Sway (Landry Family #1)(107)
“Barrett?” he asks finally.
“Yeah?”
“Are you going to marry my mom?”
I force a swallow and look at Alison. She wipes a tear at the corner of her eye and opens her mouth to speak, but nothing comes out.
My heart swells. The peace and love in this room is such a different feeling than I’ve ever felt, even with my own family. This gorgeous woman and her son support me and love me, even when I mess up and even when I might not deserve it.
I’ll do anything in my power to ensure they’re mine forever.
“Would that be okay with you, Hux?” I ask. “If I married your mom one day?”
“I’d really like that.” His words are heavy, pressed around a lump in his throat. “I think that would be really great, actually.”
Alison squeezes my hand and brings it to her mouth, planting a soft kiss against my knuckles.
“I’ll have to talk to her about that and hope she agrees,” I wink, “but if I have your blessing, that’s a step in the right direction.”
He leans over and wraps his arms around my neck, knocking the wind right out of me. Before I can respond, he leans away.
“I’m going to go find Lincoln. He has this app on his phone,” he says happily, bouncing off the bed and scurrying toward the door, “that—”
“Stay off of Lincoln’s phone!” Alison and I both shout in unison as Hux slams the door behind him.
Laughing, I pull Alison close to me again. “I’m not responsible for whatever he learns or sees from my brother.”
“Lord, help us,” she giggles. Tilting her head and looking at me, she smiles. “Did you mean what you said to Hux?”
“I meant every last word of it.”
A sparkle glimmers in her eyes. “Really?”
“Speak as you find. Remember?” I grin. “As far as I’m concerned, we are together for the long haul. However you want to make that permanent is fine with me, as long as it is.”
“It is,” she whispers.
“Roll over here and show me you mean it.”
She starts to straddle me, the heat of her pussy hot against my cock, when Huxley’s voice shouts from the hallway.
“Maybe we should lock the door first.”
The End
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FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WOULD like to thank the Creator for all the blessings in my life. As a human, I’m always quick to ‘ask for help’; I think it’s also important to remember to say ‘thank you’ too.
As always, my family is the most supportive and encouraging bunch of people on the planet. Mr. Locke, the A-Team, my mother and in-laws: I love you all.
Jen, Susan, Michele, and Joy read this no fewer than a million times. Thank you is utterly insufficient. Ashley, Robin, and MaryLee also gave incredible feedback and attention to this story. Carleen and Kiki came in at the last minute and gave this story their valuable time. You are all so appreciated!
Mandi kept me going through this process. I’ll be your faith, you be mine. It’s how we roll, right, Pres?
Alison, I value your friendship more than you’ll ever know. I love you.
I’m not sure I would’ve pulled this one off without the love and support from SL Scott. I love you and your phone calls and ab-mergencies.
My team, once again, rocked this project. Huge hugs to Kari with Kari March Designs, Christine with Perfectly Publishable, and Lisa C. with Adept Edits for lending your expertise to this project. Thank you to Kylie at Give Me Books for helping me get this out there, Jen at Kinky Girls Book Obsessions for everything you do, and Jillian with Jilly’s Polished Proofs for making this sparkly. Hugs to Lisa W. for taking time away from everything you have going on, including your business A Bookish Life on Etsy, to make my frantic self teasers. I love you all.
Sending kisses, too, to Stephanie Gibson for being awesome, Candy Collins (Manning) for updating the Locke Library, and Jade Hyland (I didn’t kill anyone!) for helping with All Locked Up. You guys rock!
My days are made better by knowing the following women: Angie McKeon, Jen Lynn, Dawn Costiera, Randa Lynn, Staci Hart, Kennedy Ryan, Gail McHugh, Gretchen de la O, Lili Valente, Serena McDonald, Lexy Storries, Kaitie Reister, and Kara Hildebrand. Thank you for being light in my life.
My Facebook group, Books by Adriana Locke, and Goodreads group, All Locked Up, are my escape. The readers in those groups give me so much love and energy that it would be impossible to do this without them! Thank you all for giving me so much energy and encouragement. (And if you’re reading this and aren’t in there—join us!)
My Instagram Girls keep my days full of smiles (and hotness!). There are so many of you now that I would worry I was leaving someone out. Thank you all for your posts and edits—you are the most talented group of women anywhere!
Blogging can be a tedious, thankless job. I want to extend a huge dose of gratitude for the blogs that have jumped on board and supported this release. You make this possible and I’m forever grateful.
And you—yes YOU! Thank you for choosing to pick up Sway. I know you have a million choices and I’m honored you chose my story. I hope you enjoyed it.