Shoulda Been a Cowboy (Rough Riders #7)(86)

Domini let her head fall back on the cushion and closed her eyes. “Do you think Anton will ever talk about Rex? Or will he just avoid the issue if we let him?”


Kind of like she’d sidestepped his question. Cam decided not to push it. “Give him time. I know we all wanna be one big happy family from the get go, but it’ll take us all time to adjust.”


“Are you adjusting, Cam? Now that you’ve got a kid and a wife? Do you want us to be a big happy family? When all this chaos you never wanted is destroying the serenity of your haven?”


No, now I’ve got everything I ever wanted.


Domini wasn’t the only one who’d mastered the art of deflection. “I’ll double check I shut the grill off while you tuck Anton in.”


Domini was already in bed when he returned to their bedroom. Cam stripped, unfastened his prosthesis and slid beneath the covers.


Immediately Domini wrapped herself around him. She kissed his biceps. And his collarbones. Her lips skimmed his throat. “Cam?”


“Mmm?”


“Touch me.”


“Domini. Baby, you’re supposed to take it easy.”


“So love me nice and easy. And slow. You love to torture me. Take your time with me, Cam.” She sank her teeth into his earlobe. “Please. I need you.”


Cam was helpless to resist. He didn’t want to resist. He kissed her. Teased her. Showed her with his hands and his mouth and his body how much he loved her.


When he slid inside her, surrounded by her warmth and softness and strength, he realized she made him a whole man and it didn’t have a damn thing to do with his missing leg. It had everything to do with filling his heart.


Chapter Twenty-Three


“We don’t have to go. In fact, I think we oughta stay home. You have been sick.”


Domini tied the laces on her tennis shoes. “Not sick, Cam. Anemic. I’m feeling much better after being babied by you guys for the last two days. I want to enjoy the gorgeous day. I’m tired of being cooped up inside.”



“There are gonna be a million people there,” Cam warned. “And my family will grill both of us on our marriage, if we’re gonna start havin’ kids—”


Her stomach knotted, but she tossed out a breezy, “Maybe they won’t, since we already have a kid.”


Anton and Gracie burst into the kitchen. “Is it time to go yet?”


Domini gave Cam a we-don’t-want-to-disappoint-Anton look.


Cam sighed. “Fine. But if you look the slightest bit faint, we’re comin’ home and I’m tyin’ you to the bed for a solid week.”


She stood on tiptoe and kissed his cheek. Her lips slid to his ear and she whispered, “Is that a promise, Deputy?”


“Yep.”


“Good because I miss that side of you. You’ve been too careful with me lately. You know I won’t break.”


He eased back to look at her face. “Domini, I—”


“Are you two gonna suck face or are we going?”


“Suck face. Definitely.” Cam teased his mouth over hers and her heart jumped.


“Yuck. We’re outta here.” The sliding glass door slammed.


Domini stepped back. “We’ll be lucky if any of the doors in this house survive until his teen years.”


Cam went still.


“What?”


“Ah. Nothin’. I just can’t imagine Anton a teenager.”


That was weird. Didn’t he expect to be around then?


Maybe you won’t be once you tell him the truth.


“Do we have everything?”


“I guess.” Cam caught her staring at his pants. “What?”


“I’ve never seen you wear those.” His baggy dark khaki pants appeared to be made out of shiny, lightweight parachute material, with cargo pockets everywhere and elastic bands at the knees and ankles. “Are they new?”


He snorted. “Hell no, they’re old. I couldn’t face wearing jeans today, sweats are too casual and every other pair of pants is in the hamper, so this is what was left.”


“I’m sorry I didn’t have a chance to do laundry this week. I’m slacking on all sorts of wifely duties.”


Cam tipped her chin up. “I didn’t marry you so you could wash my clothes, Domini.”


No, you married me because you’re selfless, perfect and a good man.


He pecked her on the mouth. “Let’s go before I find another reason to stay.”


“Another?”


“Tyin’ you to the bed and keepin’ you there all day is mighty tempting.”


Outside, Anton was already in the truck bed with Gracie.


“Come on, hop in the front,” Domini said.


“Aw, do I have to? Everybody rides in the back of pickups with their dogs.”


“Everybody except for you.”


Anton turned his puppy dog eyes to Cam.


Cam shrugged. “I don’t see the big deal. It’s only ten miles.”