Entanglement [COMPLETED✔]

Epilogue

Laura

Five years later...

Jamie got a little sister.

Lara, a beautiful brown eyed girl with light brown hair. Her skin darker than ours but lovely whatsoever, a smile so bright that made me fall in love with her, that made my chest squeeze when Alex and I were looking over pictures of children.

There was something about her that just made me want her, that made me look at her as if she were my own daughter. Even when she wasn't, when we had adopted her. Adopt because after four years of trying and nothing happening, I was losing hope and Alex saw it.

I was happy, truly, I had a lovely husband and a beautiful boy but like many fathers who wished for a boy, I wanted a girl. I wanted to be able to braid hair and teach her about makeup, I wanted to go shopping together and to spa days. I wanted to talk to her about boys and tell her how they were supposed to treat you and most of all, I wanted her to know that I loved her. That no matter what, she wouldn't ever be alone. I wanted that, I wanted to give what I hadn't been given. 

She was ten months old when we decided to adopt her. I didn't wish to know why they left her, or who her parents were. I didn't want to know anything but the fact that she would be mine. Now, Alex on the other side knew every detail of who she used to be but no longer was because now she was ours. He knew it all and he didn't say anything to me, only told me that there was no need to worry about anyone coming to get her. Not that I'd ever let her go.

The adoption process was supposed to take years, to evaluate me and Alex. To see if we were fit to be parents but with the help of lawyers, we managed to adopt her before she turned one. It was a dream come true, to hold my little girl no matter if she had my blood or not.
There were several reasons why we adopted her, firstly because I wanted a girl. Secondly because I had seen the numbers, the amount of children that were left by parents on the streets and at doors and it only made sense to help. And lastly was because God only knew what life Lara would get with someone else because I knew that with Alex and me, she wouldn't suffer. She wouldn't lack love, she wouldn't ever doubt if we loved her or not and that it didn't matter if her real parents didn't want her because I did.

That was almost a year ago.

Rolling over on the bed, I felt Alex's hands tugging me back to him. One hand sliding down my stomach, my ass meeting his as the other cupped my breast, a warmness creeping up as he gently squeezed it. "Where are you going?" Alex asked, sleep lacing his words.

Today, or rather for the next few days we would be staying in a cabin in Montana. We'd be celebrating Christmas and New Years here, with the thick snow and cold weather doing nothing. "I'm going to see if the kids are awake," I said as I moved out of his hold or tried to. 

Alex tugged me back, his breath falling to my neck, my pulse quickening as his hand traveled across my stomach. Fingers brushing down my navel, slipping underneath my sweats- because it was cold even when the heater was on- warm fingers sliding lower.

Nine years, ten almost and sex was still on the table. Even when my husband was nearing his fifties and I was in my thirties, even when we had done pretty much everything, sex was still good. How could it not be when I found new ways to please him, to surprise him? But right now I really wanted to go find my children, to wake them up and probably cook dinner.

"Let Mark and Beth deal with them-" he pressed a kiss against my throat- "You've worked so much." Shivers ran down my spine as I felt his other hand slide up my stomach, my back arching as he gently tugged on my hardening nipple.

Alex wasn't wrong. I had worked a lot. Over the years, my business grew. I had more clients, bigger clients and now it looked like I was the one bringing in the money. Not that Alex minded, he didn't even bat an eye, only supported me each time.