With that response, Cora and Link offer us each candy. Cora whispers something to Link and they both nod before offering me the biggest candy bars they got from my parents. I stare at them. “Don’t you want it?”
Link touches my belly. “The babies want it more.”
That ruins me. I cry and squeeze them both. “You two are perfect. I love you so much.”
“Mommy! Crushing me!” Cora gasps.
I let them go and we end up splitting the candy bars. Even with a sugar high, after a few laps around the house, they’re laying down and watching a Halloween movie. I wipe my eyes and lie against Gunner.
He kisses my forehead. “We have good kids, sweets.”
“Amazing kids,” I correct him.
“Considering we have a wonderful wife, I think that’s expected.” Nick winks at me.
God, I love my husbands. Roman picks Cora up when she reaches out to him. He lays back as they watch the TV together. Link notices his sister has a better spot and immediately goes to Holden. He lays his head on Holden’s lap and Holden immediately starts running his fingers through Link’s hair.
I melt against Gunner and kiss his neck. “We have the best family, Gun.”
He rubs my back. “I couldn’t have hoped for better, sweets.”
Kissing him fully, I stroke his sides. “I love what we’ve built. All of us.”
Nick nods and rubs my thigh. “And soon we’re going to have even more.”
“Ready for more sleepless nights?” I tease.
Of course, we’re going to handle it like we always have, but I can’t imagine just having one partner through all this. Babies are hard work. They’re wonderful and delightful and every laugh is pure magic, but I know why so many couples have trouble.
Babies are a real test and we’re going to be tested again. Tested with twins with two young kids as well. There is going to be plenty for us to do, but a big part of me can’t wait. I’ll have my husbands home all the time. No work to worry about, just constant love, and constant togetherness.
I love it. I love the idea of us having so many more opportunities to make memories that we’ll hold onto forever.
“Sweetheart,” Holden says gently. I lift my eyes to look up at him and he motions to Link asleep on his lap. “I can’t wait to get to do this every night.”
“All our laps will be full,” Nick agrees.
“Well, then where will I sit?” I pout.
The guys chuckle and Gunner kisses me. “I think you know that youalwayshave four options.”
I snuggle closer to him and whisper in his ear. “With or without clothes?”
“Yup. I’m stealing our wife. Goodnight,” Gunner says, trying to pull me away with him. He sits back down when I don’t move. “Really sweets?”
“I want to bask in this moment just a little longer. Our two babies as happy as can be, all of us here, together.”
Gunner eases back in next to me and hugs me tightly, kissing my temple. “You are going to have so many of these moments, Sophie. So many you won’t be able to count them.”
I smile at the thought. “Let’s get as many on camera as we can, Gun.”
He kisses me fully, hungrily. I hear a camera snap a picture, but I don’t care what it’s of, or what’s happening. I just want to melt into my husband’s touch and the overwhelming peace that softens every worry on my mind.
11
ROMAN
The weeks pass and even knowing Sophie is pregnant with my babies doesn’t make it any easier to keep my hands to myself. The guys are packing up the office now – a monumental task – but Sophie and I are alone in mid-November and the kids are down for a nap.