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“Anything I can do to make you fly higher?” Kade asked solemnly. He put her head on his shoulder and rocked her gently, his hold comforting and reassuring.
“Just love me,” she murmured.
“Then you can be sure you’ll always be soaring,” he answered.
Asha pulled back to look once again at the phoenix rising, and she knew Kade was right. The butterfly that couldn’t escape the cocoon was finally gone, replaced by a powerful mythological creature that would always be airborne. Right now, the phoenix was barely rising from the ashes, but with Kade’s love, it would soon be flying high for the rest of her life.
How could it not? She had married a man who had loved her and wanted to marry her when he thought she was barren, but had easily become ecstatic about the idea of having an unplanned child of their own. Kade loved her unconditionally, and that continued to amaze her each and every day.
“I love you,” she whispered as she gently kissed the strong line of his jaw. It was as if she couldn’t tell him those words enough. They’d been bottled up inside her for so long that all she wanted to do was tell him how much he meant to her every day, several times a day.
Kade held her tighter and she lowered her foot to the floor to keep her balance.
“You know what it does to me to hear you say that,” Kade growled, palming her ass.
She knew, but she told him anyway because she needed to say it and she loved the consequences.
Kade told her he loved her as he tore her clothes off and carried her to the bedroom.
They were a little late for their babysitting that night, but Sam and Maddie never said a word. Her sister took one look at Asha’s swollen lips, tousled hair, and contented smile and winked at her as she and Sam went reluctantly out the door.
Asha winked back, smiling as she flipped the lock on the door behind them.
She entered the living room to find Kade holding both babies, one in each arm, all three of them asleep. Her heart turned over as she saw the protective way he held the babies, an arm curled around each tiny body.
It wasn’t often that both of the twins slept at the same time, but Kade seemed to have the magic touch. Asha crept over to the couch and cuddled beside Kade, resting her head on his leg.
It was one of those moments when everything in her life was perfect.
She was with Kade, her nephew, and her niece.
Real family!
Asha knew she had finally found the place where she truly belonged. All her life, all she’d wanted was a real home. Finally, she realized thathomewasn’t just a place. It was a state of mind. And it washim.Life reallywasall about love, and as long as she was with Kade, she’d always be home.
~The End~
Billionaire
Undone
The Billionaire’s Obsession
Travis
Shit! I’m late. I’m late.
Alison Caldwell nearly tripped on her high heels as she vaulted up the steps of her newly purchased home, desperate to get to her second job on time. The evening before, she and her fiancé, Rick, had spent the first night in their new home celebrating, and she’d forgotten to take her clothes for her second job with her when she’d left this morning.
Thank God she was almost done with her crazy schedule, her life finally totally on track because Rick had just graduated from dental school and was set to start his first job at an already thriving practice.
“I can do this for just a little while longer,” she whispered to herself, putting her key into the door of the two-story home, a house she had financed herself because Rick’s credit wasn’t great, and even though she had been helping him through school for the last five years, he still had some significant student loans.
Her heels slipped again as she hit the foyer, the smooth stone tile making her shoes skid.Damn heels!If she didn’t have to wear the stupid things to feel taller next to her billionaire boss from Hell, her feet wouldn’t ache as badly as they did right now.
Ally yanked the offending footwear from her feet in the foyer, and climbed the carpeted stairs quickly, unbuttoning her conservative blouse and the back of her skirt as she went, to save time.
This was the way her life had been for the last few years, since she’d taken an extra job to help get Rick through school. But it would pay off. She knew it would. Her life plan was exactly the way it should be, her and Rick’s small wedding being only a little more than a month away. They rarely saw each other because of her schedule, but she knew the sacrifice would pay off. They’d needed more income, and she had provided it, even though working two jobs was nearly killing her. Very shortly, she’d have her chance to go back to school and finish her MBA. That was the plan, the agreement they’d made when it was apparent that she and Rick couldn’t both go to school at the same time. It had made sense, putting her degree off first. Rick would make more money than she could right out of school, and her job at Harrison Corporation paid well for a woman who hadn’t actually finished her MBA. Unfortunately, keeping her position there came with a price; she actually had to work for Travis Harrison.