Total pages in book: 41
Estimated words: 38483 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 192(@200wpm)___ 154(@250wpm)___ 128(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 38483 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 192(@200wpm)___ 154(@250wpm)___ 128(@300wpm)
I want to ask for the whole story, but she’s going to have the baby any day now and the last thing I want to do is cause her additional stress. “I’m sure it’s hard to wait a little longer, since you were hoping to have her by today, but another two weeks is hardly any time at all,” I say, even though I’m sure I have the longest case of blue balls in the history of blue balls.
“That’s easy for you to say. You’re not the one walking around looking like a beached whale.”
“You’re beautiful,” I scold as I park then jump out. I help her down from her seat, and when her feet touch the ground, I move in. I cup her face with my palms and tilt her head back to stare into her eyes. “I’d probably go to hell for some of the things I want to do to you.”
Her plump lips go round as she whispers, “Oh.”
I claim her mouth in a deep kiss, and she has a dazed look in her eyes when I finally pull away. “But I figure burning in hell would be a small price to pay to have you.”
Chapter 5
AUBREY
I WAKE FROM my dream, needy and a little breathless, feelings I’ve gotten used to since Justin and I shared our first kiss. Only now the desire is getting harder to deal with, especially when in my dreams we always share more than just a few innocent kisses.
I don’t even want to open my eyes. I don’t want to lose the last image I have in my mind of Justin and me together, but at the sound of low murmuring in the next room, I realize I’m not on Justin’s couch anymore. I open my eyes and look around his room, having no idea how I ended up here. The last thing I remember before I fell asleep was him rubbing my feet after making me eat something.
I start to smile as contentment fills my chest, but that emotion is wiped away when I hear feminine laughter filter through the door, mixed with his deep chuckle. A surge of jealousy courses through me at the thought of him spending time with another woman. I know I don’t have any right to feel that way, but that still doesn’t stop me from rolling me and my big belly off his mattress.
I walk lightly to the closed door and try to listen to what’s happening in the other room. When I don’t hear more than quiet murmurings, I nudge it open, hoping I can sneak down the hallway a little without getting caught. I should know better than to even try to be stealthy, since he has a way of sensing me even when he’s busy with something else. More than once he’s been in the middle of an Xbox game with guns going off or working on his computer and still alert enough to hear my breath catch if my girl kicks too hard.
“Baby, what are you doing up already?” Before I have a chance to respond, I hear him murmur to his guest, “Don’t leave yet. I’d like you to meet Aubrey.”
“Are you kidding me? I don’t care how big you’re getting now that you’re working out so much. You couldn’t pry me out of here with a crowbar. Do you know how long I’ve been waiting to meet your mystery woman?”
Mystery woman? I can’t help but smile at the description, since I’m the furthest thing from it. The only thing mysterious about me is what a hot guy like Justin is doing spending so much time with me. Well, that and the life I left behind in Vegas, but nobody in Tennessee knows anything about that.
I only make it a few steps down the hallway before Justin rounds the corner. With his blond hair, scruff-covered cheeks, crystal-blue eyes, and muscular build, he looks like he could take down an army without help. But I’ve felt nothing but safe in his strong arms and experienced nothing but gentleness when he’s touched me.
“You okay?” he asks, and I realize I’ve been standing feet away staring at him.
“I heard voices,” I say, and his expression softens.
“Sorry, baby. You fell asleep, so I moved you to the bedroom and tried to keep it down to a low roar out here so you could nap as long as you needed.”
Now I know how I ended up in his bed, and I really wish I’d been awake for the experience of being tucked in by him.
“Autumn’s here. She brought some stuff over for you.”
“Autumn?” My brow wrinkles in confusion. Maybe it’s pregnancy brain or just that I haven’t woken all the way up from my nap, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard of her.
“C’mon, she wants to meet you before she heads out.” He comes toward me and takes my hand. I let him lead me into the living room where a stunning redhead is waiting for us. She’s prettier than most of the showgirls at the big casinos in Vegas, and it makes me more self-conscious of my tousled hair, puffy eyes, huge baby belly, and swollen feet. She looks like the kind of woman Justin should date, not me. But she seems so excited to meet me that I smile back when she rushes forward to give me a hug.