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‘Hi, Daddy’ I whisper,my face

‘Fuck me,’ he whispers back ‘I can’t breathe’ He collapses to the floor on his back and stares up at the ceiling Why the shocked reaction? He wanted this

I straighten myself out and roll my shoulder blades a little I feel all stiff ‘Are you okay?’ I ask, looking down at him This wasn’t what I expected, but then his reens land onme clean from my feet on a shocked squeal ‘What’s the matter with you?’

He paces quickly into the bedroohis body betweenhis chin on my stomach He looks up at me with the most incredible a madly, his damp hair is all over the place and his frown line and chewed lip are nowhere to be seen How could I have ever doubted this when he’s looking so relaxed, like I’ve just given hiiven life to me Either or, otten my own head around this, I can see clearly--very, very clearly He hasdaddy, if a little over-protective I’ve not just given hiiven him new life, too--a part of hi hile doubt I can have a baby with this man

‘I love you’ he says quietly ‘So much’

I smile ‘I know’

He presses his lips to my stomach tenderly, and then strokes it softly ‘And I love you, too’ he whispers to my flat belly He circles his nose around my bellybutton before he works his way up the bed and lays hiazes down at me ‘I’ll try to be better With you, I mean I’ll try not to s me It’s the unreasonableness that we need to work on’

‘Give me specifics’ he prompts

‘You want to know exactly what drives me crazy?’

‘Yes, tell me I can’t try to control it if I don’t know exactly what bothers you’ He drops a chaste kiss on h He doesn’t know? We could be here for the rest of the year, but I’ll focus on ently When you thought I was pregnant, you stopped being fierce in the bedroom and I didn’t like it I want my dominant Jesse back’

He pulls back and his eyebrows shoot up ‘What the hell have I done to you?’

‘You’re addictive, and lately I’ve been having Jesse withdrawal’ I’et this out because another eight-ish ht send ht across his brow ‘I’ve taken you hard lately’

‘Yes, but only when you thought I wasn’t pregnant, and when you thought I was, I had to provoke you into it I want shock and awe’