“Pleeease,” he says.
And I have to admit I’m a bit curious too.
I see Gavin look in the rearview mirror at me and I give him an inquisitive look. He knows I’m curious too.
“Promise to get all A’s this year?”
“Promise,” Oisin says. “Same as last year.”
“Remember, your word means everything where we come from,” Gavin says. “If you say you’re going to do something you do it…no ifs, ands, or butts.”
“Always,” Oisin says.
Gavin pauses. “Okay then. Your Aunt Emma is performing tonight. We’re going to go see her play.”
“Yay!” Oisin says.
“Boston Pops don’t perform this time of year,” I say.
After Gavin’s last fight Grady drove right over to Emma’s house and told her how he truly felt. How he didn’t want to live another day without her.
And since that day they haven’t. They got engaged and Grady moved back to Boston from Florida.
And he and Emma gave our kids two cousins to play with whenever they want.
And not long after they got engaged Emma got a call out of the blue from the conductor of the Boston Pops looking for a principal harpist.
Emma was over the moon, as we all were.
Just when she was ready to give up her dream of being an accomplished musician she gets the call of a lifetime. Years and years of playing gigs here and there for peanuts and her dream is fulfilled with one phone call.
But I know it wasn’t one phone call…it was two.
Gavin never said anything but I saw that conductor a month later at the gym in passing. I just caught a glimpse of him and then double-checked on the sign-in sheet. He’d scribbled his surname so it was illegible but the first name and the face matched.
Gavin had called in a favor for his best buddy’s wife and never said a word about it.
Which brought more than one tear to my eye.
Gavin brings so much into all our lives.
Happiness. Support. Confidence building. Security. Protectiveness.
And lately he keeps bringing up the idea that we should have another baby.
But I know how things work with us. One baby always leads to two, not that I have any objections to that…or that Gavin has one single objection to the body of a woman that’s fourteen years older than when he first fell in love with her, and four kids later.
He can barely keep his hands off me to this day.
Including now.
He gets the G-wagon to cruising speed and puts his hand in-between the front seats and into the back placing it on my lap.
I place my hand in his as he interlocks his fingers in mine.
“Dad, is it safe to drive with one hand?” Oisin asks.
“Definitely not,” Gavin says. “And I shouldn’t do it.”
“Then why do you, dad?”
“I could tell you because we’re at cruising speed and I know the road up here. It’s straight and there’s not a car in sight…but that’s my logical explanation, but you want the real reason right?”
“Yes,” Oisin says waiting with baited breath.
“I can’t put it in words, son, but one day you’ll meet a woman that you love so much you’ll never want to take your hands off her. And you’ll want to start a family with her just like your mom and I did. It will consume every thought you have and when it happens you’ll wonder how you ever thought of anything else. How you ever survived without her.”
“Are you sure, dad?”
“One hundred percent.”
“Girls my age have cooties.”
“I want a cookie!” Ciara suddenly says.
“I thought you were asleep already,” I say.
“Not if there are cookies,” she says and we all laugh…except for her.
“What’s so funny? Why are you laughing at me?”
“We’re laughing with you, sweetheart. You’re funny.”
“With me?”
“Always, baby girl. One for all and all for one. We’re all in this together. Always.”
Ciara reaches her hand over from her car seat and places it on top of mine, and then all our other children do the same.
Feeling the power of all our hands stacked there on top of each other sends a chill down my spine and fills my heart with love.
And it’s only possible because of him. It’s all because of him…my possessive Irishman.
“Can I have a cookie now?” Ciara asks and this time we all laugh together.
A MAN WHO KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS
Book 1: Baby Lust
Book 2: Veteran
Book 3: Built
Book 4: Bambino
Book 5: Rescued
Book 6: Leader
Book 7: Professor
Book 8: Burned
Book 9: Worldly
Book 10: Pistol
Book 11: Policed
Book 12: Driven
Book 13: Lucky 13
Book 14: Lumberjacked
Book 15: Protector
Book 16: Carpenter
Book 17: Italian Stallion
Book 18: Gardener
Book 19: Budapest Billionaire’s Virgin
Book 20: Billionaire’s Babysitter
Book 21: Cocky CFO
Book 22: Fireman’s Filthy 4th
Book 23: Mechanic
Book 24: SEAL’s Secret
Book 25: Police, Pooch, and Smooch
Book 26: Fireman’s Fake Fiancée
Book 27: Billionaire’s Virgin Ballerina
Book 28: Bitcoin Billionaire’s Babysitter
Book 29: Veterans Day Daddy
Book 30: Cowboy’s Christmas Carol
Book 31: Police Officer’s Princess
Book 32: Statham
Book 33: Bodyguard
Book 34: Greek God
Book 35: Billionaire Single Dad's Babysitter
Book 36: Mountain Man
Book 37: SEAL’s Justice
Book 38: Royal Romance
Book 39: Doctor Mountain Man’s Special Delivery
Book 40: Crocodile Dan D
Book 41: Mountain Man’s Secret Baby
Book 42: Doctor Bad Boy’s Secret Baby
Book 43: Cop’s Babysitter
Book 44: Nanny for the Cop Next Door
Book 45: Small Town SEAL’s Saving Grace
Book 46: Cop’s Fake Fiancée
Book 47: Billionaire’s Nanny
Book 48: Cowboy’s Babysitter
Book 49: Steamy
Book 50: Brother’s Best Friend
Book 51: Possessive Professor
Book 52: Firefighter’s Babysitter
Book 53: Soldier’s Secret Baby
Book 54: Ward’s Independence Day
Book 55: Doctor Next Door
Book 56: Possessive Policeman
Book 57: Coached by the MMA Fighter
Book 58: Boss’s Babysitter
Book 59: Virgin in New York
Book 60: Rock Star’s Baby
Book 61: Possessive Protector
Book 62: Possessive Australian
Book 63: Best Friend’s Brother
Book 64: Possessive Cowboy
Book 65: Summer Romanced
Book 66: Possessive Prince
Book 67: Lovers’s Enemy
Book 68: Cop’s Best Friend
Book 69: Possessive Firefighter
Book 70: Football Next Door
Book 71: Doctor December
Book 72: Possessive Canadian
Book 73: Blue Collar Billionaire
Book 74: Possessive K-9 Cop
Book 75: Possessive Brazilian
Book 76: Hockey Obsession
Book 77: Possessive Boston Irish American MMA Fighter
Book 78: Halloween Next Door
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