by Jill Blake
Logan’s sister Angie was likewise happy to help out. Despite what seemed like a personal aversion to what she called “domestic drudgery,” she loved playing auntie to Eva’s boys. And she’d hinted often enough to Grace that she’d welcome the chance to do the same for Grace and Logan’s rug-rats, once they got around to having them.
Angie and Eva’s mother, Denise, who had long ago “adopted” Logan into the family fold, was more subtle about it. But last Christmas she did manage to drop into the conversation how much she missed having a newborn to cuddle, now that Eva’s youngest was fully motorized and too busy toddling after his older brother to have much patience for his grandmother’s hugs.
As the discussion flowed around her, Grace slipped her hand into Logan’s and squeezed. Sometimes she still had trouble believing how lucky she was. She might have taken a detour along the way, but eventually she’d gotten everything she had ever wanted: love and family, as well as a fulfilling career.
And now, thanks to Logan’s powers of persuasion and perseverance, they were about to embark on the next big adventure of their lives.
She rested a hand on her barely discernible bump. So far, knock wood, it had been an easy pregnancy. A little nausea, a little fatigue, and that was it. Good thing, too, since she and Logan weren’t planning on sharing the news until after her first ultrasound confirmed that everything was okay. They’d already had one early miscarriage a few months ago, and were keeping their fingers crossed.
Her appointment wasn’t for another several days, but today she’d had one of the clinic ob/gyn’s do an unofficial scan. Two heartbeats. No wonder she was beginning to show so early.
She finished setting the table and was in the process of pulling on a silky empire-waist dress when she heard the door open.
Logan planted a kiss on the back of her neck and wrapped his arms around her waist. A warm palm settled on her belly. “How are my two favorite girls doing?”
She leaned back against him and smiled. “How do you know it’s a girl?”
He nipped her earlobe. “Gut feeling.”
“What if it turns out to be a boy?”
“A boy is a good start,” he said. “But we’ll have to keep trying until we get it right.”
She laughed and turned in the circle of his arms to give him a full-on, no-holds-barred kiss. When they finally came up for air, he cupped her buttocks and lifted, setting her down on the surface of the nearby vanity.
“Dinner’s almost ready,” she protested.
He drew up the hem of her dress until it was rucked about her hips and stepped between her spread legs. Burying his nose in the crook of her neck, he breathed her in. “You smell good.”
She dropped her head back to give him greater access. “It’s the eggplant.”
“No,” he said, pressing against her core. “It’s you.”
The oven timer went off just then, and they both groaned.
He kissed her once more before stepping back and helping her down to the floor.
“Wash up,” she said. “I’ll meet you in the kitchen.”
“How about you turn off the oven and I’ll meet you back here?”
She hooked a finger through the belt loop of his jeans. “You’re not hungry?”
“Not for food,” he growled.
“Okay.” She let go and danced out of his reach. “Be right back.”
In the kitchen, she grabbed a couple oven mitts and pulled the eggplant rolls from the oven. Dinner could wait. So could her news. At least until after she and Logan had some quality time together.
She took a last look around the kitchen and shut off the light.
Yes, she’d miss this place. But she couldn’t deny her excitement at the thought of what lay ahead.
Logan and her. In a new house. With twins.
Even a few years ago, she wouldn’t have been able to imagine such a thing.
Who knew that life could turn out to be so good?
~The End~
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Coming Home (The Santa Monica Trilogy, Book 2)
First Kindle Edition, October 2014
Copyright © 2014 by Jill Blake
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