Chapter Ten
Hawk woke up and turned to see Katie on the bed beside him. She was smiling at him, she looked a little pale, and he scented the peppermint.
“Morning, Beautiful,” he said, reaching out to grip the back of her neck and pulling her down to take possession of her lips.
“Good morning.”
He pulled her close and kissed her. “How long have you been up?”
“Just a few minutes.”
“Long enough to brush your teeth.”
“At least you don’t have to worry about my morning breath.”
He laughed. “Does that mean I have to worry about mine?”
She chuckled. “Not at all.” She cupped his face and kissed him. “Did you sleep well?”
“Hell, yeah.” Whenever he was with Katie, he always slept well. Better than well.
“Do you want some breakfast?”
He glanced down at the robe she wore, and soon he would want some food, but for now, there was a different kind of breakfast he wanted.
Tugging at her robe, he pulled it open, and she was completely naked underneath, which made him moan.
He couldn’t get enough of her body. She was stunning.
Just one look was all it took, and he was hard as rock.
Then again, just thinking about Katie, just being with her, made him hard.
Pulling her down against him, he rolled her to the mattress so that she was underneath him. He captured her hands and placed them either side of her head. “I’ve got you.”
She giggled. “I’m not fighting.”
He groaned and leaned down, taking possession of her lips.
“I want to kiss every single inch of you.”
She gasped. “I’m not going to stop you.”
He kissed her hard, swallowing down her moan, and then slowly began to kiss down to her neck, but he didn’t stop at the spot he knew drove her wild. Still keeping his hands on top of hers, he started to trail down her chest, going to the valley of her tits.
Hawk moved to one nipple, taking it into his mouth, and then sliding his tongue between, going through the valley, and then toward her other nipple, which he sucked into his mouth.
Alternating between each tit, he lathered them with attention, but what he wanted to feast on was her perfect, sweet cunt.
This time, he let go of her hands and started to kiss down her body, going toward the apex of her thighs.
Slowly, he took his time kissing down her stomach, and then he spread her legs open.
He could not resist cupping her full ass in his palms, so he did, then pressed his face against her pussy, taking her clit into his mouth, sucking on it.
She cried out, arching up against him.
He massaged the globes of her ass cheeks, and then pressed his tongue to her core, and began to wriggle his tongue back and forth across her clit, dancing with her, setting her on fire.
Not for a second did he stop, until he felt how close she was, and then he moved down to circle the entrance of her cunt.
Now, he began to press his tongue inside her, teasing her, tasting her, wanting to drive her to the peak of insanity.
He pushed her to the edge, and only when he knew she could take more, did he bring his tongue back and go toward her clit.
Hawk teased her with her release, keeping her poised at the pinnacle but not quite going over it.
She tried to reach that high, but he held it just out of reach, wanting her to be soaking wet.
When he knew she couldn’t take any more, he focused on her clit, stroking back and forth, bringing her to that peak, only this time he sent her right over the edge, and she came hard. His name echoed off the walls as she cried out her release.
He took his time, allowing her to go over the edge and bask in her orgasm, and only when he knew she couldn’t take any more, did he stop, but he wasn’t done with her.
His own cock was long, thick, hard as fucking steel, with the tip already soaked in his own pre-cum.
They had not worn any condoms, and he was not going to wear one now.
He didn’t have the patience to put one on, and the truth was, he wanted to have a child with her. He wanted to have a future with her.
He was in love with Katie. He’d been in love with her in high school, and that hadn’t changed, not even now.
The last seventeen years hadn’t changed the way he felt.
It was easier to ignore if he wasn’t in town, which is why whenever he came to town, he didn’t venture into it.
He never knew about Katie and Adam getting married, but he didn’t want to see anyone else with Katie. He’d been a selfish bastard.
Moving up between her spread legs, he stared into her beautiful brown eyes, then slowly began to slide inside her, inch by inch, filling her up with his thick dick.
She cried out, and he growled against her neck, as he kissed that pulse, biting down, feeling her pussy tighten around his dick as he sunk inside her. Locking their hands together, he pressed hers to the bed and slammed balls-deep inside her, making her take every inch of his dick.
He wasn’t done with her, and staring into her eyes, he pulled nearly all the way out so that only the bulbous tip was within her cunt, and then he slammed in deep, making her cry out and moan.
“Fuck, you feel so good, baby,” he said.
Taking her lips, he began to fuck her hard, and with the force of his thrusts, he had to stop kissing her, but he couldn’t control it, and he wanted this to last.
All too soon, he changed positions, still with his cock inside her, but now she was the one riding him. He put his hands on her thighs and stared up at her. They were both panting.
“What are you doing?” she asked.
“Giving you a chance,” he said with a smile. The few seconds were giving him time to get himself together so he didn’t come too fast. He just couldn’t control it when he was with Katie. She blew his world, and she was everything he ever wanted.
Katie leaned down, stared into his eyes. “You want me to fuck you?”
He groaned. “Fuck, yeah.”
She smiled at him, and he ran his hands up and down her thighs, then moved to her hips.
Then, Katie started to move, and he thought this would guarantee him more control, but there was no way this was going to give him any chance of controlling anything.
Watching her thrust down onto his length, seeing himself enter her body, along with the sway of her tits, was just an erotic visual.
One he wasn’t quite prepared for. He was already too close.
He tried to control it, but it was no good. There was no way he could control these feelings, and staring up at his woman, he just completely released and came apart, flooding her pussy, filling her womb. He knew if she wasn’t pregnant already, soon she would be.
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The days turned into weeks, and before she knew it, it was Halloween. Palmer’s Gifts was having an incredible time. Customers were flying in and out of the door, along with orders online. The shop had always been a success, but it would seem more customers enjoyed that personal touch.
