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I don t think it would be too bad of an idea to have one or two someday. Not seven, though, okay?
And they ll be the crankiest kids on the planet. You know that, don t you?
He grinned. This was really happening. It didn t seem real& but it was. It really was. Probably worse
than either of us.
We ll need a plan for childcare.
He coughed again, this time on laughter. We re going to need a whole damn constitution.
No matter what, I keep working, she insisted, her pointer finger already up for battle.
You think I m going to quit? he asked.
No.
So why should you? Which means we re even. We ve got a plan. We ll get married.
And live happily ever after, she added with a frown.
Why do I sense another but in there somewhere? He groaned, burrowing the back of his head into
his pillow. He wanted to sleep, damn it.
It s probably going to take me a while to get any good at this, she said, sounding a little too similar
to a horror movie.
Good at what?
Being an us.
We ve always been an us, he replied, relieved. We just didn t admit it.
I m serious, Lucas. I m not my sisters. They seemed to take to couplehood like ducks to water. I ve
never taken to anything that way, not even art. I m bound to get scared.
He kissed her head. So am I. But I ll just hold on to you a little tighter. And you can hold on to me.
You really think we can make this work? she asked, worried enough to be biting her lip.
He freed the flesh from her teeth with a gentle pull from his thumb. That was his favorite lip, couldn t
have her denting it. I think we can. I mean, if you think about it, the only thing we haven t done so far is
try.
Then she smiled. Without sadness, worry or fear. It was the most beautiful smile he d ever seen in his
life. And he knew, no matter what battles they might have, trials or aggravations, she d be in his arms every
day for the rest of his life.
Sleep with me.
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Anything else you d like to demand? she asked, her voice sounding far away as he let himself relax
into sleep.
Only forever, Belle.
All right, but only because you asked politely.
He smiled to himself. He didn t ask. But that was okay. He could let her think she had the last word.
As long as he had her, Belinda Riggs could have any damn word she wanted.
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I am not going to whimper.
She groaned, thank you very much. She groaned and her legs fell open beneath the guiding hands of
her husband. Absolute surrender had a way of turning her into a lump of jelly, something Lucas knew good
and well. Not that he stopped, damn him.
Instead, she felt his smile against the wet lips of her sex. Then he delved his tongue inside again, a
slow, devastating entry. He eased it into her, circling her internal walls with thorough swipes. When he d
laved every drop of moisture from her, he started all over again, slower than the last time.
Ah shit, I whimpered.
In response, he moved up again, swirling over her clit, surrounding it to draw it deep.
Lucas! Her body shuddered completely without her consent, her hands knotting into his hair to keep
him exactly where he was while she rode the volcanic pleasure of her orgasm. Not that he seemed to have
any interest in leaving. Why would he, when he was getting exactly what he wanted?
She let go, melting back onto their bed while he lapped lazily at her folds, easing her back down from
possibly the biggest explosion she d ever known.
I think I like this game, he rumbled. His voice sent another shiver through her, which seemed to
make him chuckle. His big hand settled over the small swell of her belly, caressing gently and making
shushing sounds. Just take slow breaths. You don t want to upset anyone down here.
Oh sure, think of that now, she muttered into his pillow. Probably didn t have enough bite, since she
couldn t wipe the stupid grin off her face. And this isn t a game. I m not going, and no amount of
seducing is going to make me, either. Tell your moron brother he doesn t need me there.
Lucas stretched out his long, long body behind her, warming her already hot skin. Couldn t he hear her
sizzling or was he just ignoring it? Yes he does, you re his best friend.
Worse, he was stoking the heat up higher. She wiggled her ass against his cock, an invitation even he
should have been able to pick up on.
His hands settled her hips, holding her in place so easy it was just ridiculous. He thought he was so in
control here, did he? Just because he was turning her body to boneless mush.
Jessica s his best friend. She blew her bangs out of her eyes in frustration. Why isn t he inside me
already? She s there. I don t see where he needs me.
Jessica s the bride. She has to be there. And let me remind you, it s taken him three years to get her
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there. Stop being a spoil-sport. You lost. Pay up.
Belinda fake-sobbed, yanking her own pillow out from under him to hold over her face. I hate
weddings.
You liked ours.
I got to drink at ours. Thanks to the two little morsels he d knocked her up with two months ago,
tequila shooters were not going to be on the menu. As cranky as these kids are, I ll probably throw up all
over the reception table.
Probably.
She pulled the pillow off to look over her shoulder at him. You could sound a little more sympathetic
about it.
I sympathize.
Sure he did. That s why his hand had drifted from her hip to her bare breasts, which had expanded
from a raisin smuggling operation to a grapefruit shipping company. Much to Lucas s absolute glee, the
pig.
No. There s going to be a whole legion of Lonnigans there. Everyone s going to be feeling my
stomach and giving me tips on morning sickness. Which she didn t need. If there was one thing a Riggs
knew how to handle, it was morning sickness.
Lucas frowned. Then his fingers found her oversensitive nipple, earning a gasp. He squeezed it,
making stars of sensation form in her eyes and her whole body arch. Her breast pushed into his hand and
her ass lurched against his cock again, which slid against her folds like a tease. He made the whole thing
worse by rocking back and forth against her. Sadistic bastard.
You said if I made you come in less than a minute, you d go. I held up my end. Since when do you
renege on deals?
Since pregnancy had turned her into an orgasm machine. The man barely had to breathe on her
anymore and she was so hot to trot she practically exploded at the sound of his voice.
If they d told her that was a side effect of pregnancy, she d have considered getting knocked up on
their honeymoon. But no, dumb as she was, she d waited until she was sure they wouldn t kill each other
with the day-in, day-out grind of being together. They d had a few drag-out arguments Lucas was just
never going to learn how to give in gracefully but so far, all the furniture was intact and the dog was alive
and well. Then there was all that happiness she kept feeling. Didn t seem fair to keep it to herself.
Of course, she hadn t expected Lucas to hit double-trouble the first time out the gate. He was going to
pay for that one.
I m not reneging, she finally relented. Curving her back into his chest, she lifted her leg and slid it
over the top of his, leaving herself wide open for him. It was his turn to groan, the broad head of his cock
sinking just deep enough into her before slipping out of alignment that it counted as a kiss. I guess I was
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just hoping for double or nothing.
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