I clutched at his palm, my feet giving way to sand as Cash pulled me through the dark. “How much farther?”

“Shh, good things come to those who wait.”

Wasn’t that the truth?

We hit the flat ground, my feet shuffling through the blond crystals with less difficulty when Cash spun me, covering my eyes with his palm. “Ready for your surprise?”

“Born ready, Cash Greenwood.”

“Happy anniversary, Delilah.” Cash removed his hand, pulling me around the corner of an embankment of rocks jutting out onto the beach. A billowing white tent sat perched high on the shoreline, rolling dunes and sea grass surrounding it, the interior lit with dozens of candles emitting a soft yellow glow.

“This is magical.” I stepped forward in awe, my fingertips tracing the wisps of white dancing on the beach breeze. “I can’t believe you did all of this.”

“The guys told me the second anniversary is big.” Cash pulled me inside the tent filled with mounds of pillows, a large bed piled high with fluffy white linens that looked softer than a cloud.

“You are incredible. I’m the luckiest woman on earth.” I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed along his steel-carved and stubbled jawline. “I love you so much.”

“I love you a thousand times more, baby. Don’t ever doubt that.”

“Never, Cash Greenwood.” I hummed when he lifted me in his arms, laying me across the bed and pushing his hands up my shirt.

“You taste better than anything I’ve ever put in my mouth. You’re the air I breathe, Delilah.” He worked his hands up my torso, lighting fire across my skin. His nose trailed across my collarbone, his hands reaching for my wrists and stretching my arms above my head. “Sooner I get inside you, the happier we’ll both be.”

His hands tracked up my skin, my thighs shifting as arousal pulsed through my veins. Every day of the last year had been like walking through a dream. If it was possible, Cash was even more thoughtful and attentive than I’d ever even realized.

“I’d spend every day on my knees in the sand with you, Mrs. Greenwood,” he confided, trailing his lips across my abdomen until his hands were shoving up the hem of my skirt. His nose brushed over the seam of my pussy, and a fevered shiver coursed through me.

My fingers threaded in his hair as his teeth caught the elastic of my panties and he pulled them down my legs. “Even sweeter than sweet tea.”

I moaned when his tongue trailed up my pussy, caressing the nerves and sending me shaking with mad, wild, desperate lust. I groaned when I heard the sound of his zipper lowering, his arms catching behind my knees as he sucked the bud of my clit and sent stars exploding into my vision. I pulsed and quaked, feeling like every heady current of pleasure running through my body would never end. Before I’d even come down from my first orgasm, Cash was pushing into me, his hard, heavy cock pushing past every ragged nerve I possessed, prolonging my climax.

“Oh my God, I love you,” I groaned when he leaned down, sucking my nipple through the fabric of my bra, his teeth nipping and teasing at the heated flesh.

“You were made for me, Delilah. Every inch of this body was made to be pleased by me, that smart mouth of yours made to turn me on and drive me infuckingsane. Everything about you makes me crazy and I can’t get enough.” He angled his hips and punctuated his words with the heavy thrusts. I clutched at his shoulders when he pushed me to the very edge, his thumb swirling between us, making me scream with raw pleasure.

“You’re everything I never wanted, Cash Greenwood, and the best decision I ever made.” I caught his lip between my teeth, tugging hard enough to cause a growl to escape from his full lips.

“Jesus, Delilah.” His grip tightened at my hips as he shuddered, the muscles in his body tense as he came deep inside me. “I love when you’re covered in sweat, sex and me.” Cash pulled his cock from me, swiping at the fluid that leaked out between my thighs as he did. Swirling the glistening arousal over my stomach, he grinned, shoving one finger into my mouth and forcing me to suck.

“Everything about you surprises me.” He lay next to me, hands covering my warm skin and making endorphins charge through my system at full speed.

“Didn’t I mention I had a surprise, too?” My stomach flipped. I hadn’t planned to tell him until tomorrow night over a candlelit dinner, but now seemed perfect.

“You surprise me every day.” He trailed a fingertip around my navel. “You didn’t need to get me anything.”

“It’s something for both of us.” I bit down on my lip, glancing from his hand holding my stomach, then back to his eyes. His gaze flickered, landing on his hand as emotion flooded his irises and he looked back to me.

“You’re not…? Are we having a baby?” Unable to form words, I nodded, choking on a lump of happy tears. “Oh my God, baby.” He gathered me in his arms, raining kisses on my cheeks as he held me, rocking us both back and forth. Then I felt a few drops of moisture on my cheeks. Tears trickled down Cash’s beautiful face. My strong, handsome, beautiful man was crying because he was so overjoyed to be a father. Cash was going to be a dad.

“I just found out this morning. I didn’t know how I was going to keep it from you. We’re pregnant, Cash.”

“I didn’t think my life could get any better, Delilah. Marrying you two years ago made me the happiest man alive, but you making me a daddy….” He shook his head, his grin brilliant. “Look, you’ve turned me into a sap.”

“You always were a sap, Greenwood, but your secret is safe with me,” I teased, running my fingers through his hair as he pushed me back down into the pillows and covered his lips with mine.

Cash had walked into my life and turned it completely upside down. He was exactly what I needed.