‘Wake up, angel, we’re home,’ I whispered, as I kissed her forehead.
‘Already?’ she gasped.
‘Yes,’ I chuckled. ‘You slept the whole way back.’ I took her hand and helped her out of the car, thanking Matt before he disappeared back up the drive. ‘So, what would you like to do to celebrate?’ I purred, a million different things running through my mind, all of which ended with me inside her again.
‘I think you know exactly what I’d like, Mr. Steel. It’s been far too long,’ she replied.
‘It’s only been five hours and it’s late,’ I warned. ‘You know the ramifications of doing it at this time of night.’
‘I know, but how can you resist?’ she asked, her big blue eyes pleading with me as she looked up at me through her lashes. I had no fucking chance when she looked at me like that, especially not today, not when we’d hit the pinnacle of our careers and she’d given me one of the best bits of news of my life. Every highlight of my life involved my angel.
‘On your head be it, don’t say I didn’t warn you,’ I chuckled with a resigned sigh. She clapped and grabbed my hand, virtually skipping up the stairs with me laughing behind. She put a finger to her lips as we approached the bedroom door, carefully opened it and we tiptoed in, over to the cot in the corner. I swallowed a lump in my throat as we looked down at our perfect son, fast asleep on his back with his thumb in his mouth.
‘He’s so handsome,’ she sighed, as she leaned in and brushed a lock of dark hair off his forehead. ‘I think he’s going to be even better looking than you.’
‘Don’t talk rubbish,’ I scoffed, as I stood behind her and put my arms around her waist, gently cradling her pregnant stomach with my palms. I kissed the side of her neck as we just watched him. It really was a risk coming in to see him, sometimes he woke up and it was hell getting him to go back down again. He loved attention and when he was awake, he needed it on him every damn second. I thought I’d cried hard as Summer had looked up at me the day she said our wedding vows. She’d looked simply breath taking that day, we’d had a simple ceremony under a gazebo out on our beach, with our family and friends joining us. It had been a magical day, one I’d never forget, followed by a blissful two weeks on our own on a private Caribbean island, owned by Dan. I’d cried even harder the day she told me she was expecting for the first time. I’d never been so scared as when she was in that delivery room, screaming. I’d felt so fucking helpless and I’d nearly ripped a chunk of my hair out from tugging it nervously. ‘O shit,’ I uttered, as his light grey eyes suddenly opened and he looked straight at me. ‘There goes hot sex for the night, I bloody warned you.’
‘He’s the only one I’d give up hot sex with you for, Lucas. Hello, darling,’ Summer cooed as he broke into a smile and chortled as he called for me. He was a real Daddy’s boy.
‘Don’t talk to him, he may go back to sleep,’ I warned, then groaned as he held his chubby arms up for me to pick him up. That was it, he was wide awake now. I couldn’t stay cross for long, much as I wanted sex with Summer, much as I always wanted sex with Summer, my ten month old son was just as good at fulfilling a need in me and melting my heart. I reached down and picked him up, giving a kiss on one cheek, as Summer kissed the top of his head. ‘Hello Logan Steel,’ I chuckled. ‘It’s way past your bedtime, but given that Mummy and Daddy just hit a serious home run, I guess you can come and celebrate with us. I would say let’s go down and open a bottle of Champagne, but I’m thinking a hot chocolate might be more in order for her as Mummy has a little brother or sister for you in her tummy.’
‘Will you mind what I have?’ she asked, as she rested her head on my shoulder.
‘I think I’d like a girl, someone for little Logan to look after, but all I care about is that my family is happy and healthy, angel. Nothing else matters. What about you?’
‘I’d love a girl too, though another gorgeous little fellow like this would make me smile just as much.’
‘You realise we could be spawning a whole new generation of Oscar winners. The Steels are going to take over the world.’
‘As long as they don’t follow in their father’s former dubious career footsteps, I’ll be proud no matter what they do. I’ll go and tell Daisy she can go as we’re home early,’ she replied. Daisy was our nanny who lived in one of the guesthouses and took over when Summer was working, or when we went out, which was frequently with the appearances we had to make. More often than I’d like, I missed Logan while we were away from him. I kissed his neck, making him giggle.
‘Dada,’ he moaned, as he put his head on my other shoulder. Sod the Oscar, this was what made me happy, my son’s head on one shoulder, my wife’s on the other. I’d never been more content in my life.
‘Summer?’
‘Yes?’
‘You’ve made me so happy with your news, angel. I love you.’
‘I love you too, Lucas. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you before, I had such a difficult pregnancy first time around I wanted to get past the risky stage so you wouldn’t panic. I’ll see you downstairs.’ She kissed Logan who giggled and put his arms around her neck for a quick cuddle before she disappeared. I kissed his chubby cheek and sighed.
