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“How could I forget the day I added another mouth to feed?”

He chuckled. “Well, when I got to your house, I found you and the kids attempting to give Happy a bath in the backyard. You guys were a mess trying to keep Happy still long enough to shampoo and rinse his hair, but you were laughing so hard at his antics. When you said hi to me, your smile was beautiful. Your eyes were bright. Your hair was wet and clinging to your face. Your clothes were molding to your sexy body. And it hit me. How much I love you.”

“The morning you were at my house when I finished a shift at the hospital. You’d made breakfast, and after the kids went to school, you sat with me on the couch and rubbed my feet. That was it for me. When I realized I love you.”

He kissed her, hard and fast but with all of his love behind it. He pulled away and relished the dazed look in her eyes.

“So how soon do you think we can slip out of here? As much as I love our friends, I have a strong desire to be alone with you.”

He grinned. “Soon, baby. Very soon.”

And they sealed their promise and their love with another soul-searing kiss.

Kat watched Zane and Bridget with a tired smile and failed to notice her husband coming to join her at the table.

“Think they’ll be next?” Tristin said even as he studied his wife closely.

Kat shrugged. “Probably. I think it’s getting pretty serious. I hope he doesn’t blow it. I like Bridget, and those kids are pretty awesome to be around.”

“Ours will be too.”

Her smile deepened, and her hand rested on her stomach, slightly round with pregnancy but not enough to be noticeable yet. It would be a matter of time though.

“When do we want to tell them?” Tristin asked as if reading her mind. “I mean they’re investigators, so we can’t hide it from them forever.”

She rolled her eyes. “I’m having twins, Tryst. In another few weeks, I won’t be able to hide it from anyone. I’m going to look like I swallowed a beach ball.”

He chuckled and dropped a kiss to her cheek. “You’ll be beautiful. And I’m ready to have a celebration of our own.”

She leaned against him, and his arms came around her as they watched the dance floor.

“We’ll wait until Syd and Panther get back from their honeymoon. I like keeping this between us for the time being. It’s fun having a secret that’s just ours.”

“If that’s the way you want it, sweetheart, I won’t spoil it. It’s getting harder to keep the secret though.”

“In due time, my love.”

After a few minutes, he kissed the top of her head. “Want to dance?”

She shook her head. “No. I want to stay right here, like this, and watch our family. We’re lucky, you know. Our babies will grow up with all of these people in their lives, loving them and protecting them.”

“Yes, we are.”

When he started Knight Security and Investigation, he did so with a vision for his company. But now that vision had grown from a business to a family. It was more than he ever hoped for, and he was anxious to see what the future held for all of them.