Total pages in book: 41
Estimated words: 39424 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 197(@200wpm)___ 158(@250wpm)___ 131(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 39424 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 197(@200wpm)___ 158(@250wpm)___ 131(@300wpm)
I start to panic but I force myself to remain calm. “How did you picture it?”
She shrugs. “Well, all the times I dreamed about it growing up, I never once imagined I’d be pregnant.” She leans back and puts a hand on her belly. “And definitely not this pregnant.”
I’m torn because I want her to have the wedding of her dreams. Hell, I want to make all her dreams come true, but there’s this insane urge inside me to have my ring permanently on her finger and for her to have my last name. I can’t explain it, but since she agreed to marry me, that’s all I’ve thought about. I blow out a breath and keep my tone even. “Do you want to postpone the wedding?”
Her mouth drops. “The wedding is Saturday.”
I would laugh at the way she’s looking at me, but I’m too scared of her answer to do it. “I know the wedding is Saturday. I know, because the woman of MY dreams said she’d marry me, so I know exactly when it is. But I don’t want you to be unhappy. You want to wait… we can wait.”
She trembles in my arms and slides her hands up my chest. “I’m being stupid. I don’t want to wait. I want to be yours.”
I breathe out a sigh of relief and hold her against me. “You keep talking like that and you’ll be lucky to be out of our bed by the time the wedding starts on Saturday.”
She runs her finger along the neckline of my shirt. “Promises, promises.”
I rest my cheek on the top of her head. “I’m sorry, Chloe. I want you to be my wife more than anything, and I’ve been so focused on that that I’m going about this all wrong. I want you to have the wedding of your dreams, and if you want to wait, I can wait.”
She shakes her head. “No, I want to be your wife.”
Relief settles over me. These past seven months have been perfect. Walker has kept his promise and allowed me to work in Whiskey Run. I moved into Chloe’s house, but we quickly found out that I didn’t get a lot of work done. Let’s face it, if Chloe’s around, I’m focused on her, so Walker put me in an office at the rehab center so I can work at either place. Chloe’s still teaching classes and plans to work up until our baby is born. I knew she was an amazing woman, but she still amazes me every day.
“Okay, you want to sit down, put your feet up, and I’ll bring you your dinner?”
She shakes her head. “No. I want you to take me to our bed.”
I don’t hesitate. I lift her in my arms and carry her to our room. She giggles and laughs as she claims she’s too big, but I don’t slow down. Chloe is irresistible. Pregnant Chloe is like a fuckin’ addiction that occupies my mind twenty-four hours a day.
As I lay her down on the bed, I waste no time in taking her clothes off first and then mine. I start to kiss her soft skin, and she murmurs, “Tonight we’re finishing up wedding planning. I’m supposed to be staying the night at Abby’s, but I don’t want to, Elias. I don’t want to be away from you.” She raises up on her elbows as I kiss across her belly and down to her core. As soon as I slide my tongue over her sensitive clit, her hands go to my head, and she tangles her fingers in my hair.
I lift my lips from her just long enough to tell her, “You’re staying here with me tonight.”
“Okay.” She groans. “I already told Abby.”
I increase the pressure, and her legs tighten around my head. The truth is, I didn’t want to spend one night away from her either. I had already planned to sleep outside of Davis and Abby’s house if she was determined to go. I couldn’t stand the thought of being away from her… not overnight.
She lifts her hips as the orgasm hits her. I don’t slow down; if anything, I increase the intensity until her whole body is writhing from pleasure. As I kiss back up her body, I lie next to her and pull her over me because I love to feel her weight on me.
She yawns as she slides one leg over my hip. “What about you?” she mutters.
I push her hair off her face. “Rest, Chloe.”
“But…” she starts, and I cut her off.
“I am happy just having you in my arms, baby. We have the rest of our lives together.”
She snuggles into me, and I know she’ll be asleep within five minutes. I lie here and try to figure out how I got so lucky to have the woman of my dreams in my arms and a son on the way. Two years ago, I would never have thought this possible, but here I am, living life and proving that love, true love, can do amazing things.