Epilogue
Emily
One Month Later
Chris’s eyes locked onto mine as he buried himself deep inside.
“One more, baby. Give me one more,” he said.
My hot pussy pulsed, wrapped around his cock as he thrust into me.
I clutched onto his back as his name slid from my lips, giving him what we both wanted.
Sexy, masculine groans and grunts escaped him as he followed me over the edge of bliss.
Our breathing was heavy, but we were both grinning.
“That’s got to be one of the perks of being your own boss,” Chris said, kissing my bare shoulder.
I hooked my leg over his naked body and sighed, supremely content and still reeling from the four orgasms that raced through my body.
“I’m pretty sure I left claw marks.”
“Don’t care. It was worth it.”
“I wish you didn’t have to go back to work,” I pouted.
“Baby, if I could get paid to make love to you all day, I would.”
“I wish I could afford you,” I said, laughing.
“So, my skills are top-notch, huh?”
“Oh, honey, they’re better than top-notch.” Noticing the time, I scooted off him. “You better get going.”
After groaning, he looked my way. “You are so beautiful, Emily. You know that?”
“I’ll never get tired of seeing you look at me like you do.”
“Four more hours. I can make it four more hours,” he said, talking more to himself than me. He took another look at me. “How about I pick Hudson up? We’ll come back here and have family night.”
“At my house?”
He shrugged. “Why not? You’ve been coming over to my place every night. Seems fair we come to you for a change.” He must have sensed what I was thinking as I chewed my lip, contemplating the word family and what it meant.
“Em, baby? Family isn’t about where you’re at. It’s about who you’re with.”
The tender, sweet words reached into the deepest recesses of my heart. “You’re right,” I said.
“Good.” He kissed my nose.
“Would you mind? I mean, would it be okay if I picked Hudson up from camp?”
Since it was summer and Chris had to work during the day, he’d enrolled Hudson in the summer enrichment program offered at his new school. Chris thought it would be good for him to get to know some of the kids he’d be going to school with before the new year started.
“I didn’t want to freak you out by moving too soon, but I already added your name to the list of family members who could pick him up.”
“You did? When?” This was the second time in a matter of seconds that Chris made my heart soar.
“Around the time you told me you loved me.”
This man made me swoon more than I thought possible.
“You think he’ll be okay sleeping here?”
“I don’t anticipate any problems. He’ll have the dogs. And unlike me, he doesn’t have a bad back. I’m sure he won’t have a problem sleeping on the couch.”
“It’ll be like a slumber party,” I said, thinking Moose and Rufus would enjoy a night at home with their friends.
“Do you want to cook dinner, go out, or order in?” he asked.
“I don’t know. I’ll ask Hudson what he wants to do when I pick him up. I’ll take the boys with me.”
“He’ll love that.”
On the days I could, I brought Luke to my classes with Moose and Rufus. When I had private lessons, I left all three at my place so they could be together—a true fur-family .
I sat on the edge of my bed while he got dressed. After he kissed me goodbye for the third time, I tidied up and got ready.
“Come on, boys,” I said when I’d cleaned up any evidence of my nooner with Chris. I sent a quick text to Cassie of a clock with its hands at twelve o’clock.
Moose, Rufus, and Luke’s heads cocked in curiosity at my cackle of laughter. I showed the meme Cassie responded with. It was a little girl doing a happy dance. “You’d get it if you were human,” I told them.
With another laugh, I bounded out the front door with the dogs in tow. Moose, alpha that he was, claimed the front seat. Luke and Rufus climbed in the back.
As I drove with the windows down, all three dogs hung their heads out the window.
“We’re going to get our boy,” I said to them.
Luke barked like he understood what I said.
We waited for fifteen minutes after I pulled up to Hudson’s school. I was so nervous about being late, but it didn’t matter. My chest went tight when the kids started exiting the front gate.
I hopped out of my truck, eager to greet him. I saw him from a distance and took a few steps forward, not caring in the slightest that I might be in the other parents’ way.
Hudson spotted me and waved. My chest tightened again, flip-flopping like an animated frog from his favorite cartoon. I waved, totally incapable of fighting my smile, as he ran to me.
He skidded to a stop, then wrapped his arms around me. An indescribable sensation of comfort and fulfillment spread from head to toe.
In this little boy’s arms, I was finally complete.
Moose and Rufus would always be my fur babies.
Now I had Luke, too.
Hudson’s bright smile made me feel special, and all at once, I realized I mattered as much to him as he did to me.
Taking his backpack, I opened the back door so he could climb up with Rufus and Luke. After he buckled in, he gave me a thumbs-up and one more smile. We chit-chatted about his day and the night ahead the entire ride back to my house.
The instant Hudson bounded up the front steps like he belonged here, I knew nothing would make me happier than having him and Chris in my life. Chris and Hudson changed me in ways I never expected.
I got everything I ever wanted when I didn’t expect it. Sometimes, life surprised me. I took a moment to enjoy watching Hudson color at my coffee table while my dogs and Luke relaxed next to him.
I never thought fate would work in my favor. I fell in love with a single dad. Then, I fell in love with his son. Life would never be the same without them.
Picking up a crayon, I scooched in between Hudson and Luke so I could color with him.
He grinned up at me, and my smile grew bigger.
Sitting with Hudson, waiting for his dad to come over, and knowing I’d never have to go another day without them was the best feeling in the world.
The dogs’ ears perked up, letting me know Chris had arrived.
“Your dad’s here,” I said.
He jumped up and held out his hand for me.
“Hey, you two,” Chris said when Hudson and I greeted him at the front door.
He wrapped his arms around us. Moose, Rufus, and Luke completed our circle. I looked at each one of them and sighed.
In this group of guys, I finally found my home.
In this group of guys, I finally found my family.