Page 173 of Beyond the Badge: Crew

“Then?” he prodded.

Was he holding his breath while waiting for her answer?Damn, hereallywanted this. Wanted her. For forever.Holy shit.

Forever was a long time but she couldn’t imagine spending one minute without him. “Crew…” When she cupped his cheek, suspicion filled his eyes. He expected her to make another smart-ass comment instead of being serious. But thiswasserious. She was serious. About him. “Crew…”

His jaw tightened. “Jesus fucking Christ, Cami…”

“I choose you.”

His expression relaxed. “You’ll have to accept my kids.”

“I’m aware of that.”

“And deal with my ex being a…”

“Pain?”

“That wasn’t how I was going to describe her.”

“I know. But are you trying to talk me out of it?”

“Fuck no,” he answered. “You said you choose me, but I wanted to remind you that I come along with baggage.”

“Again, I’m aware. If I can deal with those Demons, I can deal with your ex. And your kids will come around. I’ve met them a few times now. They’re good kids at heart, they’re just being steered in the wrong direction. If they’re anything like you, they’ll figure out what’s been in front of their face the whole time.” She lifted an eyebrow to emphasize the double meaning of that last sentence.

He dropped his weight down, pressing her harder into the floor, and swept the hair away from her face. “Do you promise to love me forever? ‘Til death do us part?”

“Or until a major diaper blow out. Then I’ll have real regrets.”

“In turn, I’ll promise to hold off on shitting my pants as long as possible.”

She grinned. “Can’t ask for more than that.”

His gray eyes met hers and held. “I never thought I’d be in this position again.”

“On the floor? Will you need help getting up?”

“I need no help getting it up.”

“Don’t jinx yourself. I can live without having kids, I’m not sure I can live without your cock.”

“Since it’s attached to me, I come along with it.”

“If you must… Now, can you kiss me to seal this deal?”

“If I must…”

She lifted her head as he lowered his and when their mouths met and their tongues touched, there was something in that kiss that made her believe he would do everything in his power to make her happy for the rest of her life.

She planned on doing the same.

She came to Pittsburgh for her job, never in her wildest dreams thinking she’d fall in love. But here she was… Here they were…

Kissing on a floor in the bedroom of a house owned by his MC brother and fellow task force member.

In all these weeks she had never once been to Crew’s place. That would soon change. Though, she might need to find a place of her own until his kids accepted her in their father’s life. She was okay with not living together until her footing was solid with them. Because she had no doubt that Sasha would make a big deal when it came to Crew moving on and would use their age difference to try to cause problems.

However, they’d deal with it. Together.

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