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I pulled the material down and blinked in the harsh midday light. I took in the ugly square building in front of me, with the words, Saint View Dog Rescue scrawled across the side. “What’s this? Are we volunteering?”
“Nope. There’s somebody here that wants to meet you. She’s just over there.” Boston pointed to a side door I hadn’t noticed.
A woman who stood in the doorway, holding a tiny brown mutt that might have been part chocolate Labrador but only a DNA test would really tell.
I spun around and stared at Boston. “No way. You bought a puppy?”
He grinned. “I boughtyoua puppy.”
I opened my mouth to object, but he held up a hand. “Before you say anything, just hear me out. I follow this rescue on Facebook.”
I smiled at that. “You’re so cute, with your bleeding heart.”
“Shut up. Anyway, they put up a photo of that tiny little fluffball and asked for someone to adopt her.”
“And you thought that someone should be me? Why?” I was itching to go snuggle that puppy. She was twisting in the worker’s arms, straining to get free, her gaze trained on me.
Boston motioned for the woman to come over, and she smiled as she approached, introducing herself as Lola and handing me the squirming ball of floof.
She came willingly, licking my face and wagging her little tail so rapidly it whipped my hand.
Something inside me clicked.
It felt a lot like my heart opening up once more.
Boston grinned triumphantly at my smile. “I knew you’d love her. You’ve been so sad, and you can’t be sad with a puppy around. Right?”
He peered into my face with such hope. All this man wanted to do was make me smile.
“I did good, right?”
The puppy licked my face. I pressed up on my toes and kissed Boston, while the puppy yelped excitedly and tried to do backflips out of my arms. I caught her and nodded at him. “You did good, babe.”
I passed the wriggling puppy to him for snuggles, and my heart damn near burst, watching my man with that tiny baby. It almost made my ovaries ache. The thought of him holding our babies like that one day didn’t overwhelm me. In fact, I kinda wanted it. “You’d make a great dad someday, you know.”
He glanced up sharply. “I thought you didn’t want kids?”
I lifted one shoulder. “A girl can change her mind, can’t she?”
He grinned and swept me into his arms once more. “You’re going to be an amazing mother. I can just imagine you, with your belly all swollen with my baby—”
“And my ankles twice their normal size, and stretch marks, and—”
“You’ll still be the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen.”
“You’d still want me like that?”
He came in closer and whispered in my ear, “Yes, Eve. I will still want you like that. I will still want you bent over the kitchen counter and screaming my name. I will still want to suck your nipples and rub your clit until you’re begging me for more.” He darted a glance at the woman walking back to the shelter and grinned at me wickedly. “And I will still want to ride your sweet ass, just because I know you love it.”
I didn’t blush easily, but I did now. I covered the puppy’s floppy ears and shot Boston a stern look. “Stop it! You’ll scar her for life!” But we were both laughing.
It felt good to laugh. To really just let go and be happy in the moment with the man I loved.
I kissed the puppy’s black nose and took her back from Boston’s arms. “You need a name, little one. We can’t just call you Puppy.”
Boston’s expression turned serious once more. “Actually, she already has one. The shelter workers named her and had it up on the Facebook post when they were searching for her forever home.”
“Oh, yeah? What is it? I reserve the right to change it if it’s awful.” I patted her soft fur. “You’re too cute to have an awful name.”
