“I’m suddenly craving ice cream.” He pats his flat stomach. “I think we might have to go for round two.”
Sophie chokes on her spit and glares at him. I chuckle. “What do you think kids, are you up for more?”
“More!” They yell excitedly.
Sophie snorts something under her breath, then thanks her parents before we all head out. We all get ice cream and the moan Sophie gives when she eats her triple chocolate monstrosity is so damn hot, that I have to give myself brain freeze just to ignore it.
“Soon,” Roman tells me with a nod.
Sophie looks between us. “Are you two excited to spend time with Aunt Valerie soon?”
“Yes!” Link says. “Uncle Hunter says he’s going to teach me tricks.”
“Oh no.” Sophie says. “No tricks, only fun.”
“Mommy, snow!” Cora points out the window.
There’s the snow, right there. I bounce Cora in my lap and kiss the top of her head. “We’ll have a whole lot of snow to play in soon.”
“Snow men?”
“And snow angels, princess.” I peek at Sophie. “Even though Mommy already is an angel.”
Cora giggles and Sophie looks over at us. I wink at her and she blushes an adorable shade of red. She has no idea what she’s in store for this Christmas. We have so much to do for her, with her.
She deserves the best and she’s going to get it. Nothing else distracting us from this relationship and more importantly, our family. Roman rubs Link’s hair and whispers something in his ear that makes him laugh.
It’s all about the kids right now, but once they’re with Valerie, Sophie is all ours and I’m not going to be wasting a second of potential debauchery. Not when Sophie’s in the picture.
16
SOPHIA
“Sophie, what are you doing out here?” Nick asks when I find him on the balcony painting.
I slide my arms around him from behind and look at what he’s working on – the city in plenty of sunset color despite the snow falling. I kiss his shoulder. “It looks amazing, Nick.”
“You’re too sweet to me.”
“I’m being serious. It’s beautiful.” I kiss his neck again. “How is your first Monday off?”
“Don’t use the word yet. I’m not ready to be reti ... done.” He chuckles. “It’ll make me feel old.”
“You’re not old,” I assure him.
Nick turns so he can drape his coat around me. “What brings you out here tonight?”
“You. Link’s been asking for you. He doesn’t believe that you stayed home all day with me,” I purr.
“So I’m a pawn to convince our son you’re telling the truth.”
“That, and it’s been more than two hours since I’ve kissed you. You can’t expect me to live under those horrible conditions!”
Nick’s smile spreads over his face as he dips me back and kisses me hungrily. Even after he stands me up, we keep kissing, touching, and enjoying each other.
I’m still wrapping my head around the idea of actually having all of my husbands all the time. That last time we had that for more than a long weekend, it was on our honeymoon, and considering we’re about to have four children, I have a sneaking suspicion that things will be plenty different from what they were in Paris.
Nick’s tongue strokes across mine, dragging me back to the present. I tighten my hold on his neck, giving him my total and complete attention as I enjoy every trick he shows me, and every eager moan that builds between us.