I trailed a finger down his chest. “I love your dad bod.”
He furrowed his brow in confusion.
“You really don’t see how women look at you at the brewery?”
He looked unconvinced, but then shrugged. “I only ever had eyes for you.”
My face hurt from how big my smile got at his words. “You were what I always wanted, but I never thought you saw a future with me.”
He frowned. “I can’t believe we had feelings for each other this whole time.”
“I know! We could have had like three kids already if you told me how you felt.”
He raised his eyebrow. “Three kids?”
I placated him with a kiss. “Kidding! Let’s have this one first and see. I wished we told each other how we felt sooner; it would have lessened our pain.”
“Me too. I promise you, we’re not wasting any more time.”
“Good,” I said, giving him another small kiss.
I got out of the tub and wrapped a towel around myself.
Nolan cocked an eyebrow at me. “Where are you going?”
“I can’t be in the water too long; it’s not good for the baby. But stay and relax. You need it,” I said.
I brushed my hair out and blow-dried it. I spied him in the mirror, leaning his head back against the tub and closing his eyes. My husband was wound so tight, and being up here in the cabin with absolutely no plans was precisely what he needed. I hadn’t realized how stressed he was about the baby coming. I didn’t want him to think he had to do everything.
I put a hand on my belly.
“You’re so gorgeous,” his gruff voice startled me.
I peeked in the mirror and saw him standing behind me with a towel wrapped around his waist. He pushed my hair off my shoulder and pressed a delicate kiss on my skin. When he touched me and kissed me like that, it sent tingles down my spine. He made me come undone just at his feather-light caresses.
Okay, it could also be my horny pregnant brain.
He chuckled into my ear. “You’re so horned up.”
“I can’t help it!”
He wrapped his arms around my waist. “I don’t deserve a sexy woman like you.”
I twisted in his arms and shook my head. “You do, Nolan. You’re my sexy lumberjack, and don’t you forget it.”
“Oh, you want some more of this wood?” he teased and pressed said ‘wood’ into my back.
“Maybe…” I trailed off, my lips curling up into a smile.
“Yeah, you do,” he growled and spun me around in his arms.
I laughed when he lifted me up and carried me back into the bedroom. I was glad my sister persuaded me to take this honeymoon. I would enjoy every minute here with my sexy lumberjack.
I heard Nolan’s footsteps come down the stairs as I lay on the couch, reading my book and waiting for my pie to come out of the oven. Coming to the cabin always made me want to bake. It reminded me of all the summers we came up here, and my mom tried out all these weird pie recipes. She always made things fun.
After Nolan and I had another round of sex upstairs, I told him to take a nap. It surprised me when he listened, but he overdid it by chopping wood today. I didn’t want him to overdo things because he wanted to take care of me.
Nolan came into the living room and sat down on the couch beside me. He put my feet in his lap, and I moaned when he started rubbing them. I liked that I never had to ask him to do that. He just knew I needed it and wanted to take care of me.