Bucked: The Mountain Man's Babies(19)

“Damn, woman, don’t you and the baby need to eat something first?”

She smiles softly, blushing as she runs her hand over her bare belly. “I probably should. Balanced meals and all that.”

“You’re really having my child?” I ask, still dazed from the turn of events.

“Really. I even have pictures in my purse.”

I grab a bathrobe from the hook on my door, handing it to her. It’s cute watching her cinch it high on her waist, right under those perfect tits, and a crack of skin peeks through. Her belly is too round to be covered.

I grab a pair of sweats, slung low on my hips, and she eyes the V leading to my cock. “You are so hot, Buck. I mean, I grew up around guys who worked out, but your body is insane. Unreal.”

I shrug, grabbing her hand and bringing her back to the kitchen.

“I use a chainsaw most days, keeps my core in check. And I run up that mountain you drove past coming into town, most mornings.”

“So you like to exercise,” she says. “I didn’t think you were that sort of guy.”

I laugh. “What sort did you think I was, darling?”

Now it’s her turn to shrug, embarrassed. “I don’t know, you’re so ... nice.”

“Nice guys don’t work out?” I refill our coffee cups and hand her a donut.

She laughs, and her laugh fills the cabin with the exact thing it has been missing all this time. A woman’s touch.

“I guess the truth is I’ve never known any nice guys.”

“Hell, I get it. Lots of guys are assholes, but that’s not me. My dad, he’s salt of the earth, and he raised me to love hard and love well. Love deep. It’s all I’ve ever intended on doing, so long as I found myself the right woman.”#p#分页标题#e#

“Not many women up here?” She asks, her eyes peering over the mug.

“None that I want.” I nod slowly. “My buddy, Jaxon, he found a wife a few years back, and I always thought he was a lucky goddamned fool, turns out you can’t plan something like this.”

“He found a wife? What does that mean exactly?” she asks.

I run my hand over my chin. “Sounds crazy right? But there was a massive blizzard that rolled in, this girl, Harper, her car got stuck. She managed to hike to his cabin, and it was nothing but love at first sight. Back then I called bullshit.” I shake my head, looking at Rosie. “But dammit, I was wrong.”

Rosie’s eyes are wide, listening to me tell their story. “It wasn’t bullshit? Two years later, they’re still happy?”

I rest my elbows on the counter. “Listen, I know it might sound too good to be true, but sometimes in life, it’s just the god honest answer you’ve been looking for. Sometimes you get the girl. The ring. The house. The babies. Hell, I’ll build you a white picket fence. Is this crazy? Yes. But is this real? I think so.”

Rosie’s shaking her head, and I don’t understand why she’s resisting this when we both know this feels so right.

“What is it, Rosie? What are you fighting?”

She takes a deep breath, then answers, “Buck, I hear what you’re saying ... and I do want this life. It does feel like a fairytale, but there is something you need to know ... before you can commit to me.





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Just as I’m about to tell him that I’m pregnant with twins, the doorbell rings. Instantly, my heart lurches, panicked.

My uncle found me.

This is it.

I had one last hurrah with the man who wanted me for more than my body – who wanted me for everything, only to have it ripped away before I could even accept it in my heart.

Buck’s eyes narrow, he must be thinking the same thing.

“If he’s back for me, Buck ... I don’t want anything to happen to you.”

Buck’s eyes are wild, his easygoing nature instantly transformed.

“Happen to me?” He rests his hands on my shoulders, the doorbell rings again. “Are you fucking crazy, woman? You and that baby are the only goddamn thing that matters. I won’t let anyone touch you. Ever. Understood?” He growls, driving his point home, and tears fill my eyes at the intensity that came out of nowhere.

I wipe my eyes, stunned.

“No, Rosie. You don’t get to act shocked. It just seems to me like you don’t understand what I mean when I say you are my woman. I’ll fight for you. Now and forever.”

The doorbell rings a third time, and Buck’s gaze is heavy on me.

“Do you understand, Rosie?”

I nod, because I have never in my life had a man stand up for me. A man fight for me. Vow to be there for me.

The fact that these babies have a man like this for a father? It floors me.