Total pages in book: 29
Estimated words: 27058 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 135(@200wpm)___ 108(@250wpm)___ 90(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 27058 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 135(@200wpm)___ 108(@250wpm)___ 90(@300wpm)
I pretended to look offended, but then I laughed and shook my head. “I would do the same thing in your shoes.”
Once we were in the car and headed home, I laced my fingers through Ellery’s and rested our joint hands on my thigh. “Told you they’d love you,” I said smugly.
“Your parents are awesome.” She giggled and added, “They are so cute when they get all mushy over Corinne. Especially your dad.”
“Yeah. It’s hard to believe that anyone could treat them like Laura did,” I muttered bitterly.
Ellery squeezed my hand gently. “She was sick, Zane.”
Sighing, I brought her hand to my lips and kissed the back. “I know, baby. And I’ll make my peace with her eventually, if for no other reason than because of Corinne.”
“You’re a good man,” Ellery whispered.
“I wouldn’t go that far, baby. In fact, when we get home, I’m gonna show you just how bad I can be.”
10
ELLERY
Living with Zane and Corinne was a dream, but I couldn’t help but worry about how difficult it would be to leave them if my relationship ended. I’d never had a boyfriend before, let alone whatever you’d call a man like Zane.
Partner? Lover?
Either way, he hadn’t said anything about love or marriage yet, and I was scared he would get bored with me at some point in the future. And where would I be then? Stuck without a job or home and moving back into my parents’ house.
As happy as I was with him, I needed to protect myself from that being my future. Which was why I’d looked at the job openings in town while he was at Iron Inkworks today.
“You know there’s a new daycare opening up just north of here,” I said as we started back down the stairs now that Corinne was finally asleep for the night.
Zane frowned, turning toward me just as I got off the bottom step. “You mean that one that’s off Thirty? Almost an hour from here?”
I tilted my head. “Yeah, I guess it’s about that far. Anyway, I saw that they were hiring, and since I have experience, I thought it could be good to get something part-time. You know, as a backup.”
“A backup? For what?” He folded his arms across his broad chest, pulling his shirt tighter as the veins in his biceps bulged beneath his tattoos.
Biting my bottom lip, I looked down at the hardwood floor beneath my feet, tracing the lines of the plank with my shoe.
There was no easy way to say that I was worried we would eventually break up. Especially not when things were going so well between us. The last thing I wanted was to pick a fight with Zane.
“Corinne isn’t going to need someone to take care of her forever,” I said, still looking down.
He laughed. “Well, then you’ll have your hands full when our kids start coming.”
I shot my head up, meeting his bright smile. “Our kids? What kids?”
“Like the one you could be carrying right now.”
We’d had sex every night for the past week, yet I’d somehow never once thought about birth control. But it sounded as though he was aware of the oversight…but not concerned. “Whoa, I could be pregnant.”
He leaned in closer, the whiskers of his beard tickling my chin as he whispered, “And if you’re not, I’m going to fuck you every chance I get until you are.”
It would have been so easy to think he was teasing, except his arms wrapped around my waist and he lifted me like I was nothing, tossing me over his shoulder before barreling back upstairs toward the bedroom we shared.
I giggled despite his heated words and what they were definitely doing to me. I’d always wanted a big family, and to know he wanted one too was enough to warm a girl’s heart.
And more.
He kicked the door closed behind us before tossing me on the mattress, wasting no time pawing at my jeans and tossing them aside with my panties.
“I’ve been thinking about tasting this sweet pussy all day,” he moaned before kneeling between my legs and licking a long line up my core.
Leaning back on the pillows, I put my hands on his head, spreading my legs wider and giving him better access to my already wet and waiting pussy. He dove in, his heated gaze like on mine as his tongue lapped up every bit of me.
“Yes, Zane. Right there,” I moaned, leaning back as desire pooled low in my belly.
“Look at me when I make you come, Ellery. I want you to watch,” he growled between my thighs.
My gaze shot back to his as he sucked hard on my clit, making fireworks blast through every part of me as my body shook.
He grinned, lapping up every bit of my come as aftershocks rolled through me. Then he kissed a trail up my thighs before getting to his knees.