Page 52 of Solid Ground

As time goes on, Zoe gets more emotional.

Her hormones seem so up and down, and I’m just along for the ride.

We’ve got our trip to LA planned, and I’m hoping that will put a smile on her face. The morning sickness mostly went away but still rears its ugly head from time to time, yet she tries to brave it out.

It makes me want to be with her even more.

I do whatever I can to make her life easier.

I’m standing in the bathroom, running her a bath, when footsteps fall behind me.

I turn. She’s behind me in a big pale blue fluffy robe, and I shoot her a smirk. “Come and get in this bath, babe. The water’s fine.”

Her weepy eyes are full of some unidentifiable emotion. “Thank you.”

Zoe’s a weepy, emotional mess and I’ve never felt so protective of anyone in my life. Her belly’s swollen with my baby, and more than ever, I want more with her.

She’s mine.

She flicks her gaze between me and the tub.

“Want me to join you?”

Her nose twitches and she nods before bursting into tears again.

“Oh, baby, you are really not having a good day, are you?” I wrap my arms around her and hold her while she cries on my shoulder.

“I’m just so tired,” she whispers.

“I can’t wait until they’re here.” I press a kiss to Zoe’s temple. “Let me help you undress.” I tug off my T-shirt and drop my jeans to the floor.

Her lips twitch. “When you were attending all those fancy movie premieres, I bet you never thought you’d one day be standing in a bathroom half-naked and pampering a pregnant crying woman.”

Chuckling, I pull at her robe’s belt. “A very beautiful pregnant woman who’s havingmybaby.” I roll her robe off her shoulders. She’s wearing a tank top and panties underneath, and her curvy body’s enough to make me salivate.

I drop my boxer shorts to the ground, and her gaze drops with them before flicking back up my body. “I’m all yours, Zoe. If you’ll have me.”

She sniffs. “It’s hard to focus while you’re standing there naked.”

I grin. “It’s my big dick, isn’t it?”

Her nose wrinkles, and she dissolves into laughter. It does my heart good to hear her after all the tears. “That is one of the things I like about you.”

I climb into the bathtub and hold out my hand. “Care to join me?”

Zoe blushes, unclasping her bra and letting it fall to the floor. After slipping out of her panties, she reaches for my hand and steps into the tub.

“We need to go to LA for this premiere, and so I can show you my house. My tub’s a lot bigger than this one.”

Her eyes flash with amusement. “Why would we need a bigger tub?”

“Because there’s no room to fuck in here.”

Her eyebrows rise, but she says nothing.

I sit in the bathtub and she turns around and rests between my legs, leaning back against my torso.

“I’m sorry I’m such a mess,” she says, leaning her head back on my shoulder.

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