Chapter Eighteen
She moved as if to step back, but he didn’t want to release her.
“There’s only one more thing I need to know.”
He looked at her face. “What?”
“Children. I want children, but if you are against it, I can live without them.”
He sighed. “I want them, too, but I’m terrified of what carrying a large baby will do to you. I was over ten pounds, and my mom always told me how much damage I did to her body and how I almost killed her.”
Tessa gasped. “That’s horrible. Why in the world would a mother tell her child that?”
“My mother is a selfish, shallow bitch, and she never cared about me,” he said bluntly and without anger or resentment. He learned it was just the way she was, and he’d never be able to change her. He tried getting her clean a few times and even bought a condo for her in a better part of town. He made the mistake of putting it in her name, and within a few months, she’d sold it, took the money, and went back to where she started. He’d just given her the means to become more addicted, and she was now into drugs.
“She only cared about the money the State gave her for me. She never spent it on me, and that’s why I started working so young.”
“How about we wait and see what a doctor says?” she said. “If he feels it won’t be good for me, I’d like to think about either fostering or adopting some children. There are so many of them out there that have little to no chance at a good life.”
He nodded. “I really like that idea. I think we should check into it even if we can have a child.”
He knew he’d said the right thing when Tessa smiled brightly.
“I want you to put your things away. I’m going to make a call, and then we’ll go on a picnic to celebrate our engagement. Either later today or tomorrow, we should go to the other house and pack the things you want to bring over. If it’s a lot, I can call in a few of my men.”
She snorted. “Are you in a rush?”
“Yes. I’ll feel better when this is the only home you have,” he told her.
She ran her hands over his shoulders. “How about we celebrate our engagement here and now and then go on a picnic later?”
Dominik grinned at the mischievous smile on her face. “Oh, so how are we going to celebrate?” he asked, knowing the answer.
Tessa pushed him to his back and crawled up on top of him. “Like this,” she said and proceeded to kiss him.
The passion exploded, and the need for each other increased. He rolled until she was under him without breaking the kiss. He tore off her clothing and then his own and then entered her with one long, deep thrust.
Both groaned at the delicious sensation of being whole that they could only get with each other. He braced his weight on his elbows as he started to surge into her, slowly building the savage ecstasy and heated desire.
She tightened on his cock, but he could tell she was fighting it. He understood because this time, it felt like their souls were meshing, and they would never be the same, but he wasn’t going to allow her to hide from it.
He reached around her cupping her ass. “Let yourself go, Angel.”
She still resisted.
His big, blunt finger slid between the cheeks of her ass, and after swiping some of the copious syrup running from her, he thrust it into her ass as far as it would go. A strangled, wild cry burst from her, filling the room with the cries of ecstasy.
Brutal slashes of pleasure raced down his spine, and then there was relief when his cum spurted from his cock and filled her cervix. He lay there for a long time trying to gain some control before he slipped his finger from her ass, and then he slid his cock out of her cunt. He pressed a quick kiss on her lips.
“I’ll be right back.”
After washing, he walked back in with a wet cloth and cleaned the evidence of their passion from her.
He tossed the washcloth aside and crawled into bed, wrapping her in his arms. “How are you doing?”
She hummed and rubbed her cheek against his chest.
He grinned. He let them rest for an hour before he decided to get up. “Let’s get dressed, Angel. I’ll call Cecil’s Diner and get food for our picnic ordered. How does that sound?”
She smiled at him. “I like it.”
She started to move away from him, but he yanked her back, making her scream. He smiled at her. “I love you, Angel.”
She sighed and cupped his cheek. “I love you, too.”
A while later, they found an area by a creek in one of the parks. They spread the blanket out and then started pulling things from the basket.
“Oh, my, this looks great,” she said.
Dominik nodded. “I heard one of the guys talking about it. I’ll have to thank him.”
The afternoon sun faded, but they didn’t want the picnic to end. When a cool breeze made Tessa shiver, he knew he had to get her home.
They packed everything up and walked to the truck. He got her situated in her seat with her belt on before he started to drive them home. He took her hand.
“Hey, what would you think about flying to Vegas and getting married? That’s unless you want a wedding.”
Her mouth dropped open, and then she clapped. “I love the idea. When can we go?”
“How about next weekend? Can you take off Friday?” he asked.
“I think I can get someone to work my shift,” she said.
“Good. We’ll fly out Thursday night and go shopping for a dress for you before we get married. Then we can spend a few days touring the city before we fly home on Sunday night.”
“That would be so much fun. I won’t tell my friends because they might get mad that we didn’t invite them.”
“In the next few weeks, we can host a dinner at one of the upscale restaurants in town with our closest friends.”
Tessa nodded. “That would be great.”
“I thought about going to your old house, but I think we’re too wiped out. I’d rather go home and cuddle on the sofa and watch a movie. Is that okay with you?”
“Yes. That sounds wonderful. It’s been an eventful day.”
He lifted her hand and kissed her knuckles. “Yes, it has, but it’s also been the best day of my life.”
She looked at him with tears in her eyes but a smile on her face. “For me, too.”