Chapter Forty-Six
Linc
I ’m already about to lose it when the nurse asks if we want to know the sex. I’ve been reading the app every day, so I know all the developmental stages the baby has gone through, but seeing a real little human on the screen is overwhelming.
The nurse runs the ultrasound wand over Mel. “Okay, we… should… be able to see… There, there it is.” She points at the screen. “Mom, Dad, you’re having a little girl.”
I let out a shaky breath. “A girl?”
“You got it, a girl!”
Mel swipes away tears from her cheek as the nurse extends the box of tissues to us. I take two. Mel looks in my eyes. “We’re having a girl.”
“Millie.”
She shakes with a happy sob. I stand from my chair and lean down to kiss her hair. “Thank you so much, Melonie. This is the best day of my life.”
The nurse finishes cleaning up the goop from Mel’s stomach. “Just wait, Dad, lots of best days to come. I’ll let you have a couple of minutes. You’ll meet with the doctor in room nine. Feel free to go there when you’re ready.”
“Thank you,” Mel says as she takes my hand, helping her to sit up, swinging her legs off the side of the table.
As soon as the nurse closes the door, I wrap my arms around her. I breathe in the smell of her hair and let out a long breath as she places her head on my chest.
“Your heart is beating fast.”
“I’m feeling a lot of things right now.”
She pulls her head away from my chest, looking up into my eyes. “Same.”
I run my hand through her hair, my hand coming to rest on her cheek.
“Please kiss me, Linc.”
I study her eyes for any hesitation, because shit, here we are again. She only kisses me during doctor’s appointments. Even though it’s strange to me, I won’t waste the opportunity. I slowly lower my lips to hers, and she brings her hand to the back of my neck. Her tongue pushes at the seam of my lips, and I throw caution to the wind, because I’ll take whatever she is willing to give me.
I kiss her hard. Our heads tilt and I pull her close. She brings both arms up to my shoulders and wraps her legs around me. Fuck, this is good—the way her lips taste, the way her body feels against mine. My mind has me believing I can make up for lost time in this kiss, but it isn’t possible. Not in the time we have, not here.
I feel my cock jump to attention, and I know I need to stop what we’re doing. I don’t want to stop, but I can’t walk around an OB/GYN office with a hard on.
I slow the pace and whisper against Mel’s lips. “I can’t walk around this place with an erection.”
She laughs as she catches her breath. I place both hands on her cheeks and catch her gaze. “Why do we only do this in an ultrasound room?”
“Because here, it can’t go further than a kiss.”
I nod. “That makes sense, I guess.” I place my lips on hers one more brief time. “This is the last time we kiss at the doctor’s office, then.”