Stay With Me(39)

“Lauren,” Catherine said in a quiet voice.

“Lauren. I like it,” Rhys said as he traced each of the ten tiny toes.

“Lauren Cullen-Wellesley,” Logan echoed in deep satisfaction.

The three of them huddled close around their daughter and then Catherine lifted her to her breast. Catherine laughed in delight when Lauren began rooting and nuzzling in her attempt to latch on.

Logan cupped his hand behind Lauren’s tiny head as she suckled at her mother’s breast. Rhys cradled her bottom while Catherine touched the dark hair at Lauren’s crown.

Then she stared up at her husbands and let her sheer joy in this moment shine in her smile. They smiled back.

“I love you, Cat,” Rhys said.

Logan leaned in close and kissed her gently. “I love you, baby.”

“And I love you,” she told them both. “So much. I don’t think we’ll ever have a day more perfect than this.”

Rhys smiled then looked back down at their daughter. “I don’t know, Cat. I think the days will only get better.”