Second Chance Mine, page 22
Cade hugged me back, kissing the top of my head.
Baby Paige’s first birthday was the beginning of the next chapter in our lives. The one where we were all together again.
This time, Adrian Drake was…
Second chance mine.
Epilogue
Adrian
Now: Six weeks later
Ileaned close to her face, my entire body hovered above her.
“Why didn’t you tell me you owned a house in Tampa?”
“Does that make you happy?”
“Very.”
We were spending a lot of our time back home, hanging out with Cade and Hayley. It was amazing. I was living the dream with my Cherry girl.
“Why are all your homes huge it’s just you?”
“I was buying for the family I knew I’d have with you.”
I didn’t give her a chance to reply before my mouth was on hers. The passion that radiated off of me sent spasms down her body. She wrapped my arms around my neck as I pushed her further into the mattress. Our mouths never stopped devouring one another.
I growled, slipping my tongue passed her parting lips. “I love you,” I whispered in between kissing her.
“I love you, too,” she murmured, not breaking our connection.
“I’m going to tell you what’s going to happen next.”
“Oh, I like this game.”
Picking her up, I wrapped her legs around my body. Carrying her into the bathroom.
“We’re going to confirm what I already know and then…”
She pecked my lips.
“You’re going to make me the happiest man in the world and marry me.”
Her eyes watered.
“Adr—”
My mouth collided with hers again, taking everything she was giving me.
“That wasn’t a question.”
Paige
A smiley face.
Two plus signs.
Two pink lines.
One plus sign.
And then the word…
Pregnant.
Clear as day for us to read. I took six different pregnancy tests, and they all gave me the same result.
I grabbed my head. “I can’t believe this!”
He sat me on the counter and came to stand between my legs.
“You probably knocked me up probably the first time we had sex.”
“I told you, sweetheart. Do it right the first time or don’t do it at all.”
“Oh my God! You’re incorrigible.”
We both laughed.
“And you love it.”
“I do.”
“I can’t wait to see you pregnant, your belly swollen with my baby.”
I gasped as he pulled out a Tiffany jewelry box from inside his suit jacket.
“Adrian…”
“You didn’t think I’d ask you to marry me without a ring to seal the deal?” He opened the box, showing me the most beautiful princess-cut diamond. Grabbing my hand next, he slid it down my finger.
“Wow. You even got the size right.”
“I do everything right.”
“Mmm-hmm.”
I watched as he dropped to his knees to kiss my belly.
“I can’t wait to meet you.”
“Cade and Hayley are on their way over and you’re going to make me cry.”
He looked up at me as he hugged my stomach flush against his chest. I loved it when he was on his knees in front of me. It was such a submissive position for him.
I wasn’t the only one at his mercy.
And he proved it to me time and time again.
“I’m going to be a pregnant bride.”
“A beautiful bride.”
We stayed there like that until the doorbell rang.
As soon as I answered the door, Hayley shouted, “Let me see!”
My mouth dropped open, showing her my hand. “You knew?”
“Who do you think he went with?”
“You?”
“No,” Cade chimed in, walking in with baby Paige on his hip and James holding his hand. “Me.”
I smiled wide.
“I remembered which style you wanted.”
“I can’t believe you remember that, Cade.”
“You wouldn’t shut up about it for an entire summer. You even made me make a manifestation board with it.”
I teased, “If I remember correctly, I also added you passing your final in chem class and low and behold, you were the only one who had an A.” I nodded. “You’re welcome.”
Adrian came up behind me and wrapped his arm around my stomach rubbing it before he blurted, “Did you tell them you’re having my baby?”
In true Adrian Drake fashion, he wasn’t subtle.
After they congratulated us, Hayley and I started getting ideas for the wedding. We made Pinterest boards while playing with the kids. Spending the rest of the day together, we grilled out and enjoyed the warm weather.
I was adding another Pin when Hayley’s phone rang.
“Paige, can you answer that? I have to go to the bathroom.”
I grabbed her phone, seeing Haven’s name. Swiping over to answer the call, I was about to say hello, but Haven quickly spoke first, shocking the shit out of me when she asked abruptly…
“How do you make the bad boy notice you?”
The End
For Adrian and Page.
And the finale for this second chance standalones within a series.
But it’s only the beginning for my brand-new standalones within a series.
The Beckham Dynasty
Starting With:
Tempting Enemy: Releasing January 31, 2023
About:
Look but don’t touch.
Those were the rules.
And her five overprotective brothers expected everyone to follow their rules when it came to their one and only little sister.
Good luck with that.
Because if I was good at one thing— it was breaking rules.
I wasn’t just tempting the enemy…
I was playing with fire.
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