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swells that turned into waves and she was pulled into the swirl of pleasure and heat as Sam’s orgasm pulsated right on the heels of her own.
    After the heat and passion had washed over them and ebbed, they stayed still for almost a full minute, then Sam slumped forward, draped over her back.
    “Wow, I love this store,” he said breathlessly.
    She laughed and wiggled for him to let her go. She loved Teasetoo and was sure the floor was pretty clean, but she had no desire to lay buck naked on it.
    “Remind me what exactly it was that I said to get that,” Sam said as he pulled his underwear and jeans back up. “’Cause I want to be sure I do it again sometime. Soon.”
    Dani stepped into her jeans, then smiled up at him. “Just be you. That’s all you have to do to make me want you, Sam.”
    “You know that I’m thankful every day that you haven’t yet discovered that you could do so much better than me, right?” he asked, shoving his hand through his hair, straightening the disheveled look only slightly.
    It was moments like that when she realized that Sam giving her a chance to really love and need him was a huge gift.
    She wanted to give him a gift too.
    “I was thinking,” she said, zipping her zipper and also trying to straighten her hair. “You’re pretty crazy about Ava, huh?”
    Sam’s grin was huge just at the mention of her name. He was crazy about his baby niece and no one thought it was sweeter than Dani did. Sam had come a long way in believing that he could let people count on him and she knew that not only would he always be there for Ava, but he’d make sure she knew it.
    “Ava’s awesome,” he agreed.
    He pulled his fingers through Dani’s hair, helping her comb it out. It had gotten a little wilder than she’d realized.
    “Well, maybe we should have an Ava of our own,” Dani said.
    Sam froze and stared at her, his fingers still tangled in her hair. “Really?”
    She pressed her lips together and nodded.
    “I just… I wasn’t sure you’d want to,” he said slowly.
    “Because of my mom?” she asked. Her mother had had muscular dystrophy, a genetic disorder, and Dani and her sisters had watched her slowly become weaker and weaker. It had made Dani determined to be strong and independent no matter what.
    But leaning on Sam was getting easier. In fact, she liked it. He was damned good at being a solid support.
    “Yeah.” He put a hand to her cheek. “I didn’t want to bring it up. We don’t have to have kids. Having a life with you is all I need. I don’t want you to think—”
    She put her hand over his mouth. “I want to have kids,” she said. “I talked to a doctor about Mom and the chances of something happening to our kids. He said that if I don’t have symptoms there’s a good chance I don’t have it and can’t pass it on. I can get tested, if we want. But I think we should talk about it.”
    He took her hand away and kissed the palm, his gaze locked on hers with a slight frown. “We do that stuff together, Dani. Talking to doctors, getting tests. Got it?”
    She nodded. They were partners. They were both independent, their own people, but they made decisions together, they leaned on each other, they talked about everything. That was still new and sometimes hard for her. “Right. Of course.”
    “If the doctor gives us the go ahead, I’m in,” he said, seriously. “Totally in.”
    Her heart flipped and she felt tears sting her eyes. “And if I can’t—or shouldn’t—get pregnant, we can adopt. Or we can adopt anyway. But either way, I want to raise a child with you. You’re going to be an amazing dad.”
    His eyes shone brightly for a moment just before he started blinking rapidly. “If our baby was born with muscular dystrophy, or anything else, I wouldn’t care.”
    Our baby . The words sucked the air out of her lungs for a moment. But she shook her head a second later. “It wouldn’t be fair. It’s such a terrible disease. We can’t do it if