As her climax started to wane, he lifted her off of him, laying her down on the seat and coming over her.
She wrapped her legs around his waist when he slid back in, groaning when his thick flesh stroked her still-sensitive nerves.
Alex reached down to rub her clit as he moved faster and harder inside her. This time, he was determined to come with her.
He flew over the cliff a split second before she did.
“Fuck, Charley. Sweetheart. So good. So goddamn good.”
The two of them remained connected, struggling to catch their breath for a few minutes, laughing when Billy made his way over to them, licking both of their faces, as Bonnie tried to hop onto Alex’s back.
“You still sure you want to have kids immediately?” she asked when Alex pulled out, trying to fasten his pants as the puppies barked, fighting to get on his lap.
Once he was put back together, Alex reached for Bonnie, his big hands making her look tiny as he petted her. She settled down on his lap and actually closed her eyes.
Alex was going to be an amazing dad.
Charley hoped they had a little girl first.
“I’m sure.”
She pulled on her own clothing and reached for Billy, who—like his sister—lay down and fell asleep on her lap.
Alex reached over and took her hand, lifting it and kissing her fingertips.
She caught sight of the rings on her finger. Alex lifted his left hand to show he was still wearing his wedding band as well.
“I haven’t taken it off since I got back to Baltimore,” he said. “I love you.”
Charley smiled. “You’re getting pretty good at saying that.”
“I’m never going to stop saying it either.”
“So what’s the plan now?”
“Immediately or long term?”
“Long term,” she clarified.
“That’s simple. We go back to Wisconsin in a few days and let our families fuss over us. Then, since I’m on my break, I’ll go on your book tour with you.”
“You’d really do that?”
“I want to be where you are.”
She felt the same way. “You know, I can write books anywhere…including Baltimore.”
He smiled. “Or maybe even on the road with a bunch of smelly hockey players?”
“Even there.”
Epilogue
Alex held the cup over his head, looking across the ice for her.
He smiled when he found her.
She, Colm, and Padraig were standing rink-side, jumping up and down and cheering like crazy.
He wasn’t sure, but it looked like Charley was wiping away tears.
Alex was a little worried about her jumping like that. She was two weeks away from the due date, and her poor belly was so stretched, she looked like a balloon about to pop.
Not that he felt a single speck of guilt over that.
She was having his baby.
A little girl.
And they’d just won the Stanley Cup.
Life didn’t get any better than this.
Alex posed for more pictures, countless photos with his teammates, surrounded by a huge crowd of news crews, each jockeying for a better position, a better shot.
He glanced at Charley again and their eyes met.
This time, she looked a little less happy.
In fact, she looked like she was in pain.
She crinkled her nose when she caught him looking.
“Water broke,” she mouthed.
Alex handed the Stanley Cup to his nearest teammate and started skating back to the bench.
“Where are you going?” several reporters yelled.
“My wife is having a baby!”
Suddenly, there were a million more questions being shouted in his direction, and he caught sight of Colm and Padraig, helping Charley make her way to him, even as some of the cameras that had been pointed at the team turned toward her.
What a difference a year made.
Last year, he’d sworn off love and marriage and dogs and children, believing happiness was found in an unencumbered life.
And he’d truly believed nothing in the world could top winning the Stanley Cup.
Charley had proved him wrong.
On all counts.
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Virginia native Mari Carr is a New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller of contemporary sexy romance novels. With over two million copies of her books sold, Mari was the winner of the Romance Writers of America’s Passionate Plume for her novella, Erotic Research.
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