Total pages in book: 54
Estimated words: 50872 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 254(@200wpm)___ 203(@250wpm)___ 170(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 50872 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 254(@200wpm)___ 203(@250wpm)___ 170(@300wpm)
Mere seconds go by before Austin is walking into the bedroom with his arms full of flowers. His eyes find mine, and he smiles, heading straight for me. He leans over to kiss me and whispers in my ear “Missed you” before turning back to his brother. “What are you doing in here?”
Elle chooses that moment to come out of the closet. “Hey, Austin. I’m ready to go, Huddy.” She walks over and leans over to hug me. When she pulls back, she explains, “I hung all the clothes. I’ll see you soon, but you call me if you want me to come hang out again. I had fun today.”
I lean up and hug her again. “I did too. Thank you, Elle.” She walks over to Huddy and they turn to leave. “Bye, Huddy. Thanks,” I tell him.
He nods. “Think about what I said.”
I nod, and when they leave, Austin turns to me. “What did my grumpy ass brother say to you?”
“Nothing. It’s fine. Let’s talk about you.”
He sits down on the bed and leans over. “Okay, but first I need to say hi to my daughter. She’s probably feeling neglected.”
Before I can react, he’s touching his lips to my belly and then smooths his hand across my round tummy. “I missed you too, sweetie.”
I run my hand through his hair. “Austin.”
He turns his soulful eyes to me. “Yeah, baby?”
I stutter over the nickname he calls me. “Uh, well, I should probably be mad. You bought me way too much stuff, especially since I can’t really wear it anywhere, but thank you. It means a lot that you thought of me.”
He presses his cheek into my open hand. “I’m always thinking of you.”
“Thank you for the teddy bear too.”
He smiles and looks over to the bear that’s on the dresser. “She’ll love it, right?”
I nod with a sniffle. “Yeah, she’ll love it.”
“So I have a surprise for you.”
I’m laughing and shaking my head at the same time. “Austin, you’ve done so much already.”
He picks up the flowers on the nightstand. “Nope, this was Mark’s idea, and I think it was a good one. I told him you weren’t too happy to be in bed, so he suggested I bring home flowers and ice cream and that I lie in bed with you and watch your favorite show. Here’s the flowers. I have some mint chocolate chip ice cream in the freezer. I talked to Brandon, and he said a small serving would be fine, and we can watch whatever you want to watch.”
I tilt my head. “You called the doctor to see if I could eat ice cream?”
He acts as if it’s not a big deal. “Yeah, it wasn’t on the nutrition list, so I had to be sure.”
“And I get to pick…”
He nods. “You get to pick. It doesn’t matter to me as long as I get to lie next to you. I’ll even watch one of those romance movies you like so much.”
I hold my breath. I’m used to nights out at the Whiskey Whistler or going out with my friends. But what he just suggested sounds like the absolute perfect night to me. “I think Mark sounds like he’s pretty smart.”
Austin laughs. “He would agree with you. I figure I should listen to him since he’s been married over twenty years.”
My heart is thundering in my chest. Not just because of the ice cream and the flowers and everything else he’s done for me but because of how he makes me feel. With him, I feel loved and cared for, and it scares the hell out of me.
I want to ask him if what his brother told me is true. I’m beginning to think it’s possible. In this moment. I promise myself I’m going to see where this goes. I’m not going to make any promises or even give in to his pressure of marriage, but I am going to enjoy this… for however long it lasts.
Chapter 18
Austin
I jerk awake with a groan. I was having the most illicit dream, and now that I’m wide awake, I realize it wasn’t a dream. I open my eyes just as Ally wraps her lips around my hard cock.
My hips jerk, and I plunge deeper into her mouth. “Fuck, Ally.”
She smiles around her mouthful, and her hand wraps around the base of my girth. She takes me deeper, and that’s when I come to my senses. She’s pregnant and supposed to be resting. She’s not supposed to be on her knees, servicing me.
I grab her by the shoulders and pull her up the length of my body. I lay her on her side and curl my body around her. “Ally, baby, you’re supposed to be resting.”
She arches her back, pressing her lower body into me. Her T-shirt has ridden up, and her panties do nothing to block me. She keeps moving until my manhood is positioned between her thighs. My groan fills the room, and I back off the bed, falling to my knees on the floor. The only way I’m going to be able to stop myself is to put some distance between us. “We can’t. You know what the doctor said, and I’m not taking any chances in hurting you.”