“Awww,” I say. “Thank you.”
“And if that offer for a bath still stands I can go draw the water so I can get an up close and personal look real soon.”
“You’re on. I’ll put the kids…to…bed,” I say my sentence tailing off. He’s already kissed me on the cheek and he’s on his way to the bathroom to draw the bath.
Sometimes when I talk to my friends they tell me their husbands don’t have the sex drive or the energy that they used to. It sounds crazy, but I think Carter has even more. And it kind of doesn’t make sense. He’s already older than the guys my friends are married to, but he seems to just get stronger and stronger with age.
I asked him about it once and he told me we give him energy. That his family makes him so enthusiastic to wake up every day and have fun.
I knew he was being honest, but I also thought at the time he was just kind of being nice.
As the years pass I know that’s exactly how he works.
Some people say their kids tire them out. I swear our kids are like a battery charger for Carter. His energy is always good, but when he’s around family he takes it to the next level.
I guess that explains why he’s always so involved in all our lives. Whether he’s cheering our kids on at their sports or their school events or even out there participating he’s constantly full of enthusiasm and full of vigor.
And when we watch scary movies he loves to try and predict the scary part and get us to jump just before. And when we play board games he always finds a way to let us win, without it looking obvious at all. It took me a while to realize it even. Then one day I noticed he never wins, preferring to let us instead. When most people would try and take an extra turn, I’ve caught him making sure his turn gets skipped. Just little things like that that we rarely notice, if ever.
But the one thing I’ve always noticed is his love for all of us.
And that’s just one of the reasons I have so much love for him.
Maybe he’s got a point. Maybe we should consider another child. And when I say we I mean me.
I know he’s ready to go and once the next baby arrives my life with him will have come full circle. I started out as a cop’s babysitter, and now he and I are making babies of our own.
And he’s not just a cop. He wears a lot of hats these days.
Babysitter. Daddy. Husband. Lover. Best friend.
All I ever wanted and more.
My perfect policeman.
A MAN WHO KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS
Book 1: Baby Lust
Book 2: Veteran
Book 3: Built
Book 4: Bambino
Book 5: Rescued
Book 6: Leader
Book 7: Professor
Book 8: Burned
Book 9: Worldly
Book 10: Pistol
Book 11: Policed
Book 12: Driven
Book 13: Lucky 13
Book 14: Lumberjacked
Book 16: Carpenter
Book 17: Italian Stallion
Book 18: Gardener
Book 19: Budapest Billionaire’s Virgin
Book 20: Billionaire’s Babysitter
Book 21: Cocky CFO
Book 22: Fireman’s Filthy 4th
Book 23: Mechanic
Book 24: SEAL’s Secret
Book 25: Police, Pooch, and Smooch
Book 26: Fireman’s Fake Fiancée
Book 27: Billionaire’s Virgin Ballerina
Book 28: Bitcoin Billionaire’s Babysitter
Book 29: Veterans Day Daddy
Book 30: Cowboy’s Christmas Carol
Book 31: Police Officer’s Princess
Book 32: Statham
Book 33: Bodyguard
Book 34: Greek God
Book 35: Billionaire Single Dad's Babysitter
Book 36: Mountain Man
Book 37: SEAL’s Justice
Book 38: Royal Romance
Book 39: Doctor Mountain Man’s Special Delivery
Book 40: Crocodile Dan D
Book 41: Mountain Man’s Secret Baby
Book 42: Doctor Bad Boy’s Secret Baby
Book 43: Cop’s Babysitter