She looks up at me, wiping the tears from her cheeks. “No.” She shakes her head. “I’m sorry. I’m not making sense.”
“Then take a deep breath and tell me what’s going on, Luce.”
She nods, taking a few deep breaths before she speaks. “Have you ever wanted something so badly that you think about it all the time? Like you almost want to wish it into being? And then when it happens you’re not sure if it’s real because it’s so perfect that it must be some kind of dream or a trick?”
“Maybe,” I frown at her.
“This is it, Jax. I wanted you for so long and wondered what it would be like to have you tell me that you love me. But more than that, I used to watch you with Matthias and wish that you were his father instead of Blake. I had this fantasy about how we would all live in a house by the beach and you would bring me coffee in bed and read bedtime stories to our kids.”
“Kids?” I arch an eyebrow at her. “As in more than one?”
“Yeah. Like six or seven,” she laughs softly.
“No way.” I shake my head. “Three. Tops.”
She smiles. “Four.”
I lean down and kiss her soft lips and she melts into me as I explore her mouth with my tongue. She tastes so sweet and I can’t wait to explore the rest of her later. This right here is everything I ever wanted and didn’t even know that I needed.
“Gross!” Matthias shouts and I pull back from her and smile.
“You really want three more of them?”
“Not yet.” She smiles. “But yeah, one day.”
“Hmm. I’ll see what I can do.” I wink at her and the smile she gives me makes me feel like the happiest man on the planet.