Page 67 of Midnight Legacy

A hint of a smile touched his lips. “I had a pond expert build this and remove the fish. Do you have any idea what that involves?” he demanded. “Those fish cost more to move than a first-class ticket to the other side of the world.”

“We had them all named,” I replied. “That one over there looks like Molly. Although there are more of them than there used to be.”

“Well,” he drawled. “When mummy fish and daddy fish love each other very much…”

I nudged him in the stomach and grinned up at him. “I think I know how this story goes,” I replied, holding my stomach which had decided to start to show. None of my previous clothes fitted me and I spent most of my days in yoga pants.

“Did you love daddy fish very much?” he teased.

“Maybe… I think it was the way he was able to work that tail of his.”

Xavier laughed and tugged me into his side as we walked back to the house. I’d given up asking how his days were because he refused to talk about what happened when he left here. I had images of burning fires filled with bodies in my head.

“Is Lucrezia coming with your uncle?”

“No idea,” Xavier replied. “Ash is driving me fucking nuts at the moment. One minute he’s asking about her and the next he’s fucking himself into oblivion with any woman he comes across. He’s a sexual Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”

“Is that a thing?” I asked. “Maybe he could give me a demonstration.”

Xavier growled and pinned me to the wall of the house, his body caging me in. I loved it when he went into full possessive mode. “We agreed that mine was the only dick that would sink into your body.”

My hips tilted up, my leg snaring around his ass. “You taught me that dicks are not always required—”

He cut me off with his lips crashing into mine. It was his way of ending an argument and I never revealed to him that sometimes I provoked him so that he’d kiss me senseless. I moaned into his mouth, my arms struggling for freedom so that I would slip them around his neck and hold him there for the rest of our lives. Some women wanted foreplay, but I loved kissing and Xavier knew how to make your knees tremble with that mouth of his.

“Someone’s pushing for an attitude adjustment,” he muttered, those lips smirking against mine.

“Need me to bend over and present my ass?”

“Minx,” he murmured.

Only ever for him.

His lips continued to drug me, his tongue silencing every question I had. His hands released my wrists to travel down my back so that he could cup my ass and lift me so he could devour me.

Tyres crunching up the driveway made him finally break away, his thumb caressing over my swollen bottom lip. “We’ll finish this later,” he promised in that low, husky tone that made my panties wet.

Lucas Black stepped out of a large, black SUV. “Sorry I’m early, but I have it on good authority you’ll need me here before tomorrow,” he announced.

“Fuck!” Xavier groaned. “What next?”

“Looks like you boys have been creating mischief and now people aren’t happy.” Lucas grinned with apparent delight. “The proprietors of Dragon’s Hoard are furious since you beat up half their staff and opened a box that has been highly sought after for years.”

Xavier matched his uncle’s grin and engulfed him in a hug. “You taught us to take what we want and not back down.”

“Indeed, and I am very proud of all three of you. Every day you grant me happiness.” He turned his attention to me. “And how is my grandbaby growing?”

I couldn’t help but think that it wouldn’t matter which of the three men was becoming a father, Lucas Black would claim all the grandbabies as his…

I turned sideward to show off my bump. “None of my clothes fit me anymore!”

“Then they are growing well, no?”

Lucrezia climbed out of the car and I felt fat and frumpy in comparison. The woman was drop-dead gorgeous with her huge brown eyes and glossy black hair that fell down her back to nearly her ass. No wonder she had Ash tied in knots. Her sister Catarina followed, her almost black gaze running over our home.

“Why don’t we all go in and I’ll make tea?” I said. “The women can eat cakes and gossip, and the men can devise their war strategies.”

Xavier threw his arm across my shoulders as we wandered in.

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