A Bundle of Joy 2: The Baby Proposal (BWWM Interracial Romance) (13 page)
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Authors: Roxy Wilson
Tags: #Literature & Fiction, #United States, #African American, #Romance, #Contemporary, #Multicultural, #Multicultural & Interracial
But there was another thing that surprised him even more, and that was the depth of the emotions he felt at the moment.
The love for his wife.
For his daughter
Love simply overwhelmed him.
It was the most moving experience of his life, second only to the day Selene became his bride.
He went back to his wife’s side and bathed
her face in kisses.
Kisses of gratitude for bringing such joy in his life.
As promised, the nurse brought the baby over and handed her to Selene. Triston leaned over to take a look. The tiny little face was absolutely perfect. Her soft, caramel skin, the few springy curls of hair on her head, her ten fingers and toes, were perfect, too.
“She’s beautiful.” Selene kissed and hugged their
daughter and then gave her over to Triston.
Gingerly, he took their daughter in his arms. As he rocked her, the baby girl yawned. Her pretty lips pouted and she began to wail. “What happened? Is she in pain?”
W
hat had he done? Had he hurt his own child?
The doctor chuckled. “She’
s hungry. A feed will settle her.”
As Triston deposited her in
to Selene’s waiting hands, his cell phone began to vibrate. It was their lawyer. Triston’s heart pounded in his chest.
This i
s it.
He picked up the call. “Yes?”
After a few moments, he slipped the phone back into his pocket.
“Who was that?” Selene asked as she watched entranced as the baby girl suckled at her breast like a champion.
“It was our lawyer.”
Selene looked up, a horrified expression on her face. Her hands clutched the baby closer as if she feared someone would take her away at any moment.
“What did he say?” Trepidation filled her voice.
“
The judge granted you full custody of our daughter.”
Selene’s eyes widened.
“She’s ours?”
“Yes, ours. In every sense of the word.” Triston punctuated each word with a kiss on her lips, her nose, her eyelids, her cheeks, her forehead. And then on her lips again.
Selene laughed and cried all at once. Triston knew that her tears were cathartic. After months of economic hardship, making a life-changing decision, two, in fact if she were to count her decision to marry him, dealing with her pregnancy, and the legal battle against the Stevens, he had to admit she deserved a good cry. Triston plucked tissue from the box on the table and wiped the tears off her face.
“No
w, we’re really a family,” he said. He probably looked like a clown with the silly grin on his face, but he didn’t give a damn. As long as the two ladies, who clutched his heart in their hands, were in his life, he would be the happiest man alive.
“A family,” Selene echoed in wonder.
“So about her name? Any last minute changes?” he whispered with a grin.
“No.” She smile
d. “She’s Shiloh.”
Triston thought the name they’
d finally chosen was the perfect name for their perfect little girl. They hadn’t bothered with the silly combinations of their names, but the name Shiloh was even better. It meant ‘his gift’. When Selene had happened upon the name while searching the internet, she’d told him that the best gift she could ever give him was their daughter.
She was wrong.
The best gift she’d given him was herself. Their daughter, Shiloh, was a bonus.
Yes, it had taken him a while to have the woman of his dreams.
The woman who’d captured his heart when he was all of fourteen.
The woman whom he’d left to serve the country he would forever love.
The woman who’d taken him back and had promised him her love.
The woman who’d given him Shiloh to love as his own.
His Selene.
His love.
His wife.
His life.
***THE END***
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Coming in July…
Baby, You're Mine
(A Bundle of Joy Series, Book 3)
Fulfilling a friend's wish...
Jamie Alexis’
fast-paced life comes to a screeching halt when she's summoned by her terminally ill friend, Brandi Stephen, who asks her to care for her two-year-old daughter after she's gone.
…isn't going to be easy...
Brett Carrington knows it's too late to make amends to Brandi, the woman he left at the altar, but it’s not too late to be a dad to his little girl. The only thing standing in his way is the curvy woman who sets his heart and libido ablaze.
...unless love comes softly
Jamie isn't about to allow that blue-eyed, heartbreaker to stop her from keeping her promise to Brandi. But, can she avoid the temptation of this seemingly unstoppable multicultural romance? She knows what type of man Brett is: after all, she was supposed to be maid-of-honor at his wedding. And if it means using a little creativity to get her own way, she'll do what she has to in this sizzling interracial romance.
About the Author
Roxy Wilson, a self-professed book junkie, was born and bred in a beautiful island in the Caribbean.
As a graduate with a degree in Education, she writes blogs which help readers to think critically about and appreciate poetry. Recently, however, she decided to delve into the world of writing interracial and multicultural romance stories. Her debut novel is the
Right Kind of Love
and was published by Secret Cravings Publishing. Roxy is also the Reviews Coordinator of Romance Novels in Color (RNIC).
When Roxy isn’t reading or writing, she spends her time trying out recipes with her daughter, designing and dress making, listening to music of the 80’s and 90’s or engaging in her favorite workout routine, which is 1-clicking a new book to read, to her heart’s content.
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