‘Don’t you listen to your mother, son. You’ve got to do whatever feels right for you, and trust me when I tell you this, even if you fall off the tracks like I did, when you met the girl of your dreams she’ll soon put you back on the right ones. I’m not proud of what I did, but by sleeping with all those women, feeling nothing, it only made me realise how special your mother was. She’s the love of my life and one day you’ll find yours. It doesn’t matter how you meet, just when you do, you listen to those butterflies in your stomach, the feel of your palms sweating, the racing of your heart, the rapid swelling of your cock and that dry mouth you’ll get as you look into her eyes and realise that she’s everything you’ve ever been searching for. She’ll be the one that makes it possible for you to breathe, that makes life worth living every single second of your life moving forward. She’ll bring you indescribable joy. When you find her, I need you to promise me that you’ll make it your life’s mission to make her yours. Never give up, Logan, because one day, you’ll be standing right where I am, with the most incredible, kind hearted, loving and giving wife and mother at your side, and I promise you that there’s no better place, or feeling, in the whole wide world. The fact that she’s seriously hot as well doesn’t hurt.’
‘I can hear you on the baby monitor, you old romantic you,’ came her voice, making me laugh.
‘Less of the old thank you, you sound like James. Anyway, I have nothing to hide from you, angel, I’m transparent when it comes to my love for you, my boy and now our new baby.’ I headed downstairs to find her sitting with her feet up on the sofa, the bi-fold doors pulled back as she gazed out at the dark ocean and thousands of stars. I went to sit beside her, handing Logan over to settle on her lap, his head of dark hair nestling again her chest. It physically hurt my heart to see them together. I sat next to her, putting my arm around her shoulder and kissing her temple.
‘Thank you,’ she whispered, as she rested her head on my chest.
‘For what, angel? Impregnating you with my sperm of steel again?’
‘No,’ she giggled. ‘Though they don’t seem to need much encouragement to bond with my eggs do they? I meant for being you, for falling in love with me all those years ago and for making me so happy. My life is just perfect. I can’t think of a single thing that I’d change or wish for. You’ve fulfilled every single one of my fantasies, Mr. Steel.’
‘It’s what I do, angel,’ I replied, feeling those damn butterflies roving, as my heart soared at the thought that I’d made her that happy, as happy as she made me. ‘But instead of being your fantasy for the night, we’ll be each other’s for life.’
‘It seems Logan Steele is back in business, because that’s one booking I’m definitely making,’ she smiled as she looked up at me, adoration all over her fa
ce. I kissed her soft lips and sighed happily. This was right where I wanted to be, with my beautiful pregnant wife looking at me like her world started and ended with me, and our gorgeous son on her lap.
‘Booking accepted, but I’d better warn you with a for life booking, there’ll be exponentially increasing amounts of emotional attachment, insane levels of physical contact during the event and while I’m prepared to accept alternative methods of payment, waiving the cash clause just for you, angel, the no refund clause most definitely still stands, because Lucas Logan Steel never fails to perform.’
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Playlist
Rude Boy ~ Rhianna
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Story of My Life ~ One Direction
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Yours ~ Ella Henderson
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Uptown Funk ~ Mark Ronson (Feat. Bruno Mars)
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Tusk ~ Fleetwood Mac
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Bonus Trivia
The inspiration for the character of Logan Steele came from Matt Bomer’s portrayal of Neal Caffrey in the US TV series White Collar. I wanted to capture that dapper, suave, quick witted, intelligent and charming character in Logan.
If you check the reflection in Logan Steele’s glasses on the front cover of each book, they all have a different picture inside.
I only planned for Summer to appear in Virgin for the Night, then the last book, Actor for the Night. But having written Virgin and realising how great their chemistry was, I had to rethink the idea, to try and minimise Logan continuing to have sex with other women while she was on his mind. Filthy was really the catalyst for the start of Logan’s development. I went as far as I was willing to go, cringing occasionally while writing some of the scenes, to really show the reader his distaste and the start of his change of heart as he began to fall in love with his angel.
The colour of the titles were chosen for a specific reason, before I’d even written any of the books. I have a bad habit of having my cover designer work on a cover when the book is still only an idea in my head! Here was my reasoning for my choices:
Strangers
Red for passionate heat of a one night stand.
Virgin
Green for naivety given it was Summer’s first time.
Filthy
Blue for … well, the title it says it all!
Ménage
Pink was chosen as it was originally going to be a female/male/female ménage, but I ended up writing a male/female/male one instead. I’ve not yet written any girl-girl scenes, though that may be something I consider in a future book.
Sophisticated
Purple for royalty, as I was going to write a tale of Logan and his client being in the royal box at the opera house.
Biker
Orange to match the colour of the stripe in his motorbike leathers and on the motorbike itself.
Dominant
Silver for the handcuffs and hooks on the St. Andrew’s Cross.
Actor
Gold for the Oscars they won at the end.
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