Part 13 (1/2)

”Hey Gavin, you there?” Trevor asked.

”Um, yeah, s.h.i.+t, sorry. I was uh...” I tried to come up with something. I only came up empty as I looked back to find her smoothing lotion over her legs. She sat on the edge of the bed with her legs slightly parted. I could see her red panties, and it was somewhat distracting.

”I'm pretty sure I don't want to know what's got ya distracted. Penny told me that your girl called the office. I was supposed to call you when I got a chance,” he stated.

I turned my back to Maria, because there was no way to focus while continuing to watch her.

”I'm gonna need your help. Remember me telling you about Mikey?” I asked him.

”Yeah, sure, the little boy you met at that restaurant, the one who lost his parents,” he replied.

Trevor had been my friend since grade school. He knew that I had been adopted and stood by my side when others found ways to make it all into a joke.

”I'm just gonna lay it out for ya. I'm twenty-eight years old, and I wasted seven years of my life with someone I never should have been with.” I took in a deep breath.

”I was lucky enough to have a second chance. Maria is my second chance. I have no doubt about it. I asked her to move in with me, and one day I will ask her to marry me.” He silently listened to me. Trevor knew me well, so he knew I wasn't one to jump. If I was saying this, it was because I had no doubts.

”I want ya to help me adopt Mikey. I need him in my life. I love that kid; he belongs with me. I believe it with all my heart,” I stated.

I turned around to find Maria leaning against the wall just next to the kitchen. She looked back at me with nothing but love.

I wondered how long she had been standing there and how much of the conversation she had heard.

”Gavin, I need to be honest with you,” Trevor began. ”Because you are a recently divorced single man, it's gonna be hard. Agencies tend to look down upon those things.” He took a deep breath. ”You know that I will do everything I can to help you make this happen. Let me make some calls tomorrow, and I'll call you in the evening to let you know what our first step needs to be.”

”Thanks, Trev. I'll do whatever it takes,” I rea.s.sured him.

I hung up the phone and looked up into the eyes of my future wife. She has honestly captured me so intensely that I can barely believe it. The love I feel for her is overwhelming.

”Come here.” I tapped on the spot in the center of my chest-the place where she would always rest her head just above my heart, the place I believed now was meant just for her. ”Right here, baby.”

Maria placed her hand on my chest, resting her cheek just beside it. I pulled her in close, wrapping my arms around her body. She fit within my arms perfectly.

We stood in this position, as I rocked from side to side with my hand gliding over the silk material that covered her back.

”Trevor's gonna start working on it,” I told her. ”He'll call me tomorrow.”

Running my hands up through her hair, I softly tugged. She lifted her head and our eyes met. I smiled down at her and she returned one that melted my heart. I lowered my lips to hers. I kissed her softly at first, slowly allowing it to build to something more.

I lowered my hands back down her body, cupping her a.s.s. ”If I'm not mistaken, I'm pretty sure there is a matching pair of panties below this nightie.” Finding the edge of her nightie, I began lifting it higher. ”I think I need a closer look.”

She smiled against my lips and parted her legs just a little. I took it as an invite and ran my fingers over the seam. Her arousal soaked her panties, and I groaned with that knowledge. I didn't pause, but continued along the path of her panties at the seam of her leg. Allowing my finger to slip just beneath the edge, I found her ready.

The moment my finger slid into her from behind, her head fell backwards. Her neck was completely exposed, and I skimmed my lips over her throat, biting gently before soothing it with my tongue.

I loved the sounds that this action caused in her. It was one of the most arousing things I have ever heard.

Slowly kneeling before her, I parted her legs further. Lifting her leg, I placed it over my shoulder. Pulling her panties to the side, I looked up to find her looking down at me. Her pure, l.u.s.t-filled eyes begged me to continue.

The moment my tongue connected with her, she moaned loudly. ”Yes,” she said. ”Mm, so good.”

As I slid my finger back into her, she gripped my shoulders tightly for support. Within seconds, she was lost to the pleasure, her hips rocking against my hand.

”Oh, my G.o.d. Yes,” she hollered as her body shook.

I quickly scooped her up and carried her to the bed. Removing my pants in record speed, I grabbed a condom from the nightstand. The moment I entered her, my toes curled with pleasure.

”Home, you're my home.” I rea.s.sured her as I pumped my hips. ”I love you so much, baby.”

Her eyes locked onto mine, as she held my face in her hands. ”I love you too.

We were lost in the feelings of love and pleasure. This woman held my heart in her hands and had the ability to destroy me, but I just knew she wouldn't. I trusted Maria more than I had ever trusted anyone before.

Chapter Twenty-Seven.

”I've got so many things to do, Kori. I want to shampoo the carpets and paint Rhett's old room. No offense, girl, but it still looks like a nursery. Mikey is eight, so I'm pretty sure he isn't into the cute tiny tractors on the wall.”

I stood just outside our bedroom listening to Maria talk to Kori on the phone. She was in a state of frenzy over the impending home visit.

The case manager a.s.signed to us would be here to do a home evaluation. Maria had been running ragged around the house, cleaning and organizing. She was a nervous wreck, and I couldn't help finding the entire thing adorable.

”I'm so worried about something not being right. What if they deny Gavin because of something I did, or didn't do? Maybe I shouldn't be living here right now. What if that messes things up for him?”

That comment made my heart feel as if it had dropped. I stepped into the bedroom and glared at her.

”Uh, Kor,” she spoke more quietly the phone. ”I have an unhappy cowboy giving me the stink eye. I better go offer him some sort of kinky favor to get out of this one.”

She laughed at something Kori said before saying a quick goodbye.

I stood there in the doorway, crossing my arms over my chest and continuing to glare at her for even thinking she shouldn't be here.

”Stop glaring at me like that. It only makes me want to jump you,” Maria said, attempting to make light of the moment.

”Your cute, smarta.s.s comments aren't working this time. What do you mean, maybe you shouldn't be living here?” I stared at her without a smile crossing my face. It bothered me that she thought she needed to leave.

”I just don't want to be the one who ruins this. I am so scared that I will hinder their choice to let you adopt Mikey. I couldn't live with that, Gavin,” she explained.

I approached the bed and sat down next to her. ”This is your home, our home. Baby, we've been going through all kinds of things for the last two and a half weeks. There isn't a d.a.m.n thing they've requested that you haven't pa.s.sed with flying colors.”

I slipped from the bed and knelt before her. Taking her hand in mine, I lifted it to my lips and kissed each knuckle, before looking back at her. ”You are my future, Maria. You, Mikey and the children we will one day have.”

Her smile lit up my world-right then in that moment she held my heart.