“Thank you. And I’m sure she’ll love it,” Ainsleigh told him while she held her arm out to see if he wanted to hold Olivia.
Like she even had to ask. I was shocked he hadn’t taken her right out of Ainsleigh’s arms.
“Let’s go make everyone mad when they see I got to hold you first,” he spoke softly as he took Olivia out of our room and into the living room where everyone was patiently waiting to see her.
“How did we know you’d get your hands on her first?” Lillian joked.
“Because I’m the favorite uncle,” he retorted.
“I doubt she can tell you that at one day old,” Leo said from across the room.
Brooks stood and let Ainsleigh sit down in his seat, and he took a spot beside her on the floor at her feet.
“She’ll tell me that soon enough,” Holden replied as he took a seat in the recliner that we’d gotten just before the baby was born.
For the next few hours, everyone enjoyed holding Olivia and passing her around. Lillian took the liberty to cook and made a huge pot of spaghetti for dinner. As soon as the kitchen was cleaned up, she took over and shooed everyone out of the house. Holden tried to fight, but she gave him that motherly glare, and he zipped his lips, tucked his tail between his legs, and left. Aspen and Dylan made sure Ainsleigh had everything she needed for the baby before they went to their room to retire for the night.
Ainsleigh went to take a shower after I’d gotten mine, and I laid down in our bed with a sleeping Olivia on my chest. I’d learned in just the last day that she preferred skin on skin contact and listening to mine and Ainsleigh’s heartbeats. I also learned that she didn’t really like to be bundled up unless she was tired. Laying the blanket on her was just fine.
About fifteen minutes later, Ainsleigh came into the room dressed in a nightgown and had a brush in her hand. She finished brushing her hair before she climbed into bed and rested her head on my shoulder.
“She’s so perfect, isn’t she?” she asked as she ran the tips of her fingers across her blonde hair. Now that she was cleaned up, her hair was the color of her mother’s.
“Just like her momma,” I replied as I patted Olivia on the back when she started to stir.
“She’s getting hungry,” Ainsleigh said as she took her from me and unsnapped the strap on her nightgown. The baby nuzzled into her and found what she was looking for almost instantly and latched on.
Seeing the love of my life feeding our daughter was the most beautiful sight in the world. I picked up my phone and snapped a picture of them. Ainsleigh was rubbing her finger down Olivia’s cheek not even paying attention to me. Love shown on her face as she looked down at our daughter. I couldn’t love her any more than I did in this moment. We’d gone through hell and back when we lost Arabella, but now we’d gotten the gift of Olivia and life was perfect. I’d protect them and love them until the day I died.
“I love you, beautiful,” I said to her as I held back tears of happiness.
“I love you too,” she replied immediately.
“And I love you too, Livvy,” I whispered, bending down to kiss her on top of her head.
“Thank you,” I said as I looked up into her eyes.
“For what?”
“For her. For loving me. For being my wife. For spending forever with me. For giving me everything I’ve always wanted,” I told her.
“You’re not allowed to say those things to me and expect me not to cry. I’m still hormonal.” She wiped the tears that fell from her eyes away from her face.
“Thank you for fighting for me. For continuing to love me when I didn’t even love me. For wanting to be my husband. For giving me our daughters,” she replied through more shed tears.
I wiped them all away and kissed the tip of her nose.
All was finally right in our world. We’d miss our little girl for the rest of our lives. But I was thankful that I hadn’t given up on her. Thankful that I fought for the love of my life until she saw reason. Thankful that we’d been given the blessing of our little girl.
NOTE FOR READERS
Thank you so much for reading Bring Me Back Here. I hope you enjoyed Gentry and Ainsleigh’s story. I’d love it if you could take a moment to write a short line or two and review the book on any of the retail sites as well as Goodreads and/or Bookbub.
X oxo,
A manda
SNEAK PEAK
My next release, The Right Mistake, is coming to an ereader near you on October 25, 2018. It’s a sexy, single dad romance you won’t want to miss. You can preorder now exclusively on iBooks or add the book to your TBR. I’ve included the blurb below.
The Right Mistake Blurb
My life consisted of perfect structure.
A job I loved-Check.
An apartment I adored-Double Check.
Friends who tried to get me to take a walk on the wild side-Triple Check.
When my best friend announced her destination bachelorette party, I knew I was in trouble. I could handle just about anything she threw my way.
But Vegas.
I knew there was no way I could handle the city that never slept.
And boy was I right.
One night of planned fun turned into the night that would upend the perfectly structured life I’d built.
What could possibly go wrong when you mix gambling, shots of whiskey, and a giving your engaged friend an example of how a wedding should go?
Everything.
What happened in Vegas didn’t stay there. He came home right along with me.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A.M. Guilliams is a romantic suspense and women’s fiction author who currently resides in Virginia with her husband, three children, and fur babies. Books, flip flops, coffee, chocolate, The Walking Dead, and Chicago Fire are just a few of her obsessions. Her love of books began with novels by Stephen King, Mary Higgins Clark, and the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe. When she’s not writing, you can find her down by the river with her family, curled up on the couch with a good book, or watching her favorite movies and television shows.
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Note For Readers
Sneak Peak
About the Author
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