Page 28 of Until Presley (Happily Ever Alpha World)
PRESLEY
OVER A YEAR LATER
“ H appy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear Mathias, happy birthday.” Everyone sings as I hold my son on my lap.
His chubby little hands grab for the cake, and he giggles.
My heart soars as I look up at my husband, who is standing over the top of us.
He leans down and kisses the top of my head and then Mathias.
Glancing around the room, I can’t believe how far we’ve come.
Everyone we love is here. Walker, Hanna, and their kids.
Flo and all my family too. I smile at Clara, who is doing really well and trying to move on with her life.
She finally completed her college degree and is working on becoming a counselor.
She wants to help people to stop bullying.
“Can I hold my grandson?” my father asks, and I hand him his little buddy. My father and Thea are permanent residents of Key West, just like I am.
I completed my doctorate in May, and I’m working at the research facility full time with my own undergrad students as assistants.
I still focus on sharks and dolphins, but lately, I’ve been studying the effects of climate change on bull shark breeding.
My family is my priority, though. I make sure my son knows I’ll always be there for him.
I watch my husband as he moves around the room, keeping an eye on our son and then the rest of us.
It took a long time for Ham to relax his diligence in watching over me and our family.
Even to this day, he has me message him several times a day.
I finally got tired of it, and we are both seeing a counselor to process everything we went through.
I’ve been working on standing up for myself and letting my father know how I feel.
Ham stops what he’s doing and turns to look at me as if he knows I’m watching him. Until Ham, I didn’t trust and didn’t know what I needed in my life. I was dancing through life without any attachments.
He walks over to me and pulls me into his arms, holding me close to his heart.
“Love you, sprite,” he says against the top of my head.
When he leans down a bit more to my ear, he kisses me just below it.
“I’m going to fuck my next baby into you tonight.
You told me when Matty turned one, you’d consider having another baby. ”
My whole body shivers, and I press my thighs together. On a sigh, I lean up and whisper in his ear. “I want another one of your babies, Hamilton.” He groans and pulls my back to his chest, where I can feel his erection pressing into me. I chuckle and lean back into him.
“I love you, husband.” I look up, and he leans down to kiss me softly on the lips. Nothing prepared me for him, but I’m so glad I blew him a kiss that day.