WIFE FOR HIRE
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"I did something today."
That long bubble bath was having its effect. "You're doing it now, or do you mean screaming like a madman when your daughter took that jump? Or when she won first place and you bought the entire team dinner?"
Nash grinned, bending down to nibble her neck. "I hired a chef and another housekeeper."
"I was going to get to that," she said, waving limply. Mrs. Winslow had resigned a week ago, and Hayley had barely enough time to interview a replacement.
"I called Katherine."
"Smart man."
"I did it so I could get you alone and ravish you."
"Like I said, smart man." She rolled over, pulling him down on top of her. Her hands were on him, stroking him, arousing him, and Nash didn't think there was a purer moment in his life than when Hayley made love with him.
"I love you," she said between kisses.
"Oh, darlin', that's what I live for."
He made love to her softly, slowly, but the passion rose and spread through them, burning their love deeper with every joining.
Sometime later Nash sank into the huge bed, pulling her close and kissing her again and again. "I've missed my wife." Under the sheets his hand mapped her lush figure.
"I know, and I'm taking some time off." His brows rose. "There're two new residents and we're getting another doctor at the hospital. And I deserve it."
He smiled, and she shifted half over him, her hands folded on his chest, her chin on her wrists. His brows worked. "What?"
"I'm pregnant."
A grin split his face. Then it froze at her next words.
"And it's twins." His surprise made her laugh and pop up to kiss him. "It's your chromosomes that keep doing that."
He chuckled, squeezing her, then pushed her hair off her face and gazed into her eyes. "Babies," was all he could manage.
Hayley's eyes teared up a little. He saw every moment as she did, a gift of the sweetest kind. He was a strong man, taking care of all of them and giving her more than anyone had a right to have. She loved him with every breath she took, for the man who fought to love her, who shared her burdens and her bed and brought her what she'd missed in her life, a place to belong, a family to love and a heart filled with so much joy there wasn't any room for pain.
"Good thing we have jobs, huh?"
He laughed. "Guess we need to hire a nanny, too."
"No way. That's where all the fun is. That and loving you."
His expression was poignantly tender, and he kissed her, chanting his love and how happy he was that they were going to have more Rayburns to love and he hoped they looked just like her.
With her nestled in his arms, Nash sighed, letting the news fill him and her love surround him. He could barely remember being without her, how lonely he'd been, how lost. The road was wide open now, a welcoming path for more happiness, more love, and though their life felt like a nonstop ride since they'd married.
Nash was enjoying every hectic moment. Especially when the days ended like this, his arms wrapped around his redheaded princess of River Willow.
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