She moaned into my mouth, growing tighter with every thrust we made against one another. “Where do you want it, sweetheart?” I whispered, nearing the edge.
“Where it belongs.” Her response had my cock jerking inside her, about to blow.
My fingers tangled in her hair, our foreheads pressed together. Her every exhale was my inhale, and I’d never felt more connected to someone in my life. Tess moved faster, her movements becoming jerky. “Levi,” she whimpered, her thighs shaking.
“I know, babygirl,” I cooed, running my hands all over her. “Come with me.”
She came with a shrill cry against my lips, her body quaking on top of mine and dragging me with her. I groaned low and deep, spilling inside her. My back met the ground, and she collapsed on top of me, both of us breathing hard.
I stared at the ceiling, trailing my fingers up and down Tess’s spine. “That was good,” she murmured contentedly, breaking the silence.
She shook on top of me from my sharp laugh. “Good? Try euphoric.”
She propped her chin on her hands, looking up at me with a knowing smile. “That too.” I grunted as she got off me to lie beside me. “I think I’m a fan of floor sex.”
My brows raised a fraction. “That right?”
Her fingers walked up my chest, and she nodded. “Mhm.”
I took her hand, bringing it to my mouth. “Noted,” I replied with a smirk.
She propped herself up on her elbow, her hair slipping over her shoulder to the floor. “You really are the greatest thing to ever happen to me.”
My heart skipped a beat, my chest flooding with that light of hers. “Me too, sweetheart.”
I held her close, the future playing out in my mind, the anxiety I felt over the unknown nowhere to be found. All I felt was contentment. Pure, complete contentment. And for the first time since we talked in the park, there wasn’t one piece of me that didn’t hope she was pregnant right now. I was self-aware enough to know that it was insane to feel that way, but I did. I wanted our little family of Hollises?—
I sat up quickly and blurted, “I want to adopt Luke.”
Tess’s mouth popped open, her eyes wide. “What?”
“I want to adopt him.” She sat up slowly, still staring at me with that concerned look. I placed my hand over my heart. “He’s my son here and always will be, no matter what, but I want us all to have the same last name. You, me, Luke,”—I reached for her stomach and she gasped, staring down at my hand—“and whoever comes next. We’re already a family, and we don’t need a piece of paper to say that, but I want him to know that I’m proud to be the dad he chose—honored—and that I choose him too.”
“You want to adopt Luke.”
“Yes.”
Tess’s breathing quickened, her eyes becoming glossy. “Are you sure?”
“Yes. A thousand percent yes.”
Tess’s hand covered mine where it rested on her stomach, her chin trembling beneath her smile. “He’s going to lose it when you tell him,” she whispered.
I grinned, a part of me wishing he were here now so I could ask him if it was okay. I was tempted to call Anna or Joseph, but it was too late now, and I knew he’d be asleep.
“Luke Hollis,” Tess said, and something clicked in place in my chest. A missing piece I hadn’t even realized was missing until she’d said it. “It sounds good, strong.”
I swallowed past the lump in my throat and nodded. “Just like him.”
And for the first time in my life, everything felt exactly where it was meant to be.
The family I’d always wanted. My forever.
Epilogue
DELILAH
The sun was scorching today, and my nerves were fucking shot. But I didn’t have time to think about my issues because I had to deal with fixing someone else’s in five minutes.
