The Single Dad (The Dalton Family, #3)

by Marni Mann

“That was months ago, I assume. Yet you waited until now to show up. Why? I don’t fucking get it.” I took in the baby’s face, those chunky cheeks and plump, heart-shaped lips. “Why didn’t you tell me the second you found out you were pregnant, Rebecca? Why didn’t you tell me once you went to the doctor and had it confirmed? You’ve had forty weeks”—I sucked in some air—“forty goddamn weeks—and you’re here now? After?”

Lol been there

I immediately reacted, cupping my arms beneath her, taking the weight of this small, precious bundle, holding her so carefully that I didn’t wake her.

Gentle at least

“Hey, hey,” I whispered into her face. The heat from her crying thick like steam. “I know you don’t know my voice or the feel of my arms, but I’m going to tell you something.” I pressed my lips against her forehead, breathing her in, her scent so clean and powdery. “I’m never going to let anything happen to you.” I held my lips there, my eyes closing, my heart pounding away. “I promise.”

Sweet daddy

“Do you know what I see when I look at him?” “I can’t wait to hear this.” She squeezed my shoulder. “Handcuffs. Dirty sex. Waking up in the morning with his face between your legs.” She lowered her voice, finally whispering, “That man has dominance written all over him.”

Shes probably right

“What I’m thinking about is your mouth.” He ran his thumb over my bottom lip and then the top. “What it would taste like. What it would feel like.” His gaze was there, on the spot he was speaking about, making those same lips part. “And I don’t know how much longer I can wait to find out.”

Slick Ford, slick

“Do you want to know what I want to hear?” I waited for that question to set in. “The orgasm that’s soon going to be screaming from your mouth.” I

Hot

But before my cock went anywhere near it, I continued to kiss her until my nose reached her clit, staying there, inhaling. “Sydney …” I breathed her in again, savoring the scent. “You smell like a fucking dream.” Her legs parted, giving me the access I needed. That I wanted.

Rawr

“I want you to come the second I enter you.” She was tightening around my fingers. “I want to feel the orgasm pulse through you.”

Dammmn, Ford

“My God,” she whispered. “No one has ever made me feel like you.” Her hands went to my face. “Ford, I …” The feeling came out of nowhere. Straight through my chest.

Oh shit

I surrounded her face, pointing her eyes up at me. “Have your feelings changed?” “No.” Her lips stayed parted, exhaling, inhaling. “They’ve gotten stronger. That’s why I can’t handle it, Ford. I can’t handle hearing those words and seeing that expression on your face, knowing I’m the one who caused it. It’s … too much.”

Do herrrrr

cheeks. “My ever and ever, my little Everly.” “Ford …” My eyes shifted to Sydney. “Is that how you came up with her name?” I was sure she had other questions. I was sure the conversation I’d had in the waiting room was far from over. But I nodded and replied, “When Rebecca placed her in my arms and I finally made my way inside my house and it all hit me”—I swallowed and tried to take a breath, the emotion returning—“I knew only one thing. Ever and ever—that was how long she’d be mine.”

I love this guy

She hadn’t realized I’d gotten on my knee. That I was holding out my hand. That I was asking, “Be my wife?” “And my mommy,” Everly chimed in. I slipped my other arm around Everly, glancing at my daughter as I added, “Be ours.” I took the ring from Everly, and I positioned it over Sydney’s finger. Waiting. It took only seconds for Sydney to reply, “Yes.” Once the ring was on her finger, she bent down and threw her arms around us. “Forever and ever.”

Aww