“And I you,” Piper whispered against his lips.
Jaeger’s kiss was soft, sweet and so very, very sexy. He broke their kiss to speak. “I have a little something for you.”
“You gave me our marvelous son. He, and you, are the only gifts I’ll ever need.”
His eyes danced with pleasure. “Well, I have two more,” he said, his voice gruff as he handed Ty to her. “Go to your mom for a sec, bud.”
Ty bellowed his outrage, waving his hands at his dad. Ty had fallen in love with Jaeger, Piper realized. She could understand it; she was head over heels in love with him herself.
Jaeger stood up, walked to his desk and picked up some papers. He handed them to Piper. She looked at Jaeger, confused. “This looks like an agreement for you to buy my house.”
“It is. I want to buy it for you. Well, for us. I’d like to put it in your name, but I was hoping you’d share it with me,” Jaeger said, taking Ty back into his arms. “I want to live with you and Ty. I’ll still have to travel, but instead of prolonging my trips, I’ll make them as short as possible. And if I live with you, then I can look after Ty when you travel. Or we can come with you, or you and Ty can travel with me. We can work it out. We can work anything out.”
“We can,” Piper agreed. “Anything.”
“So, are you agreeing to marry me?” Jaeger asked.
Piper laughed. “I don’t recall you asking me. But when you get around to it, the answer will be yes.”
Jaeger smiled, his face softer with happiness. He ducked his hand into the right pocket of his pants and pulled out a rich, sleepy blue stone. “I bought this from the collection of Kashmir Blues, and it was worth every penny Linc extorted from me. It’s practically flawless, fabulously rare and infinitely precious. Just like you. Want it?”
“If it comes with a proposal, then hell yes, I want it.”
Ty rested his head on his dad’s shoulder, and Piper looked at her two men, pure love pumping through her veins. She lifted her lips to be kissed. “I love you, Jaeger. I have since the moment I caught you ogling my legs in Milan.”
Jaeger’s lips brushed hers. “Can you blame me? They are fabulous legs, sweetheart.” Sadness came and went in his eyes. “I’m sorry I don’t remember our first meeting. I want to, but...” He shrugged.
Piper dropped her face into his neck. “Maybe you can take me back and I’ll show you what we did, where we ate, how we loved each other. We can reconstruct that time.”
“I’m up for that.” Jaeger kissed her forehead and looked at their son. “And maybe this time, we can try to make a pink one?”
Piper sent him a long, loving, I-can’t-wait-to-get-you-naked look.
Jaeger grinned, bounced up from his seat and, still holding Ty, quickly walked over to the door. He yanked it open and yelled down the hallway. “Yo, family! Linc, Sage, Beck! I need one of you to spend some quality time with your brand-new nephew so I can kiss his mama. He’s clean and happy. Any takers?”
It took ten long and very frustrating minutes to referee the argument around who got to hold the newest Ballantyne first before Piper got her hands on the newest Ballantyne’s daddy.
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