Total pages in book: 25
Estimated words: 23963 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 120(@200wpm)___ 96(@250wpm)___ 80(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 23963 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 120(@200wpm)___ 96(@250wpm)___ 80(@300wpm)
The face he makes is comical, and we both laugh. My gaze is drawn back to Maddie, and she catches my eyes and smiles at me. “Elliott.”
“Yeah?” he asks.
I nod toward his sister. “She’s happy, right? I don’t think I’ve ever seen her this happy.”
He doesn’t answer right away, and instead he clasps me on my shoulder until I look at him. “No, Rhett. I have never seen her this happy. Why else do you think I haven’t whooped your ass yet?” With a knowing nod, he gets up. “I’m going to go grab another drink. You want one?”
I shake my head. “I’m good.”
He disappears into the kitchen just as Maddie makes her way to me. She comes straight for me, and I pull her onto my lap.
Her arms loop around my neck, but she’s grimacing. “You do know that I’m getting too big to sit on your lap.”
“That’s never going to happen. You know I like to hold you.”
She leans in to kiss me, but she pulls back way too soon. I nod to her friends in the other room. “You having fun?”
“I am. It was a great baby shower.” She leans in and whispers into my ear, “But you know what I can’t stop thinking about?”
Damn, I know I shouldn’t ask, but I can’t stop myself. I gulp. “What? What can’t you stop thinking about?”
Her lips nibble on my earlobe before she answers. “I’m thinking about when everyone leaves, we’ll head back home, and you and I can get naked. We can pretend there’s another snowstorm and we’re stranded—”
I cut her off. “And you can ride me.”
Her eyes light up. She can say what she wants, but she likes being on top. She likes knowing she has control over me. “I’m too—”
Before she can get the rest out, I put a hand on her hip and grip her there. “You’re perfect.”
She threads her fingers through the hairs at my nape. “Yeah, on top, bottom, however you want me. I just need you, Rhett.”
I’m up out of my seat in an instant. I have my arms around Maddie, and I’m helping her to the door. “Hey everyone. We’re going to get out of here. Maddie needs to rest.”
There’s a few of them laughing. One of the men whistle, and I hear Elliott call him out. “Hey, that’s my sister.”
I rush Maddie out the door, and she’s waving at them as we leave. “Rhett, it’s our baby shower.”
I help her into my truck and pull the seatbelt across her. “Yeah, and it’s been going on for five hours. You need your rest.”
When I walk around and get in the driver’s seat, she’s blushing. “Rhett, everyone in there is going to know we left to have… you know.”
“You mean make love.” I reach over and put my hand on her swollen belly. “I think they have it figured out that we make love, Maddie.”
She doesn’t want to, but she laughs.
It only takes minutes to get home, and when we do, I help her out of the truck and then walk with her inside. Every time I walk in this door now, I’m amazed by the change. Since Maddie came here, she’s made my house our home.
Maddie calls over her shoulder. “Hey, cowboy, you coming with me?”
She’s undressing as she walks toward our bedroom. I’m on her heels instantly. “I’ll follow you anywhere.”
She turns in my arms and presses her naked belly against my manhood. “You have too many clothes on, husband.”
I start to undress and follow her down to the bed. She’s openly staring at me, and I lean in and nuzzle her neck. With her belly pressed against me, I jerk when I feel the little kick against me. I scoot down, and my hand goes straight to her belly. I lightly move it across her, wanting to feel it again. Maddie touches my cheek, and my eyes go up to her. Her smile is soft, but she doesn’t say anything.
“What’s that look?”
She shakes her head and sucks in a breath, and her voice is soft. “Nothing.”
I kiss her belly before moving up next to her. “It’s not nothing.”
She presses her hand to my chest. “I love seeing you smile, Rhett.”
I seal my lips to hers and kiss her with all the love I feel inside me. When I pull back, breathless, I tell her honestly, “You give me a lot to smile about, wife.”
She sighs with content. “I love you, Rhett.”
I thread my hands through her hair and then cup her cheek. “I love you, too, baby. Forever.”
She nods. “Forever.”