“I know you’ll be the best dad in the world.”
Epilogue
Becky awoke to a cold bed and to her breasts aching. She groaned as she touched one breast. She’d expressed because yesterday she’d gotten the okay from the doctor that she could start making love with her husband again. Last night she’d pumped so a bottle would be ready for her baby, and she’d worn her sexy lingerie to bed, ready to surprise her hubby only to fall asleep before Damon got into bed.
Moaning, she got out of bed and padded to the door next to their room where she saw Damon with a small blue bundle in his beefy arms. She loved him more every day, especially each time she saw him with their son. He was the best father. It hadn’t been a smooth ride. They’d had a lot to work out. They moved closer to her work and she paid her rent until Amanda found someone else to share with. The first couple of months living with Damon had been rocky, but they’d known they loved each other and could make it work.
Becky had lived without Damon, and she wasn’t willing to do it again. The biggest adjustment for her was realizing how crazy some of Damon’s fans were. Most women didn’t care he was married. Becky staked her claim any time she could, but she didn’t need to. Damon made it known to everyone he now was a one woman man, and he wanted no one but her. He may have stopped his playboy ways, but he still fought a lot… mostly on the ice. Jacob had slowly come around, but he and Damon would never be close again. Caleb was like the brother she never had, and was Zane’s godfather.
She leaned against the door, smiling as Damon cooed to their son. “Mommy needs sleep, little one. I know you want to be on her boobs all the time. I do, too, but she thinks they’re hers. Really, you’re lucky I’m sharing them with you.” Damon kissed Zane’s cheek. “Let’s go see if she left any more milk for you before she went to bed. She was pumping away when I read you your story. The one you had before I came to bed was a big one. You guts that down. You get your appetite from me. That’s a good thing, because it means you’ll turn out big and strong.” Damon turned and a smile spread over his face as he saw her. “Hi, angel.”
Damon walked to her and kissed her until Zane gave a lusty cry. “We’ve been chatting for almost an hour. I think he is hungry.”
“Thanks for the extra sleep. Yeah, he’s due for a feed. It’s why I woke.” Becky took the baby from her husband and sat in the rocker by the bed, pulling her shirt up. Damon watched her and there was no mistaking the love that shone in his eyes. He crossed his arms over his chest, covering his new tat that said Zane.
Becky looked down at Zane and watched as his green eyes, so like his father’s, narrowed as he latched onto her. He was a clone of his daddy. His little tuft of hair was the same dirty blond and even his lips were the same. She stroked his hair as he suckled on her. “I didn’t even get a look in with you, my little man. I swear every day you look more and more like your daddy. You’re his clone. You’re just much cuter.”
Damon chuckled and leaned down, kissing her. “Next time we’ll try for a clone of you.”
“Ha, that will be a long time away. Your baby is demanding, just like you.”
Damon grinned down at her. “I’m just the way you like me.”
Becky rolled her eyes and got up, still cradling Zane to her breast, and walked to the changing table. She gently detached a sleeping Zane and woke him up by changing his diaper. When done, she passed Zane to Damon and went out to wash her hands. She came back to find Damon rocking Zane. Becky sat back in the chair. “Pass him to me so I can empty the other.”
Damon placed her son on the other breast. He leaned down and kissed her on the forehead. “I’ll see you back in bed.”
“Don’t go to sleep.”
He raised his eyebrow. “Why not?”’
She sighed. So much for being sexy. “I expressed early because if you’d come to bed when I did you would have seen I had a surprise for you.”
“Oh, what kind of surprise?”
“The doctor gave me the okay yesterday. I wore this lingerie for you.”
Her sleeping baby was taken from her breast and placed in his crib before she could even blink.
Damon pulled her up to him, captured her mouth, and carried her to their room. He got impatient and started yanking at her baby doll lingerie, desperate to get it off. “Angel, I missed this so much,” he panted. Damon set her on the ground in the middle of their room and trailed kisses down her neck, nipping and sending delicious tingles coursing through her.