“My god, I love you so much, princess.”

“Josh…”

I moved up, and while lying on top of her, I put my hands on each side of her face, and I just looked at her.

“I just want to lie like this for hours.” I softly kissed everywhere on her face.

She let out a giggle. “We have three hours before your parents bring Libby and Will home.”

“I can work with that.” I kissed her lips so tenderly. “I just want to be with you…always. I look at you, and sometimes, I just want to cry because I love you so much. I’d never do anything to hurt you, princess.”

She smiled, and I saw a tear slide down the side of her face.

I slowly entered her body as I kissed her. I reached under her and grabbed her ass as I moved and kissed her neck. She moved her hands up and down my back.

“I love you, Josh. Oh god, I love you so much.”

“God, you feel so good,” I whispered into her ear.

“Josh…yes…oh god…it feels like heaven.”

I made sweet, slow, passionate love to her.

She grabbed on to my ass and pulled me deeper into her as she started to say my name. “Josh, I’m…oh god…”

I moved faster and harder as she kept along with me. My heart slammed in my chest when she moved her lips to my ear and whispered, “Josh, I love you so much.”

“Oh god, Heather. I’m going to come, baby. Fuck…it feels so good.”

I didn’t move for a good minute as she gently ran her fingertips up and down my back. We didn’t need to say a word to each other. I’d never felt so alive in my life.

I’d do anything for her. I’d move any mountain and swim across any ocean just to be with her. I’d lay down my life for her.

I walked out onto the back porch and handed Heather a glass of sweet tea. She had her hair pulled up in a ponytail, and she was wearing one of my old T-shirts with a pair of my sweatpants. She was swimming in a sea of clothes, and she looked sexy as hell.

“Thank you,” she said.

I sat down and looked out into the yard. I started drawing a mental picture of the swing set I wanted to build for the kids.

“I’ve never been so happy in my life,” Heather said as she turned to me.

I looked at her and smiled. “I feel the same way, princess. I just wish we had more afternoons like this,” I said with a wink.

She threw her head back and laughed. “God…it’s finally getting a little bit easier…or I’m just getting the hang of this whole parenting thing.”

I nodded as I glanced back at her. She was breathtaking, and I really couldn’t believe she was mine. The first moment I put my eyes on her, I’d known she was the one. When those blue eyes looked into mine, I’d known that was it. I would never be with anyone but her.

She smirked at me and tilted her head. “What are you thinking about?”

“The first time I ever saw you. You walked in with Ari, Ells, and Amanda, and my heart dropped in my stomach. Something about you just took my breath away. I’d waited so long for someone to have that effect on me, and there you were—the perfect picture of innocence mixed with the perfect amount of sexy.” I let out a little laugh as I shook my head. “And it scared the fuck out of me.”

She laughed and raised her eyebrows. “Same here. I just had to look into your eyes, and I knew I was in trouble. Gunner even walked up to me that night and told me to be careful with you.”

I shook my head. “That fucker.”

Heather laughed as she grabbed my hand, and when I felt that familiar jolt of electricity, I smiled.

Still. She still has the same effect on me.

“Love at first sight?” Heather asked.

I leaned over and barely put my lips to hers. “Yes…love at first sight, and a love that will forever and always remain faithful.”

“Always,” she said.

When she kissed me, I could practically feel her love pouring into my body.

I pulled away from her lips and gazed into her eyes. “How much more time do we have?”

She slowly let a smile play across her face. “Thirty minutes…maybe forty if they don’t come back early.”

I grabbed her tea and set it down on the table. I stood up as I took her hand in mine. “Perfect. Time to get our naughty on, Mrs. Hayes. My wife asked to be fucked, and I intend on doing exactly that.” I watched the blush move up her cheeks.

We were both lying in bed, panting for air.

I rolled over and looked at her. “Mrs. Hayes, have you been well-fucked?” I asked as I watched her chest moving up and down.

She laughed as she nodded. “Yes! Yes, I have. Can I just say that was awesome? I, um…I’d like to do that kind of play more often.” Her cheeks flooded with pink.

I reached over and untied her hands from the back of the bed. I slid her panties down her chest, and then I reached with my other hand and rubbed her wrists.

“I’m going to have to agree with you. That was pretty fucking awesome. I’ve dreamed of tying you up and having my way with you for way too long now.”

“Hmm…I love you, baby.” She rolled over and kissed me. When she pulled away, she hid her face in my chest. “I can’t believe we just did that!” she said with a giggle.

She looked over at the clock and jumped up. “Oh my god! They’re due back any minute, Josh!”

I sat there and watched her stumble out of bed. She ran over to the dresser to get clothes. I’d never in my life seen anyone move so fast. She glanced up at me and smiled.

“I think I’m going to have to talk my mom and dad into moving here.”

She stopped, looked at me, and then gave me a bigger smile, like she knew something I didn’t.

Then, I heard the doorbell ring.

“Shit, get dressed, or they’ll know!”

I let out a laugh as I jumped up and grabbed her. I swung her around and then kissed the shit out of her. I pulled away and winked at her. “Princess, I’m pretty sure they already know what we’ve been up to.”

When she looked down and away, I used my finger to pull her chin back toward me. “I love you, Heather. God, I love you more than anything.”

“I love you, too, Josh.” She smiled. “I have two surprises for you. One, you’re about to get, and the other, you’ll get during our next alone time.”

Ah hell…she can’t do that to me.

She got up, quickly threw on some clothes, and started to head downstairs.

“What’s for next time?” I called out after her.

She laughed as I heard her running down the stairs.

I quickly pulled on my shorts and a T-shirt as I looked at the picture of us at Enchanted Rock. I smiled as I felt a complete sense of peace wash over my entire body.

“Yep. I’ll always love and protect her. Forever.”

I promise you…

I quickly made my way to the back door and unlocked it. When I opened it up, I smiled at Greg and Liz. They were each carrying a baby, and Elizabeth had the biggest smile on her face.

I instantly felt my face flush. Oh god. What if they ever found out their son tied me up and made such passionate love to me?

As Elizabeth walked by, she stopped and looked at me. Then, she gave me the biggest smile I’d ever seen.

“Oh…I’ve known that feeling before,” she said with a wink.

“What feeling?”

“If that flush on your cheeks says anything, I’m going to safely assume my son makes you very happy…very happy indeed.”

“Oh. My. God. Elizabeth! You did not just say that?”

She threw her head back and laughed. “Oh, the hell I didn’t.”

Josh walked into the kitchen and immediately took Will out of Greg’s arms. “My big boy! Did you have fun with Grammy and Gramps?”

“He sure did. He also slept the whole time,” Greg said with a smile.