Vella Munn - The Return of Cord Navarro

Now with the morning sun streaming in the window behind him, he had his wish. And she had everything she wanted in life.

“I’ve been thinking,” he said. For the first time since the nurse handed Autumn to him, he looked at her fully, his dark eyes alive with love. “You got to hold her for nine months. Now it’s my turn.”

“I’ll remind you of that at 2:00 a.m. Cord?”

“What?”

“I-I hope I never forget the way the two of you look right now.”

Shifting Autumn so she now rested in the crook of his arm, he leaned forward, his mouth inches from hers. “I love you, Shannon. I never stopped loving you. I know I’ve told you that, but I want to say it again.”

“Thank you,” she whispered. “You mean everything to me. Everything.” Then their lips met, joined, sealed and words were no longer necessary. She locked her arms around his neck and caught their daughter between them. She felt Autumn squirm and give a little yelp of sound that made them both chuckle.

Her parents would be here in a few minutes with Matt, but although she was looking forward to seeing their son’s reaction to his baby sister, she could wait.

For now there was only her and Cord and the new life they’d created; a healthy, giving marriage; love. So much love expressed fully and openly.

VELLA MUNN grew up the daughter and granddaughter of teachers, and from childhood on was in love with the written word. She turned to writing when her first child was born, and now has twenty-nine contemporary and historical romance novels to her credit. She is the mother of two grown children and lives in southern Oregon with her husband.