For their online orders, Hawk was helping sign the thank-you cards. This was the extra little piece of thank you that Adam had insisted on. While all big businesses sent a generic thank-you card, or didn’t even acknowledge the sale, he wanted their small shop to be more personal.
“This is looking really good,” she said, after Halloween, as Hawk was already changing the shop decorations to get ready for Thanksgiving.
“You think so?”
Leaves and turkeys were displayed on banners, coming from the ceiling. It wouldn’t be long before they were ready for Christmas.
“Yeah, it is.”
He’d gotten her a mug of coffee, and she was still holding it without taking a sip. She was pregnant. The tests had long since left the trash, and she hadn’t taken the few remaining tests, because there was no point. She was pregnant, and right now, she was too much of a coward to tell him.
They were in a good place, a great place. The sex was out of this world, and she loved being around him. Even when he was away, she thought about him and wondered if he was okay.
He’d told her everything about the heart attack. He did have to take some medications, but the doctors had said he was lucky. If he didn’t make changes, they said he wouldn’t survive another one, but Hawk had told her the changes had already been made.
Hawk’s company had been sold. She had expected him to be morose, but he’d looked so damn happy. This surprised her.
He was ready for the next chapter of his life. He had already told her he intended to stay in Hope. His family was delighted, and she had met them. Hawk had insisted on taking her to a Sunday lunch, and that had been amazing.
His family were so loving and welcoming. She had been so nervous. She knew there were a lot of women who would want Hawk for his money, but she wasn’t one of them. She wanted Hawk for him.
Her own family adored Hawk, as they divided their Sundays between his family and her own.
She loved Sarah as well. Her kids were little terrors, and her husband Harry worked with her to tire them out. They were a team, and it was like they were able to communicate without making a sound. It was amazing to see.
“Is there something wrong with your coffee?” Hawk asked.
She looked toward him and down at her coffee, being pulled out of her thoughts, and she pursed her lips. “Oh, my coffee, it’s great, you know, it’s a good cup of coffee.”
“You know, I’ve not seen you take a sip. Are you sure it’s okay?”
Katie didn’t know why she was on the verge of panicking. It was just a coffee. She couldn’t drink it as the smell alone made her feel like vomiting, only she didn’t tell him that. She didn’t say a word. And she felt like her world was slightly spinning, because she hadn’t taken a breath.
Just tell him.
She didn’t know why this was so hard. They had been having unprotected sex, and there was no way this should make her panic. Unprotected sex led to babies, to families.
And yet, she smiled at him, then took a sip, and the moment she did, she felt her stomach instantly reject it.
She tried to keep it down, but her baby was having other ideas.
Shoving the coffee into his hand, she didn’t say a word as she ran to the bathroom.
She did close and lock the door, and then bent over the toilet.
She hurled absolutely everything she had eaten and drunk that morning.
“Katie, what’s going on? Are you okay?” he asked.
She didn’t say a word, pushing her hair out of the way as she threw up a little more.
This was not good. This was not sexy.
“I’m fine,” she said, taking a deep breath. What else could she tell him?
“Babe, please open the door, you’re sick, and I want to be there for you. I’m going to tell the coffee shop that their milk is off, okay?”
“It’s not the milk,” she said, flushing the toilet and putting down the lid so she could sit on it. She ran her hands across her face, feeling like absolute shit. Pressing a hand to her stomach, she tried to soothe out the ache, calm herself, and stop the sick feeling.
“Katie?”
The door was still closed and locked and she knew she was being a big baby.
This was not how she wanted to tell him.
The only problem was, every single time she had attempted to tell him, she’d panicked.
She didn’t know how to tell him they were going to have a baby.
They hadn’t talked about babies or a future.
All they had done was enjoy each other, that was it.
She stared at that door and knew this couldn’t go on. “There’s something I need to tell you,” she said.
“Open the door, Katie,” Hawk said.
“I can’t.”
“Are you trapped?”
“No, I’m not trapped, but there is something I need to tell you, and this is the only way I can do it. I keep chickening out, and this is the best way to do it.” She took a deep breath.
What the hell am I doing?
I should tell him face to face and not be a coward.
I shouldn’t be doing this.
There was no other option.
“Hawk, I’m pregnant,” she said.
“Katie, open the door.”
“No, I can’t. Not yet. We haven’t talked about it, but I took some tests several weeks ago and they were all positive. We’re going to have a baby, and I know this might not be something you want, so I’m going to give you an out. You don’t have to be part of our baby’s life if you don’t want to.”
She didn’t know why she was doing this. The truth was, she wanted him to stay.
“Katie, I can’t do this with a door between us.”
“Please, could you give me ... some space, I just ... I need to freshen up.” She was being a bitch, and she knew it.
“Sure,” he said.
She was pretty sure he placed his hand on the door, as if he could reach out and touch her, but she got to her feet, moved the short distance to the sink, and glanced at her reflection.
It was not pretty. She looked pale and a little green around the edges.
There was no way she was going to be able to face Hawk like this. She looked terrible.
Splashing some water on her face, she pressed a towel to dry her face, then brushed her teeth. With all the vomiting, she had purchased an extra toothbrush and paste for the shop to freshen her mouth. The last thing she wanted to do was frighten the customers away with her stinky breath.
Taking one last look in the mirror, she nodded her head and stepped out of the bathroom. The shop floor was completely empty, and there was no sign of Hawk. And that felt like her whole world had deflated.
She moved toward the door and saw he’d put a sign up saying they’d be back soon. She flipped it to let people know they were open, all the time feeling her heart break.
You’re the one that told him to give you space.
Why are you feeling sorry for yourself?
You did this.
No one else.
She wanted to burst into tears. It was then she realized she didn’t want Hawk to leave. She had wanted him to stay, to promise her that no matter what, they could make this work.