Chapter 13
Stone
She sleeps like a boss on the plane ride back to North Carolina. Her head remains buried in my chest until the pilot announces that we're landing. "We're home, babe." I whisper to her. Her head rises from me and I have to chuckle softly. She was so out of it. "You okay?"
"Fine. Where are we?"
"Home. Do you want to go home or to my place?" I ask her, knowing that I arranged to have the concierge pack up her things during dinner, and bring them to the plane for her.
"It doesn't matter. As long as I'm with you." She says so sleepily, through a yawn.
I can't get over how fucking adorable she is. And now that she's pregnant, she's even mor adorable. I could look at her all day. "How about we go to my place, so you can see the crooked house again?"
She groans. "God, don't remind me of that asshole."
Another chuckle. "Don't worry. Lucy gave him a run for his money in the form of paperwork up to his ass. Let's just say that he misses you."
"Gross. Don't make me puke. And now that my boobs are bigger, he's just got more to look at."
"And I'll punch him in the face if he does." I say, in no uncertain terms. "But you'll never see him again, so enough said."
We're driven to my place, bags and all, and I give her a little tour of the place. "So, what are you going to do with the addition?"
"I haven't decided yet. But now that we're having a baby, I think it might be cool to turn it into like a haunted house or a funhouse or something like that later. That could be the play area. I think that would be perfect."
Her eyes widen. Her mouth opens wide in surprise. "God, that's genius!" Her arms wrap around me. "I love you!"
My chuckle is soft as I hold her close. "I love you, too. So, you like that idea?"
"I love it!"
"We could even put some anchors in it and tilt it more, just to make it even more exaggerated, so it doesn't look so much like it happened by accident. We'll blend it in with the rest of the house somehow."
"I know a great architect that could deal with that. Completely professional and very innovative."
"Sounds great. Give him my number."
“I will." Her face is glowing with happiness.
I take a step towards her. “I was so worried about you, Lark. I don’t want you to ever feel like you need to run away from me for anything.
It doesn’t matter what happened, I’ll always love you.
You never have to fear me. You never have to be afraid that you’ll lose me.
I’m here for you, and whatever obstacle comes our way, together we will get through it.
I want you to know that. From the bottom of my heart. ”
She slides her fingers through my hair, searching my eyes. “I was just chasing away old ghosts, Stone. But they’re gone now."
I rest my forehead on hers. “Is this anything to do with your ex?"
“It has everything to do with him. There was once a time when I thought that I couldn’t have children.
We tried and tried, and the blame was placed on me.
It got so bad between us, that I didn’t want to have children anymore.
When I always dreamed of that. He asked me to marry him once, but when I couldn’t get pregnant, I was no longer a viable wife to him. And he left me."
“That son of a bitch. I’ve never heard of something so cruel. And now I can understand why you ran."
“At first I thought I didn’t want the child.
And then I was worried, thinking that you wouldn’t want the child.
But then, when I saw you, at one of my most vulnerable moments, something inside me changed.
I knew that the fear that I had was an old fear, and I don’t need to fear that anymore, now that I’m with you. ”
I smile warmly. “I love you so much, Lark. When you left, I don’t remember the last time I was so scared."
“Then you can’t imagine how scared I was."
I draw in a deep breath and release it, as I hold her close to me.
“Lucy knows about us. And you have nothing to be afraid of there, either. She’s very supportive.
She knows that I’ve been out to find you, and she knows that you’re safe now, too.
You have nothing to fear. Your job is secure, and we will decide when to tell her that we’re having a baby together. ”
Her eyes are greener than ever. It’s like they’ve taken on a more beautiful hue.
As if she could be any more gorgeous. I’ve never been more in love.
Her arms wrap tighter around my neck, she’s so close to me.
I can feel her heartbeat on mine. “Tomorrow, I’m going out to buy one of those special Doppler monitors, so I can hear the baby’s heartbeat. I can’t wait to hear that."
“It’s very strong. But I wasn’t ready to hear it yet, I was still processing, I just found out only an hour prior."
“Then we'll hear it together."
She lifts her head, so I’m looking into her big, beautiful eyes. “Thank you."
“For what, baby?"
“I’ve only known I’ve been pregnant for three days, and yet, in the last three hours, I've fallen more in love with you, with our baby, and with my life. You are such a gift to me.”
