by Harlow Layne
Removing his hand, I feel his silent laughter as he engulfs me back into his arms.
“Good night, husband.” I smile as I hear his heartbeat pick up pace for a moment, loving how much he enjoys me calling him my husband. “I love you.”
“I love you too, my sweet wife.”
With eyes closed, I start to doze in the warm embrace of the man I love when I feel him kiss the top of my head and murmur, ‘forever’.
After finding Gerald in bed with another man, I never thought I’d find love. Never in my wildest dreams did I think the clumsy intern from work would turn into the love of my life.
The man I can’t imagine being without.
My husband.
My forever.
Epilogue
Tyson
The Next Spring
I place the last of the patio furniture around the pool and look around. The backyard had been a disaster for months as we put in a pool. Technically we didn’t put the pool in. We hired a crew, even though Sadie tried to convince me that we could do the job. Maybe if she wanted the pool in about twelve years. I was flattered with her confidence in me, but she has a tendency to think projects are a lot easier than they actually are.
Since I moved in, we’d renovated the rest of the inside of the house, and once it got warm, she started with the landscaping outside. The first time I came to her house, I only noticed how nice it was, but Sadie started to point out all the things she wanted to fix. She’d hired people to do her bedroom and bathroom along with her living room, since she used those rooms the most and didn’t want to wait, but had planned to do the rest herself. We started slowly, but if we weren’t at work, or fucking, we were working on the house.
I don’t mind though. I love seeing the pride on her face as each room is finished.
The pool was the end game. Now our only plans are to lay out by the pool, soak up the sun, relax outside after work, and watch the hummingbirds as they buzz around the yard.
My first order of business is to strip her naked, go skinny dipping, and fuck her in the cool water.
“Hey, Ty,” Sadie calls from around the side of the house.
“Coming,” I call back as I make my way to her. She said she had to go get a few more things for the backyard for us to enjoy and had been gone for a few hours. While she was away, I finished setting everything up.
I stop dead in my tracks when the cutest gray puppy, its ears flopping in the wind, comes running toward me, Sadie fresh on its heels.
“Puppy, come back here,” she calls, eyes trained on the dog.
Squatting down, the large puppy runs straight into my arms and starts licking my face with abandon.
“Puppy,” she admonishes with a scowl on her face.
“Someone lose a dog?” I pick it up and cuddle it to my chest. Its gray fur is the softest thing I’ve ever felt, and damn its sad puppy eyes staring up at me. I’m instantly in love.
“Not exactly,” Sadie mumbles while biting her lower lip.
“What’s wrong?” I erase the few feet between us and pull her into my chest as best I can with the dog between us.
She smiles down at the dog with tears in her eyes, and the sight breaks my heart.
“I thought this was a good idea, but now I’m rethinking it. I should have talked to you first,” she answers cryptically.
Cupping her cheek, I smile down at her. “You know you can always talk to me.”
Nervously she smiles up at me with unsure eyes. “Even after a year it still amazes me how you’re the levelheaded one.”
“Sweet Sadie, talk to me. What’s on that gorgeous mind of yours?”
Her gaze flits around the backyard. Her lips tipping up the more she sees.
“You finished setting up. It looks great,” her voice rising in excitement. “I know I’ve been working you hard to get everything done before the weather gets too warm.”
I place my finger to her soft lips to silence her. “Stop. This is our house, and I love the vision you have for it. What’s a little work when we can enjoy it for the rest of our lives?”
“Ty,” she mouths around my finger, placing a kiss at the tip before she sucks it into her hot, wet mouth.
My dick is instantly hard.
Swirling her tongue around as if it were my cock, she lets it go with a pop.
“Thank you for being you,” she softly speaks with tears in her eyes. “Every day I’m thankful that it was you who showed up at my hotel room door.”
“What’s going on, Sadie?”
She’s starting to worry me.
“I see the way you look at the babies we pass by on our walks. The longing, and heartache.” She brushes her thumb along my bottom lip. The puppy in my arms and wedged between us, nips at her hand. “And I know we can’t have kids of our own, but I thought… well I got us… you, this dog.”
“Baby, it’s not like that. The heartache and longing you see is to see you round with my child. I wish I had known back when I was sick that one day, I’d meet you.”
Sadie slips the puppy from my arms and to the ground, wrapping me in her arms. I rest my forehead to hers. The love that I see in her eyes calms the rioting emotions ricocheting through me. Shame, guilt, acceptance, and love.
She plants both hands on my cheeks. “How were you to know?”
“I know, but I wish I had saved my sperm. Even though I didn’t have the money to store it. I wish I could give you a child of our own.”
“Ty,” she coos. “I only need you. I’ve said it before, and I want you to know that I meant it then, and I mean it now. Only you. You’re all that I need, and I hope…” she trails off, looking down.
“You’re all that I need. I promise. And if you ever change your mind, we can adopt, or find a sperm donor. Whatever you want. So,” I draw out as the puppy at our feet pulls on my shoestring.
