“I like the way you think, Mr. Titov,” Piper said as he stood.

He smiled, leaned down to give her a kiss, and looked deep into the lusty eyes of the woman that he loved. “Oh you just wait: While I’ve been gone, I have been thinking of all kinds of things I want to do to you.”

“Ooh, I can’t wait,” she said with a sexy little grin.

He reached for her, bringing her close to his chest as he pressed his lips to hers. She melted against him and as he kissed her with his son cuddled in the nook of his arm, he knew that there was no other place he wanted to be, that he would never experience a better love than this. Breaking away from her, he smiled as she ran her fingers down the front of his arms.

“I’m so glad you changed these.” He looked down at where she traced the words on his arms. He had a big X put through Nothing. Above it was now the word We’ll, so that when he put his arms together, it said, “We’ll last forever.”

Smiling down at her, he said, “It’s the truth.”

She nodded, pulling him by his shirt to bring their mouths together for another hot kiss. With every day that passed, he only fell more in love with Piper, and nothing could ever touch the love he had for Dimitri. They were his whole life.

Parting from his wife’s beautiful mouth, he said, “Thank you.”

Her brows came together as she looked up at him with a smile. “For what?”

Erik looked down at Dimitri, and smiled before looking back at Piper. “For giving me the world.”