I smirk. “God, I’m really liking these pregnancy hormones."
She smiles and snorts a laugh. "Don’t get too used to it. And be prepared. I’m already throwing up every morning, my boobs are so sore, it’s excruciating, but I’m holding it in just for you."
I laugh with her. “How about I draw you a nice warm bath. I’ll toss some Epsom salts in there to help with those sore muscles of yours."
“That sounds like heaven. But only if you join me."
“That can be arranged."
I take her hand in mine and lead her to the bathroom, the larger one, where the lion's foot tub is.
As I draw her bath, she peels away her clothes.
When I used to play rugby in high school, my mom showed me how to draw a bath properly, to ease sore muscles, and to calm after a hectic game.
Using the same technique, I create a rich, sudsy bath for two.
She steps into the tub, and then she watches as I peel off my clothes and join her.
Her eyes tell me that she wants to do more than be cleansed.
I step into the tub, opposite her. The bubbles cup her breasts by her nipples, creating a sexy shelf bra effect.
My cock awakens, as the head pokes up out of the water.
She eyes it, and licks her lips, and proceeds to suck it.
It feels so good I could cry. Head bobbing, mouth working, she makes me so hard I could burst. I let her suck me until my seed is just to the tip, then my arms find her body under the water, and I pull her up to me, until my cock finds her ready wetness, and I impale her with me.
“Tell me if it hurts, baby." I murmur in her ear, but she answers with a pleasurable hiss, leaning on my shoulders with her hands, pumping herself harder. My hands are on her breasts, testing, ensuring that I don’t hurt her.
“Suck them. Suck them hard!" She cries out, as I feel her body already quivering. I do as I’m told, and she comes like a champ all over my cock. It takes everything in me not to go with her, but I am not finished with her yet.
Water sloshing all over, I slide in behind her, and take her again, only this time, my fingers are on her clit, while I squeeze her nipples gently with the other hand.
She cries loudly, as I catch her during her aftershocks, and successfully signal a second orgasm.
Her cries, her body tightening, and the fact that I haven’t fucked her in weeks, pushes me over the edge, and I come gloriously inside her.
Her ass slaps against my lap deliciously, until we slow, and she leans her back against my chest. I rest my chin on her shoulder and kiss the skin just under her ear.
"My, my, these pregnancy hormones are crazy. " I whisper in her ear.
"Buckle up, baby." She snuffles.
"Oh, I plan to."
I interlace my hands in hers under the bubbles. The place is a mess of water all over the floor. "Well, this is one way to find out if I have a leak."
"This house was not inspected as part of the offer."
"It wouldn't pass with the slanted addition."
"Exactly."
"Not to worry." I grunt as I rise carefully, after removing myself from her. "I'll go grab the mop from downstairs. You sit tight and enjoy."
"Sounds good to me." I turn the nozzle on for her to top up the water level.
I don't even bother to put any clothes on as I head down to grab the mop.
As luck would have it, I hear my phone ringing in my suit jacket, which is draped over the back of one of the kitchen chairs.
The display says that it's Jagger. "Hey, man.
What's going on? You didn't catch enough of me on the plane? " I say with a humorous tone.
"I was just letting you know that we've got a lead on the botched meeting and the strange letters and phone calls. I've arranged to have extra security for everyone, including you, until we get to the bottom of it."
"Oh yeah? What's the story?" I sit down on the chair, forgetting that I'm naked, that I was going after the mop, and that I have a beautiful, naked girl upstairs, waiting for me, but only for a moment.
"It appears to be several people, but the dude that made the delivery to my office has been traced back to an ex-con, and we're just trying to get a guy in to dig a little deeper on who hired him."
"An ex-con." I repeat. "Jesus, this shit is getting serious."
"Yeah. But we knew that this was going to happen sooner or later. It's just a matter of time. Too much heat and a lot of players now. It's bound to happen."
"I get it. Luckily this new pad of mine has top notch security."
"We're still putting eyes on your place. Outside. Especially at night. Until we shut this guy or this operation down."
"Works for me."
Jagger changes the subject. “So, are you going to marry her?”
“Wouldn’t you like to know.” I tease.
“I was just wondering if we're looking at a double wedding or something, what with Rush and Izzy tying the knot now, too."