Their Christmas Vows (14 page)

`Frazer?'

`Mmm?' It was about the only reply he could manage.

He felt Callie's fingers comb through his tousled hair, but he didn't even have the energy left to open his eyes-not after the tumultuous, wicked, but glorious time they had spent in bed since the wedding. Breathing deeply of her sexy coconut scent, he nuzzled against her neck.

`I want to give you something,' she murmured, turning in his arms.

`Have mercy. Let me get a second, third, fourth or fifth wind first.'

Her breath huffed against his skip as she laughed. `I didn't mean that!'

Managing to prop himself on one elbow, he looked down at her, seeing stunning purple eyes dark with lingering passion and bright with happiness and love. God, he was so lucky. `I don't need anything else, sweetheart. You're all I ever want,' he told her, his fingers brushing some feathery strands of hair back off her forehead.

`Well, I can't really take it back now. It's too late: She nibbled her lower lip, and as his gaze followed the motion he wondered how on earth he could possibly be getting aroused again already. `Only you can't exactly unwrap it just yet.'

`Why's that?' he asked, his fingers travelling down the fine of her cute little nose before he brushed his thumb over her kiss-swollen lips.

Catching his hand, she smiled and kissed it, then drew it down her body until his palm rested over her navel. `Because it's going to be another seven months until it's ready.'

Emotion closed his throat as her meaning Bank in. `We're having a baby? Seriously?'

`Seriously.' Happy tears shimmered on long sooty lashes. `Happy Christmas and happy wedding night, Frazer, my love.'

`God, Callie.'

He didn't have the words to express how happy and thankful he was. Not only did he have his Christmas bride at last, but he'd been blessed with more than he'd imagined possible. His precious wife, who had once feared she would never belong, had now put down deep, strong roots and made a home with him, sharing the promise of a long and happy future with a family of their own. Wrapping his arms around her and holding her tightly against him, he vowed to keep her safe, wanting her, cherishing her and giving her the moon. For Christmas and always.

Together, he and Callie shared the greatest of all gifts. A love to last a lifetime.