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Chapter Thirty-Seven

Months later

T
he piping hot sun shined down on the glistening blue ocean behind Zeke and Taylor’s white stucco mansion. Waves crashed against the edges of the beige, sandy beach. A hot summer breeze rolled off the ocean and brushed Taylor’s skin as she walked along the beach, looking for shark’s teeth.

“Zavier, I don’t think we’re going to find many shark teeth out here. How about we look for seashells instead?”

Wearing a white shirt and white shorts, Zavier held up his beach bucket. When Zavier bedazzled her with a handsome smile, Taylor’s heart melted. Just wilted like a flower in the blazing sun. God, she loved Zavier. “But I already have enough seashells,” her precious son exclaimed.

Deep chocolate skin, Jaheem’s mouth split into a white grin. Taylor’s heart tingled from that handsome smile of his. Man oh man, she loved Jaheem so much. Although she didn’t give birth to Jaheem, she loved him the same as she loved Zavier.

Wearing white shorts and a white shirt, too, Jaheem said, “Collecting seashells is for girls, man. Throw them back into the water, Zavier.”

Zavier shook his head. “Collecting seashells is for both girls and boys. Isn’t that right, Mom?”

Having a great time on the beach with her boys before their coming-together-as-a-family celebration took place, Taylor snickered. “He’s right, Jaheem. Both girls and boys collect seashells.”

Jaheem said, “Okay, if you say so.”

“Taylor! Jaheem! Zavier! Our guests have arrived.” Zeke shouted, standing on the back deck of their home.

“Last one to the deck has to do the dishes for a week,” Jaheem said.

The boys took off running toward the back of the estate. Walking slowly along the beach, Taylor grabbed the locket draped around her neck and opened it. The right side of the locket had finally been filled with a picture of Jaheem and Zavier smiling. She’d always known deep down inside the right side of the jewelry would be filled with a picture of Zavier one day. Lucky for her, she got two boys instead of one, and she couldn’t be happier with her outcome.

Taylor finally had everything in life she ever wanted. A husband—her
Mr. Right.
Two sons. Good friends. A great modeling career. But most importantly, she had God. God had done so much for her, and if it hadn’t been for Him, she wouldn’t be where she was today.

Taylor extended her arms toward the sky. “I never could have made it without You, God. Thank You. Thank You for allowing me to see this day with my husband and children.”

Smiling, Taylor mounted the steps to the back of her deck. Zeke draped his arms around her waist and kissed her cheek. “Did you find any shark teeth?” Zeke asked.

“No. We can look again tomorrow.”

“You look beautiful in your all short white dress. You’re gon’ let me make love to you in the dress after our guests leave, right?”

Taylor playfully hit Zeke’s arm. “Is that all you think about, Zeke?”

“Stand in front of me. Hurry.” Facing the sliding glass door, Zeke clenched Taylor’s hips and hurried to place her in front of him. “Don’t move. Stay there for a second,” he said.

Baffled, Taylor asked, “Why can’t I move? And why can’t you turn around?”

Zeke drew his lips into a sexy smile. “Because my dick is hard and I don’t want the guests to see me like this.”

Taylor’s eyes lowered to Zeke’s white pants. His erection pushed hard beneath the zipper of his pants. “Oh, my. You’re as hard as a brick.” Taylor giggled. “I haven’t even touched you.”

“You don’t have to. Just seeing you look so damn fine gets my cock hard.” Peering out at the ocean, Zeke kept quiet for a few seconds. He sucked in a deep breath. “It’s going down. Okay. I’m good.”

“I’ve never been this happy in my entire life.” Taylor reached down and squeezed his shaft, then burst into laughter.

“Taylor!” Zeke chortled. “I’m going to get you for that.”

Taylor touched Zeke’s lips with her index finger. “I can’t wait ‘til you make love to me tonight.”

“Keep playing with my shaft like that, and I’m gon’ send everyone home so I can bend you over and make love to you right now.” With a flaccid penis, Zeke pulled open the sliding glass door.

Taylor stepped inside to find all of her family and friends there to celebrate Jaheem’s adoption and Zavier’s safe return. Glee filling her, Taylor’s eyes roamed over all of her guests standing inside her den.

“About time you two came inside,” Richmond joked.

Veronica, Bane, Colton, Willa, Drake, Sandella, Braylon, toddler Logan, Richmond, Kayla, baby Richmond II, and Leslie all were inside the family room, dressed casual.

“Thanks for waiting. Zeke had a little issue he needed to take care of,” Taylor snickered.

Chuckling, Zeke nudged Taylor. He then stated, “Anyway, thank you all for coming here today to help us celebrate the reunion of our family. As you all know, Taylor and I are thrilled to have Zavier and Jaheem become a permanent part of our lives. Jaheem, Zavier, come stand beside your mother and me.”

Jaheem went and stood by Zeke, and Zavier stood on the other side of Taylor. Clad in all white, in Taylor’s mind the four of them looked like the perfect family. Zeke continued. “In life, what matters most is family. I cherish my family. Everyone here today is family to me. Thank you all for coming to share in our beautiful reunion celebration. I love each and every one of you.”

Loud applause filled the room. After the pastor said a prayer and blessed their family, the photographer snapped photos of them dressed in all white attire.

“Now let’s eat!” Jaheem said, laughing.

Zavier exclaimed, “I can’t wait to tear the ribs up!”

Now with the kidney transplant successful and the adoption with Jaheem behind them, Taylor felt like for once in her life she had total peace. Yeah she was wealthy, and yeah she had a great career. And yeah she had the most gorgeous man in the entire world by her side. But it’d all mean nothing if she didn’t have love, respect, and most of all peace.

There’s nothing like peace,
Taylor thought, hugging each and every single guest.

The doorbell rang. Taylor pried herself away from Kayla’s tight embrace, walked toward the living room, and pulled open the door. He heart dropped past her knees.

“Pierre! You came!”

Dressed in a hot pink sheer shirt and summery green pants, Pierre was working his outfit. “Honey, I sure did come. Francois is coming, too. His slow behind is getting out of the cab. The company jet Zeke sent for us was something else. Just fabulous.”

Taylor threw herself in Pierre’s arms and squeezed him tight. “I love you, Pierre!”

“Pierre loves you, too, honey. Now let me go so I can tour this mansion.” Pierre chuckled.

THE END

The Brides of Hilton Head Island series

MARRYING THE MARINE

(Braylon & Sandella)

MARRYING THE MILLIONAIRE

(Richmond & Kayla)

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MARRYING MR. WRONG

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