Page 85 of Cowboy Stole My Heart
Chapter 24
MIAstretched out beside Sam, smiling when his hand settled over her stomach. It was only slightly rounded, but when she’d pushed her arms up her pajama top had ridden up and exposed her bare skin.
She smiled when he pulled her back against him, nestling into his body. She’d been so tired when they’d arrived home, exhausted from the events of the day, that they’d collapsed into bed and with Sam beside her, she’d fallen fast asleep. Now, she was more than aware of the fact they were in bed together, that he’d spent an entire night with her, yet they both still had their clothes on.
Sam moved down the bed and bent low, pressing a slow, warm kiss to her stomach.
“I can’t believe we have a baby growing in here,” he murmured, kissing her again.
Mia pushed into him, toes flexed against his leg, arms circling around him. “I know.”
He held her, stroking her face, his fingers crossing her cheek. “Were you ever going to tell me?” he asked.
She nodded. “Eventually. I never would have kept your child from you, but until the other day, until I knew…”
“Shhh,” he whispered, moving closer, his thumb brushing her lips. “I know. I sent us both to hell and back, you don’t need to explain anything.”
She ran her hands down his back, liking the fact that he was at least bare-chested.
“I’m sorry, for everything,” he said, mouth close to hers as he spoke. “You opened up to me and instead of listening to you and admitting how I felt, I screwed up.”
“Yeah, you did,” she said as the sun slithered across them, the blinds still open from the day before. “You have a lot of making up to do.”
He laughed, softly, making her smile. “Yesterday I asked you a question, one you gave the wrong answer to.”
“Uh-huh,” she answered, leaning in, nose touching his.
“I need to know what I have to do to get you to change your answer,” he said.
She laughed, touching her lips to his. “I’m not marrying you just because you knocked me up.”
Sam kissed her back, took his time, mouth slow before finally pulling back. “Yeah, that’s the only reason I asked you, guess you figured that one out,” he said dryly.
She giggled when his fingers slipped down her flesh and dipped into the waistband of her pajama bottoms. “Sam!”
“What, don’t tell me we can’t mess around until—”
Mia slipped her hand into his boxers, making him groan, laughing when he cupped her butt. “Oh, we can doplentyof messing around,” she whispered.
She smiled against his lips when he kissed her, loving his touch, happy to be back in his arms again.
“I missed you,” she whispered. “I really, really missed you.”
His eyes glinted, the first time she’d ever seen him look so vulnerable. “I missed you too,” he whispered back. “And you will never, ever have to ask me to stay over with you again. I’m here, for good.”
“Good,” she replied. “Because I might just never let you go.”
