‘I’ll have to give it some serious thought. After all, the poor little devil’s got to have it for a lifetime. I—Oh. Er—Kelly,’ he gave her a sideways glance, ‘I’m not sure, but I think…’
‘Nappy change?’ she giggled. ‘I’ll show you how.’ She put the wide-eyed baby boy she was holding back into the carrycot.
‘You’ll do no such thing!’ Jordan stood up, handing their daughter to her. ‘At this size they terrify the life out of me. I’ll play football with them when they’re bigger.’ He moved to the telephone.
‘Who are you calling?’ She deftly changed the baby’s nappy.
‘Your father. I take it he doesn’t know he’s a grandfather?’
‘No, I thought you should be the first to know.’
‘Are you feeding them yourself?’ he asked huskily.
‘Jealous?’ she teased, realising that to tease him was the best way of dealing with his obsessive love.
‘Insanely,’ he chuckled. ‘You’ve grown cheeky, young lady. When you’re strong enough I’ll give you a sound beating. But right now I’m going to telephone your father and tell him what a clever girl you are.’
‘Jordan,’ she bit her lip, ‘I can’t—’
‘I know,’ he kissed her briefly on the mouth. ‘I just want to hold you, darling, kiss you, tell you how much I love you. I can wait for anything else.’
‘I—’ She was cut off by the hungry wail of their daughter, their son soon joining in the demand to be fed. ‘I don’t think our children can wait any longer for their lunch,’ she said ruefully.
‘They can wait two minutes. I want to watch,’ he told her huskily.
‘Jordan!’ she blushed fiery red.
‘I want to see what I’m missing,’ he, taunted. ‘Oh, Kelly, I’m so sorry for what I’ve put you through, although I don’t think I could have stood the agony of it all. God, what a coward I am!’
‘Don’t keep apologising.’ She put her fingers over his lips, trembling as he kissed her creamy skin. ‘We’re together now, that’s all that matters.’
‘If you say so.’
‘I do.’
‘I can’t wait for later,’ he said throatily.
‘Neither can I,’ she smiled, already imagining the pleasure of being held in his arms all night, their love for each other now confessed by both of them.
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