When I walked into our room, Court was jumping up and down, silently clapping. “He’s home! He’s home!” she whispered.

I set the car seat down on the bed, and Walker made a noise. We both stood perfectly still until we were sure he was still asleep. Courtney reached in and unclasped the seat belt that I was pretty sure had been designed by a NASCAR driver. She reached in and gently scooped up Walker. She held him to her as she brought him over and put him in the bassinet. He never made a sound. I let out the breath I had been holding and smiled at Courtney as she looked back at me and gave me a thumbs-up.

She took a few steps back, and then she quickly turned and threw herself into my body. It wasn’t long before we were stripping most of our clothes off of each other, and I was hovering over Courtney’s body.

“Fuck, I wish I could make love to you right now,” I said as I pushed my dick against her panties.

She moaned and arched her body up. “Reed…” she moaned as she began touching her breasts.

I wanted to kiss her breasts, but I knew better. I reached over and opened the side drawer. I pulled out the small, thin vibrator I had bought for her. I slid to the side of her and turned it on. I placed it on the outside of her panties. The moment she felt it, she sucked in a breath of air.

“Put it inside my panties…please, Reed.”

I barely pulled her panties down and touched the vibrator to her clit. Within seconds, she was saying my name over and over again as she reached down and grabbed my dick, and then she began stroking it.

“Shit…Courtney…go faster,” I whispered.

She did what I’d asked. I turned the vibrator up, and she began thrashing her head back and forth.

“Reed…I’m going to come again.” She squeezed my dick harder and pumped her hand faster.

“Court…baby, I don’t want to come all over our sheets.”

She stopped moving her hand and let out a long moan. Watching her come was one of my favorite things. The way her skin flushed and the way she said my name as she came…

Shit, six weeks is too damn long.

Courtney was breathing hard as she was coming down from her orgasm. When she finally got her breathing under control, she said, “I’m not going to be able to wait six weeks. Fuck that.”

I let out a laugh and stood up. I made my way into the bathroom. Courtney followed me and turned on the shower. She set the baby monitor down and gave me a sexier-than-hell smile.

“Your turn, Mr. Moore.” She held out her hands as she walked backward into the shower.

Once we got in and got wet, she dropped to her knees and took me into her mouth.

“Ah…shit…that feels amazing, baby.”

I ran my hands through her wet hair as I watched her take me in deeper. I dropped my head back and let out a moan as she let her teeth barely skim across my dick. She moved her hand up and began playing with my balls, and then she started to go faster and deeper each time. I felt it building and grabbed her hair.

“Court…baby, I’m gonna come, so if you don’t want to, stop now, and I’ll finish with my—”

She hummed against my dick, and that was my undoing.

“Holy fuck…” I said as I came hard and fast.

She never stopped moving the whole time. When she finally got every drop out of me, I leaned back against the shower, panting. I looked at her as she let the water run all over her face and in her mouth. She looked sexy as fuck as her hands moved all over her body. We had two showerheads, and one was a rain showerhead, so water was falling everywhere on her body. I pushed off the wall and grabbed her. I pulled her lips to mine and kissed her.

I moved my hand down and between her legs. “I don’t want to hurt you, angel, so I’m only going to touch your clit.”

“Yes…” she whispered.

I massaged her clit, building her into another orgasm. She grabbed my shoulders as she began moving against my hand. When she started calling out my name, I slowed down and bit down on her lower lip before kissing her again. She practically went limp in my arms, and I knew I had worn her out too much.

“Baby, I’m sorry.”

She shook her head and looked at me as her beautiful blue eyes sparkled. “Three weeks. I’m only waiting three weeks.”

I laughed and shook my head. “Come on, let’s get dried off and see if you can nap before Walker wakes up.”

Courtney fell fast asleep within about two minutes. I walked into the kitchen, and then I took out some chicken to throw on the grill and also pulled out some fresh veggies. Thank God Wesley had stopped by the store and stocked us up on some food. After peeking in on Walker and Court, both still asleep, I walked outside and started the grill. Then, I hit Layton’s number on my cell.

“Welcome home, dude,” Layton said as I heard Whitley yell the same thing in the background.

“Thanks! Hey, I’m starting up the grill, and Court and Walker have been taking a good nap, so y’all head on over anytime.”

“Sounds good. Whit made dessert and a salad, so we’ll head that way now.”

I nodded my head and said, “Perfect. Court should be awake by the time y’all get here.”

“Sounds good. See ya in a few,” Layton said.

“See ya soon.” I hit End and headed back into the house.

As I walked by the nursery, I saw the door was open. I knew I had shut it before we’d left, so I walked into the room and turned on the light. I looked around, and the picture frame hanging above the crib instantly caught my eye. I walked up to it and sucked in a breath of air. It was a giant frame filled with dry flowers. The closer I looked, I realized they were the flowers from the garden out back that I had been giving to Courtney during her pregnancy. I stumbled back and felt the tears building in my eyes.

“Do you like it?”

I spun around and saw Courtney standing in the doorway, holding Walker. Something happened in that moment, and I was so overcome with happiness that I had to grab on to the crib to hold myself up. I struggled to find words to talk. I nodded as she smiled bigger.

“I saved a flower or two from each bouquet and dried them out. I got the idea to frame them from Whit. I don’t think you even realized what you were doing when you placed those flowers there each time.”

“Wha-what did I do?” I said as my voice cracked.

“You showed me over and over again how you would never give up on me. You’d never give up on our love. You made me realize that this crazy ride we were on before we got to right here…in this very moment…was only preparing us for the future. It taught us that we wouldn’t give up…ever. You pulled me out of the dark and brought me into the light. I wanted to show you that I feel the same way. I’ll never give up on our love or us because our love is a true love and so rare, Reed. This love that we share together is worth the dark road it took to get here.”