Laura leaned back against Andy, loving the sense of being his, feeling every part of him, so very male and warm and strong, pressing into her. It was as if a piece of her very own heaven had been cut out and handed to her on her very own platter, and there was only here and now, no tomorrow and no yesterday. He had a way of making her feel safe now that she had dropped all of the walls she’d kept nailing up around her, and if Dr. Richardson or Caroline or anyone tried to break through that door right now, she knew without a shadow of a doubt that they wouldn’t get past her husband.
He kissed her shoulder and then slid his hand over her large belly, over his babies, and she linked her fingers with his, loving the feel of his large hand.
“I love you,” she whispered, breathing in the cool a
