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Chapter One
Not Pregnant
Liz Riley sat in her bathroo her stonancy test
Not pregnant Again
Her period was three days late She’d been so certain this time
Dammit The word failure wasn’t in her lexicon She’d always succeeded, usually found a way to get what she wanted Even when faced with a teled her way around it and won She was one of the best sports agents in the business, and always got what she wanted
But that was business, and this was personal For the past year, she’d tried—and failed—nunant
She tossed the stick into the trash and stared at herself in the mirror
“This sucks”
“What sucks?”
She whirled to face her husband, Gavin, the love of her life and the only man who could have ever made her want to have a baby
She twined her arht have a pi up on my chin”
He gasped “Oh, God, no Not a pimple It’s the end of the world”
She glared “This is serious”
He tilted her chin up “There’s nothing on your chin And even if there was, you’d still be the sexiest damn redhead I’ve ever laid my eyes on”
He pressed a kiss to her chin, then let his lips trail down over her neck Her woes te the feel of his body pressed along hers He’d just gotten out of the shower, and the fresh, clean scent of him never failed to hit all of her hot buttons
Then again, she liked hia down his face, he wore his work on his body, and she loved him that way
As his forent, she kne hard he worked at baseball He was the best first baseman she’d ever represented Of course, as soon as they’d fallen in love, she’d had to bow out of representing hi what a fine specimen of an athlete he was
Or what an a lover he was
Like now, as he set her on the bathroo his face between her thighs
She shuddered as he slid his tongue along her sex Gavin always knew exactly how to pleasure her
“Oh, yes,” she h the softness of his hair, directing hiainst her clit, she arched against hiht now
But not yet, not when the sensations he brought out of her with his tongue were so delicious She wanted to wait just a little longer
The distant sounds of knocking pere, so close to co else
“I’m almost there, Gavin Just like that”
And when he pressed his tongue against her clit and licked her, she ca his head there as she rode out an a
He rose up and kissed her with the same hard passion that always left her breathless
She heard the rapping at the door again Only this time, the doorbell accompanied the knock
Gavin pulled back “Was that the front door?”
Then realization sla over”
“Oh, shit is right” He looked down, and she followed his gaze where his erection bobbed hard and te
She let out a rueful sigh “So et the door”
“Good idea I’ll be here thinking about e could have been doing No Bad idea I’ll think about on-base averages, and then I’ll get dressed”
She laughed, slid off the counter, and hurriedly threw on soet the door
Jenna arched a brow “What the hell I was about to call you Were you in the shower?”
“I’ late this ”
“Are you sure this is a good ti
“It’s a perfect time Come on in”
Jenna brushed by “You were probably having sex with my brother”
Liz followed the room “And if I was, you so wouldn’t want the details about that”
“You’re right I wouldn’t” Jenna laid a bag next to the sofa, then turned back to Liz “Your face is all flushed Oh,sex Geez, Liz, you could have called us and told us to come back later”
“No way It was an i”
Tara crossed her arms, a serene smile on her face “So, a quickie, huh?”
“More like half a quickie”
“Ouch,” Tara said
“You have lousy ti, Jenna,” Gavin said as he sauntered downstairs and into the living room
“Hey, Tara’s here, too, you know”
“Yeah, but you’re my sister, so I’ll blame you”
He gave both Jenna and Tara hugs and asked, “Who wants coffee?”
“I definitely do,” Jenna said
Tara nodded “I’d love some”
“Tea for me,” Liz said
“Since when do you not drink coffee?” Jenna’s eyes widened “Are you pregnant?”