that loving you would somehow change me and it has.” Running her thumb over his bottom lip, she smiled. “For the better. I can stop being scared that I’m going to wake up some day and think that I gave up everything I love just to satisfy you because I realize I’m so much stronger than that. I’m not my mother.”
“And I’m not your father.”
She cocked her head. “That was never my fear. I was scared that I would give up who I am because I thought that’s what you wanted, not necessarily because you remind me of him. I kept panicking because I’d feel so much love hit me just staring at you that it’d make my head spin for a minute and the intensity of that is what frightened me. When you love a person the way I love you it’s mind boggling because you realize you’d do almost anything just to get them to keep on loving you in return. I didn’t wanna repeat the cycle.”
He pulled her closer and hugged her tight. “I love you without conditions, batimentos cardíacos.”
She pulled back and looked up at him. “You never did tell me what that means.”
Giving her a lopsided grin, he placed her hand over his heart and whispered, “Heartbeat. It means heartbeat.”
The backs of her eyes burned and she had to blink a few times to stave off the tears that had gathered. Unable to say anything else, she just whispered back, “Marry me?”
Sweet Seduction
Three years later…
“Felix, we’re supposed to be cutting the cake,” Paige panted against her husband’s chest as his strong hands ran down her sides to grip her ass and pull her tighter to him.
“I have the sweet I want right here.” He sucked her earlobe between his lips and tugged, causing her thighs to clench.
“Oh that’s just nasty. Respect the fresh pastries people!” A voice called from the kitchen doorway.
Paige looked over Felix’s shoulder to see Lena making a beeline for the cake. She wasn’t surprised since her friend had an obsession with anything that came from Sweet Temptations. Lena had even managed to invite the owner Bianca Halima and her family along with Archer’s friend Victory Graham. Then there was Dexter Franklin who Archer also knew along with his wife and children.
The amount of kids everyone had was damn hard to keep up with but somehow Paige had managed. She was keeping a particularly close eye on the one they called Bailey. There was something a little…off in the way that girl stared at everyone. Laughing, Paige managed to pry her husband’s hands off of her and got out of his grasp. “We were just about to cut it, honest.”
Lena’s brows winged. “Lies.”
Paige snorted as two more women came through the swinging doors. “The kids are getting mighty cranky, and I don’t know if anybody but me noticed, but that Liam’s a screamer,” Brianna Halima—Bianca’s older sister announced.
“I noticed it, being that I live with it every day.” Lena sighed.
Brianna gave Lena a pat on the head along with a pitying look. “And we feel so sorry for you.”
“Considering the fact that my children are in the process of plotting to take over the world, I have no sympathy for others,” Bianca stated.
They all stopped talking long enough to stare over at Felix who happened to be the lone male in the room at the moment. Paige wanted to yell for him to run and never look back but she had a feeling they’d just chase him down and hog tie him like they’d apparently done Victory years ago. That story had been an…interesting one.
“Uh…I’m just gonna see what Archer is up to on the grill.” Then he did run, leaving Paige with the crazy females who seemed nice enough when they weren’t slap fighting or insulting one another.
“There’s something about the males in Damon and being able to wear a pair of Levi’s…” Bianca murmured, staring at Felix as he made his escape.
Paige threw a dish cloth at her. “Eyes off my man’s bits or the cake won’t be all that’s
“And I’m not your father.”
She cocked her head. “That was never my fear. I was scared that I would give up who I am because I thought that’s what you wanted, not necessarily because you remind me of him. I kept panicking because I’d feel so much love hit me just staring at you that it’d make my head spin for a minute and the intensity of that is what frightened me. When you love a person the way I love you it’s mind boggling because you realize you’d do almost anything just to get them to keep on loving you in return. I didn’t wanna repeat the cycle.”
He pulled her closer and hugged her tight. “I love you without conditions, batimentos cardíacos.”
She pulled back and looked up at him. “You never did tell me what that means.”
Giving her a lopsided grin, he placed her hand over his heart and whispered, “Heartbeat. It means heartbeat.”
The backs of her eyes burned and she had to blink a few times to stave off the tears that had gathered. Unable to say anything else, she just whispered back, “Marry me?”
Sweet Seduction
Three years later…
“Felix, we’re supposed to be cutting the cake,” Paige panted against her husband’s chest as his strong hands ran down her sides to grip her ass and pull her tighter to him.
“I have the sweet I want right here.” He sucked her earlobe between his lips and tugged, causing her thighs to clench.
“Oh that’s just nasty. Respect the fresh pastries people!” A voice called from the kitchen doorway.
Paige looked over Felix’s shoulder to see Lena making a beeline for the cake. She wasn’t surprised since her friend had an obsession with anything that came from Sweet Temptations. Lena had even managed to invite the owner Bianca Halima and her family along with Archer’s friend Victory Graham. Then there was Dexter Franklin who Archer also knew along with his wife and children.
The amount of kids everyone had was damn hard to keep up with but somehow Paige had managed. She was keeping a particularly close eye on the one they called Bailey. There was something a little…off in the way that girl stared at everyone. Laughing, Paige managed to pry her husband’s hands off of her and got out of his grasp. “We were just about to cut it, honest.”
Lena’s brows winged. “Lies.”
Paige snorted as two more women came through the swinging doors. “The kids are getting mighty cranky, and I don’t know if anybody but me noticed, but that Liam’s a screamer,” Brianna Halima—Bianca’s older sister announced.
“I noticed it, being that I live with it every day.” Lena sighed.
Brianna gave Lena a pat on the head along with a pitying look. “And we feel so sorry for you.”
“Considering the fact that my children are in the process of plotting to take over the world, I have no sympathy for others,” Bianca stated.
They all stopped talking long enough to stare over at Felix who happened to be the lone male in the room at the moment. Paige wanted to yell for him to run and never look back but she had a feeling they’d just chase him down and hog tie him like they’d apparently done Victory years ago. That story had been an…interesting one.
“Uh…I’m just gonna see what Archer is up to on the grill.” Then he did run, leaving Paige with the crazy females who seemed nice enough when they weren’t slap fighting or insulting one another.
“There’s something about the males in Damon and being able to wear a pair of Levi’s…” Bianca murmured, staring at Felix as he made his escape.
Paige threw a dish cloth at her. “Eyes off my man’s bits or the cake won’t be all that’s
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