I roll over and stretch out letting a loud groan pass my lips as I do. A deep breath escapes me as I wrap my arm tightly around Rae's petite body. Even after having two kids and then a set of twins she'd still been able to keep her immaculate body. It was a bit more curvaceous now, her hips definitely wider, but she'll always be the sexiest woman on the planet to me.

I bury my face in her thick, dark red hair. It's a few shades darker than her natural ever since she began dying it a few years back. It's still as wild as ever first thing in the morning though but I can't help but love the smell. I take a whiff of her as I pull her into me, snuggling her closely. She's the love of my life, the owner of my heart, and I'll never tire of waking up to her every single morning, even after all of these years.

"Good morning, handsome." Her groggy voice says as I place a few soft kisses on the back of her head. She she gives my arm a soft squeeze which makes me grin happily.

"Good morning, beautiful." I place another kiss in her hair. "How'd you sleep?"

"I slept good and you?" I think back to some of the dreams I'd been previously having and smirk.

"Very good. I had some rather explicit and dirty dreams about you." I thrust myself into her backside which makes her give my arm a swat. "What? I can't want my wife?"

"You can want me all you want but four kids is more than enough for me, thank you very much." I loosen my grip and feel down the side of her body, trailing to another more sensitive area of hers. I hike up her night dress and let my fingers caress her inner thigh, moving upward until I've found my mark. I gently press against her panties, against her sensitive spot, and I feel her squirm against me. "Seth-"

"Mmm. Yes my love?" I lean down and nibble on her earlobe.

"You know you shouldn't start something you're not going to be able to finish." That makes me growl into her neck. "You know you're not going to be able to."

"I fully intend on finishing what I started." I rub her a little harder, causing her to let out a little mewl. "I plan on making sweet sweet lo-"

"DAAAAAD!" I cease my ministrations on Rae, making her let out a frustrated sigh as my daughter belts out again. She was right- I wasn't going to be able to finish what I started.

"See, I told you." I chuckle into her neck.

"Well, it was a valiant attempt on my part, if I do say so myself." I remove my hand from under her dress and pull it down just in time. Our bedroom door busts open with my daughter looking very flustered. "What is it, Monica?"

"The twins won't leave me alone and I'm trying to get ready to go to the beach with my friends." She places a hand on her hip, displaying a bit of that teenage sass she's come to acquire over the last few years. "Can you please tell them to control their wild selves?" She wasn't wrong. My sons are absolutely wild. They're giant dragons for sure. I'm surprised the house is still standing.

"BOYS!" I belt out as loudly as I can when I hear something clatter and smash off in the distance. The house becomes disturbingly quiet afterward and it makes me let out a groan. I just know they're getting into something they shouldn't be. "Go get ready, Mon. I'll take care of them." Not that they'd listen for long but still.

"I need a ride in a hour too." Of course she does.

"Alright, I'll drive you." I run my hand through my hair as I sit up. My time in bed was officially up. "Who all is going to the beach with you?"

"Uh," she fidgets slightly which makes my features harden slightly, "just some friends." Just some friends my ass.

"Yeah, what friends are those?" I give her a stern look. "Any of these friends happen to be boys?" She purses her lips and crosses her arms over her chest. "So, I take it that's a yes. Nope. I'm not taking you."

"DAD!" She throws her arms up in the air in frustration. "COME ON!"

I shrug and say, "I'm not delivering my bathing-suit-clad daughter to spend time with any boy." Because I was a teenage boy once and there's no way in hell I want her around that.

"Dad, come on! Don't be like that! It's just a few friends and yes two of them happen to be boys but Aria, Tish, and Bianca are all going to be there too!" I shake my head no. "You're unbelievable!"

"Just two of them?" I hear Raegan ask which makes me look at her incredulously. She can't be serious right now.

"Yes, just two."

"What are their names?" I let out a huff at Rae's words because I could give a shit what their names are.

"Carter and Keith." They already sound like terrible people.

"Alright, I'll take you since your father wont." The way she said the words were in a tone that said I better not argue but I sure as hell want to.

"Yes!" She jumps for joy and claps her hands together. "You're the best, mom!" Then she takes off down the hall, probably disappearing as fast as she can before I can disagree.

"I can't believe you just agreed to take her."

"You can't keep her locked in the house away from boys for the rest of forever, Seth. Better to support her and let her know she can trust telling you about stuff like that or she'll just hide it." She sits up next to me and caresses my face. "We both know how bad sneaking around works out, don't we?"

"Stop being right. I don't want you to be right, right now." She lets out a little laugh. "I'm not ready for that yet. I'm not ready for her dating boys."

"She's fifteen, Seth. She's old enough to hang out with boys. I mean, I was fifteen when I started really having a crush on you."

"Uuuugh," I put both hands on my face and slide them down slowly. "Don't say that to me. I don't want to picture Monica being anything like your forward self."

She shrugs. "It's going to happen whether you want it to or not. Better to hear about who she's going out with and get to know them instead of tell her she can't. Girls are sensitive in their teens. Let her have her time."

"Yeah, well her older brother just moved off to Vegas and can't look out for her anymore. Now I have to be the bad guy." She lets out a little laugh. "Jamie made sure no one even looked at Monica before. Now she's going to the beach with boys." Rae snorts out a laugh. "What?"

"Oh stop being such a dad." She gives me a playful shove. "She's a smart girl and has a good head on her shoulders."

"I have no idea where she gets that from."

"You make a good point because it definitely isn't from either of us."

"Probably a good thing we named her after my mother." I give Rae a soft smile before saying, "she was such a saint." Rae grabs ahold of my hand and gives it a squeeze.

"You know, speaking of her brother moving off to Vegas, he's the one we should be worried about, not Monica. Monica is the last one to do something crazy. Jamie on the other hand..." She lets out a hearty sigh and shakes her head. "That boy will be the death of me."

"You're not wrong. He's a wild one for sure. He gets that from his mother." She glares at me. "What? You know he's a dragon, just like you."

"Don't remind me." She lets out another more woeful sigh. "I'm sad we're not going to be there for his birthday this year."

"Yeah, well, Dad tells me that Amelia is flying down to see him and spend some time with him."

"Oh thank god." She looks immensely relieved. "At least she'll make sure he doesn't get too crazy. She always keeps him in check."

"I know." But what I don't say is how I've noticed the way Jamie has started looking at Amelia over the past year or so. And I definitely don't mention their awkward exchange at the airport the day he left.

A/N:
This is the first of a few bonus chapters I have for this book! I'm posting it to celebrate one month of book 3 being out! I can't believe that book has already been posted for an entire month.

If there is anything you all want to see happen in the bonus chapters let me know! I'd love to be able to work some of what you guys want into the ones I've already written or just write new ones altogether.

Also, one last thing, I've put the summary up for book 4! It's going to be Monica's story and I'm already really excited to share it all with you. Hope you all are well!

- Andi -