“I got us a dog,” she smiles down sweetly at it. “I’ve been thinking about it now that the weather’s getting warmer. I’ve always wanted a dog, but as you know we could never afford anything when I was growing up. Then I saw a sign yesterday with his cute little face on it, and I couldn’t resist.”
“How could you resist? I fell in love with him the moment he jumped into my arms. It’s a boy, right?”
“Yeah,” she answers back softly.
“What’s his name?”
“He doesn’t have one yet, and I wanted to wait for you.” Sadie squats down to rub his soft head and squeals when he licks her face. “Isn’t he the cutest?” she asks with awe in her voice and stars in her eyes. “What do you want to name him?”
“You want me to name him?” I’d never named anything in my life. I don’t want the poor dog to have a shitty name all its life. “Why don’t we name him together?”
She tilts her head, looking down at the new member of our house. “He needs a strong name because he’s going to be huge.” Chewing on her bottom lip, Sadie’s hands twist together. “Is that going to be okay? I should have asked you if you even wanted a dog and then talked to you about what type you’d want.”
“Sadie,” I pull her into my arms, flush to my body, and brush my lips across hers. “He’s perfect. You’ve got nothing to worry about.”
“Good, because I already love him. He’s so sweet, and he already listens… and knows some commands.”
I love seeing her like this. So happy and hopeful.
“What about… shit this is hard. Who knew naming a dog would be so difficult?”
Certainly not me.
“Do you like Greek mythology?” she asks, scratching behind the puppy’s ears.
I shrug. “I don’t really know much about it.”
“Oh,” she nibbles her lip. “When I was in high school, we had to read Homer’s Odyssey. I loved it. Couldn’t get enough of it so I started learning more about Greek mythology. The word Titus means of the giants in Greek.”
Titus.
I like it.
“It’s perfect for him.”
“I think so. It fits him already.”
Sitting down, I pull both Sadie and Titus into my lap. “How do you think the backyard turned out?”
“Better than I imagined. It’s going to be amazing when all the flowers are blooming, and the water is warm.”
“I can’t wait to fuck you in the water. To feel it and you surrounding me,” I moan.
“Another place to christen,” she hums. I can hear the smile in her voice. Leaning her head back on my shoulder, she says, “You know, I can think of another new place that we haven’t had sex on.”
I follow her gaze over to the area where I set up the loungers.
“How about I take Titus inside and get him settled and meet you over there. I think we can make it work.”
“We always figure something out.”
Standing, she smiles down at me. “We do.”
By the time Sadie comes out of the house, I’m on the lounger waiting for her.
“Oh, I see you started without me,” she licks her lips and starts shimmying her shorts down her hips.
“I know how much you enjoy watching me touch myself,” I add.
“It gets better every time. You, naked in the sunlight, stroking your big cock is … perfection.”
Stopping in front of me, her shorts and panties slip down her toned legs and she kicks them aside.
Fuck, she’s beautiful.
I squeeze the tip of my cock when she removes her bra and starts to play with her nipples.
“My sweet Sadie, don’t tease. Get over here and ride me,” I growl.
“I thought you’d never ask.”
Straddling me, Sadie places her hands on my shoulders and slowly lowers herself until I’m seated deep inside her.
My heaven.
I trail my hands down to her hips, my mouth on her neck. I suck, lick, and bite until I have her pebbled nipple in my mouth. My tongue swirls and lashes.
“Ty,” she whimpers.
I flick my tongue over her bottom lip and then plunge deep inside. She surrenders to me. Completely. Her breasts rub against me as I help her up and down my shaft. Everything about her intoxicates me. Her scent. Her body. The way she looks at me. It all drives me wild.
I can feel her heartbeat speed up. Matching mine.
“Ty.”
The sound of my name on her lips sends a jolt of lightening straight down my spine. Her walls start to spasm around me, and she collapses on top of me as I explode inside of her.
“I told you we’d get good use of the backyard,” she pants into my neck. She sighs blissfully. “I love you, Ty.”
“And I love you.”
My forever.
“Happy Birthday, baby.”
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Acknowledgments
My family- your support means so much. Thank you for all of your encouragement and giving me the time to do what makes me happy.
Grahame Claire if it wasn’t for you this book would never have made it past the first chapter. Thank you for all your support and encouragement.
Missy thank you for coming up with the perfect name for such an adorable puppy.
To all my author friends, you know who you are. Thank you for accepting me and making me feel welcome in this amazing community.
To each and every reader, reviewer, and blog I would be nowhere without you. Thank you for taking a chance on an unknown author.
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About Harlow
Harlow Layne is an emerging contemporary romance author.
Harlow wrote fanfiction for years before she decided to write Luke and Alex’s story that had been swimming in her head for years.
When Harlow’s not writing you’ll find her online shopping on Amazon, Facebook, or Instagram or hanging out with her family and two dogs.
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