The Billionaire Wins the Game(55)

She believed him. He loved her.

He loved her!

She’d never, in her life, felt such tremendous joy as at that moment, sitting on her husband’s lap, with his arms wrapped tightly around her. She could see the love on his face and feel it in his body. She knew everything would be all right. She knew they were going to be the couple that beat the odds.

“I love you so much, Lucas. I think I’ve loved you from the very first time we met. I tried to fight it, but there is no fighting a man like you. You’re who I want to be with the rest of my life,” she said with passion.

Amy threw her arms around her husband’s neck and kissed him with a hunger that would keep them up for a very long time that night, or at least until they were interrupted with their dinner.





Epilogue





“Push, baby, push. You’re doing so great. I see her head,” Lucas mumbled in a terrified whisper.

“Arrrgggggg...” Amy grunted as she used her last remaining strength and gave a final push. She collapsed back against the bed as she heard the sweetest sound imaginable.

The first cry of her beautiful baby girl.

Suddenly the doctor was placing their newborn on top of her chest and she was looking into the scrunched up face of her daughter throwing her very first temper tantrum.

“She definitely has her daddy’s temperament,” Lucas laughed as he rubbed their daughter from head to toe, making sure for himself she was okay in every way. “I think she’s hungry and letting us all know,” he chuckled.

Even exhausted, Amy looked from her husband to her baby girl and felt pride and happiness as her family grew. She could see the love and pride shining in Lucas’s eyes and it was the most beautiful thing in the world.

“Jasmine would like to have her father hold her now,” Amy said to Lucas. He gently picked her up and held her closely against his chest. The tiny movement of her breathing was the most amazing feeling in the world. The night before, he’d been feeling her kick from inside the safety of Amy’s womb. Now, he was holding her in his arms.

The doctors quickly cleaned Amy and Jasmine and then the three of them transferred rooms. They were there no more than a few minutes when there was a knock at the door.

“Can we come in?” said the subdued voice of her normally booming father-in-law.

“Come in, come in, Dad. Meet your very first granddaughter, Jasmine Katherine Anderson,” Lucas said proudly.

Joseph gently took his granddaughter from his son and a tear spilled down his cheek. Things hadn’t turned out badly at all, he thought to himself. He was in a hospital, holding his brand new baby granddaughter and his son was happily married.

His son should be thanking his father, but Joseph knew better than to ask for any praise for all he’d done to get those kids together. His beautiful granddaughter was all the thanks he needed.

“You two have done really well, here,” Joseph said as he smiled from Amy to Lucas. “She’s the most beautiful baby I’ve ever seen in my life,” he continued.

He reluctantly handed the baby girl to his Katherine and watched a glow come over her face as she sat in the rocker and held the precious gift to her chest while humming a lullaby. “We almost got a Christmas baby,” Joseph laughed. It was December twenty third. They all agreed Jasmine was the perfect gift for the entire family.

“Guess we’ll have to work on giving Jasmine a little brother born on Christmas next year,” Lucas said as he looked at his wife hungrily. She was still the most beautiful thing in the world, even after the hard labor she’d endured.

“Now, son, I sure want a ton of grand babies running around that empty old mansion, but you may not want to scare your wife off. It never is a good idea to talk about child number two, when she is still feeling the pain from the first one,” he winked at Amy.

“The pain’s already forgotten, Dad. I love this baby girl more than anything in the world, and want to give her many siblings. I love Lucas so much, and that love needs to be shared with the wonderful children I know we’ll make.”

Joseph’s heart enlarged a bit more at how much he loved his new daughter. He’d asked her to call him dad because he knew she didn’t have one. He truly loved her like she was one of his own kids. Since she was married to his son, she was his family now. He still loved to hear her say it, though. He bent down and kissed her cheek.

There was another knock on the door and then Amy’s smile broke out into a huge smile as Tom stepped through the doorway, carrying a huge teddy bear, balloons, and a large bag of chocolates.

“Tom, I’m so glad you finally got here,” Amy said to her best friend.