually shower.

She opened the drain and turned the water on so it sprayed from the shower head. They stood under the water, helping each other wash off and clean up. He kissed her on the shoulder and the lips a few more times before they finally got out.

The clock showed them they still had a few hours until Lucas woke up in the morning. They intended to spend that time wrapped up in each other's arms.

Chapter twenty-two

Steven

Stevenwascompletelyspent.He held her in his arms, unsure of how he got so lucky and unwilling to let her go. They had just spent time putting their first night together to shame. He never thought that they would be doing that again. He was chuckling to himself when she looked up at him. Her leg was draped over his hip, and he rubbed her back lightly, watching her shiver under his touch. "No regrets?" he asked her carefully.

Josie leaned up on her elbow and looked him in the eyes gently. "I never had regrets in the first place, other than not telling you about Lucas to begin with. I knew it would change things, which scared me more than anything else ever had, but I never had regrets." She looked sad, and Steven never wanted to see her with that look on her face.

He moved a small whisp of hair out of her face gently. He kissed her on the lips and then her forehead softly. "Good." He felt himself take a deep breath he had been holding in. He felt like he had been holding his breath since he walked out of her old apartment and away from her that first time.

Josie stared at his face as he closed his eyes and pulled her back down against him. "Steven, maybe we should talk about some things."

Steven opened one eye and looked down at her, "Like you and Lucas moving in with me?"

Josie popped up and took her leg off of him. "Why would we move in with you? You could move in here."

Steven looked around the room and then back at her confused face. "Josie, my house is bigger. There is a huge yard for Lucas to play in, it is in a good school district, and there is a large office that we could both use; since we work at separate times of the day, it is, sadly, closer to Lana, it is close enough to everything he could want to do, and it is close enough to everything we need." Steven looks at her thoughtfully, then runs a finger across her abdomen, "There is also enough room for us to grow as a family."

Josie thinks about it seriously for a moment and then shakes her head, "We can't, Steven. It's too soon." She stands from the bed and goes to the dresser to grab a pair of shorts and a tank top.

Steven sat up and held his hand out for her, "Will you please hear me out?" Josie moved over and took his hand in hers. She still seemed hesitant about having that conversation, but his insistence seemed to push her further into willingness.

"Fine. What could you possibly say that would convince me?" Josie sat beside him with the sheet draped down, barely covering him up. She noticed how his muscles cut, almost pointing her directly to his generous member. She went to tug at the sheet while she bit her lip, and he gave her hand a little tap, and she pulled it back.

Steven picked her hand up and kissed it, "We have time for that later." He pulled her into his lap and ran a finger along the edge of her shorts. "I intend to provide everything you need. You and Lucas. You both deserve the world, and I want to give you that. I know I work a lot, but this would allow me to be there for him even more than I am now." He let his fingers slide up underneath the edge of them, causing her to let out a small sigh of approval.

"What does providing for Lucas and me include?" Josie was trying to hide her decision from him, but he could see it in her eyes. She was clearly creating a checklist for him to check off in her own mind.

"Safety, security, love, and commitment," Steven said each word slowly as he teased the area on her thigh. "I want to give you both everything. I never want you to want for anything. I want you to be happy and never worry about our son." Josie shivered underneath his touch. He squeezed her thigh and then started running his fingers over the area again.

"You really want to do all of this for us?" Josie put her head against his muscular shoulder. He leaned back so she lay back down on the bed with him in her arms again.

Steven kissed her gently again. He wanted to reassure her with gentle kisses and touches. He wanted to show her it was more than just the sex that kept them physically in tune with one another. "More than want to. I promise to. I love you both, Josie." Josie looked into his eyes with tears in her eyes. He was worried he had said the wrong thing at first, but then he wanted to tell her the exact moment, "I am pretty sure I have loved you since the moment you came down your mom's stairs in your gorgeous prom dress."

Josie started laughing at him because she clearly did not believe him. "That dress was absolutely hideous. No one could have loved me in that thing." Steven pictured the dress on her and started smirking.

"I did." Steven's absolute certainty came out without hesitation.

Josie stared at him wide-eyed. She was clearly debating what to say next and opted for the safer conversation between the two. "It is a lot of change for Lucas at such a young age, though."

"If we wait any longer, he might fight us every step of the way." Steven started running a hand slowly up and down her arm. "I want him to grow up in the house. I want him to make friends, play, party, do homework, fall in love, and experience his first breakup in a house with both of us. He deserves to have all of those things."

Josie looked up at him and said what he did not think he would hear from her, "I love you, too."

Steven smiled at her and raised a brow. "Is that a yes?"

Josie took a deep breath and rolled her eyes at him, "That's a yes." She shook her head slowly as Steven rolled his body on top of hers and kissed her deeply. This kiss was much different than all the other ones they had shared. It was filled with all of the promises he intended to uphold.

"We start to move tomorrow morning. Right away." Steven was excited, and Josie tried not to crush his dreams. He was ready to start their future and wanted no more waiting or hesitation. He wanted them to be the family they knew they could be.

Josie gently kissed his lips and shook her head, dashing his hopes more than she could have known. "My lease goes through the month." The small window of time might not have been the immediate answer he wanted, but he knew he would not be waiting for another year.

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