Total pages in book: 91
Estimated words: 87502 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 438(@200wpm)___ 350(@250wpm)___ 292(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 87502 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 438(@200wpm)___ 350(@250wpm)___ 292(@300wpm)
She leaned against me with one hand resting on her belly and I wrapped my arm around her shoulders, pulling her close.
"What are you thinking about?" she asked softly.
I kissed the top of her head and held her a little tighter.
"Just how lucky I am."
She laughed quietly.
"There you go again."
"I'm serious, sweetheart,” I said. “I’m the luckiest man on Earth to have you as my mate. And now with the babies…well, I’m blessed. We both are.”
She nodded seriously.
“You know, I never would have thought that my real life would begin after forty. I thought I was going to have to stay in Blackridge, cooped up in Wolverton Manor for the rest of my life after Carter died. But then you came along and changed everything.”
“How could I help it?” I said, smiling. “The minute I saw you, I wanted you, baby. And now we have each other and we never have to go back there again.”
“I know.” She smiled contentedly. “Did I tell you I found a buyer for the place? He wants to buy all of Carter’s car collection too.”
“That’s wonderful.” I kissed the top of her head.
“That plus the money Carter left me is going to make us very wealthy, you know,” she told me.
“Baby, I was already wealthy,” I said, looking into her eyes. “Even if we didn’t have a dime, I’d be the richest man on Earth because I have you.”
“Oh, Kor…” She laughed softly and for a moment neither of us spoke.
The mountains stretched endlessly before us and the evening breeze carried the scent of pine trees and wildflowers. Somewhere in the distance, a wolf howled.
Vivienne looked up at me and smiled.
“You know, I didn’t think I could ever be this happy.”
“I know how you feel, sweetheart,” I told her. “Because I feel the same way.”
And as I held my mate in my arms and thought about the two tiny heartbeats we'd heard earlier that day, I realized something. For most of my life I had believed that happiness was something you earned—something you fought for or had to prove yourself worthy of.
But now I know better. Sometimes happiness is simply finding the right person and holding on with everything you have. And as I looked down into Vivienne's beautiful gold-ringed eyes, I knew one thing for certain…
I was never going to let her go.
THE END?