Page 64 of Wild Night

I watch him, standing completely naked as I do, waiting for him to say something else, anything else. I watch him so intentlythat I start to count the times his chest rises and falls with his breath.

One. Two. Three. Four…

I can’t believe this. Here I am, thirty-six years old, standing here naked and vulnerable. Watching the man I fell in love with, even though I hardly know him, breathe. I wish I could cover myself, but I’m too busy staring at him, waiting for a response, a real response. I’m frozen.

“You’re pregnant,” he says, repeating the words again. “And it’s mine.”

“And it’s yours.”

His eyes widen, as if he’s really letting those words sink in, and I watch as he lifts his hand and runs his fingers through his hair before he turns his back on me. I’m not sure where he’s going, if he’s going to walk away and leave me here alone, but I don’t speak.

Silence seems to be my thing right now, and I’m going to accept it and become one with it. At least for the foreseeable future, because I’m scared to death to ask any questions. I don’t want to say the wrong thing or make the wrong move.

Justin takes one step forward, then stops. His hand shifts from his hair, his fingers wrap around the back of his neck, then he turns slightly, his hair falling in his face a little. He looks so damn sexy, I find myself inhaling and exhaling deeply, almost panting at the sight of him.

Slowly, he faces me, dropping his hand, but his gaze never leaves mine. “You’re having my baby?” he asks.

“I am.”

I’ll confirm it for him once, twice, a million times. Whatever he wants, as many times as he wants it. And that goes with pretty much anything. Justin rushes forward before I realize what’s happening, and his palms cup my cheeks. I feel his thumbs slide beneath my eyes, and then he lowers his head, his lips touchingmine. He doesn’t deepen the kiss. Instead, he speaks against my mouth.

“You’re mine,” he says, but the words come out in a growl, and I feel it deep in my belly.

Yes.

Yes. I amhis.

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

IVY

The last thingI want to do is go into the office, but I don’t have a choice. My third and final client I’ve been focusing on has finally come to trial. This one will only last this week. I doubt it will go any longer than that. It’s pretty open and shut.

So I need to go into the courtroom and knock this whole fucking thing outta the water so I can focus on my woman for a while. For a long while. Because she’s not just my woman.

She’s passed out in bed. I lean against the bathroom doorjamb, still damp from my shower, my towel wrapped around my waist as I watch her sleep. The room is bathed in silence as the sun begins to rise, and then she stirs, no doubt feeling my gaze on her.

Posey’s eyes flutter open, and I push against the wall, making my way toward her. Stopping at the side of the bed, I sink down as she turns to face me completely. “I have to go to court today,” I announce.

“Court?”

Humming, I nod my head a couple of times before I clear my throat. “Probably the rest of the week, too, but I should be done by Friday at the absolute latest. Earliest would be tonight.”

“Oh,” she exhales, then pushes herself up so she’s sitting and leans her back against the headboard.

There is a lull between us. I don’t know what to say. Everything feels fucking huge. Like it’s too much too soon, and yet I want it all. It’s everything I never thought I wanted, but I’ve never been happier. I have never wanted something to work out more in my life than I do this between us.

“You feeling okay?” I ask.

She smiles but doesn’t respond immediately. “I’m fine, Justin…” Her words trail off, and I wait for her to say something else, but she doesn’t speak.

Then she confesses, “I don’t know what to do,”

I blink, and my lips twitch into a smirk. “In life or for today?”

Posey laughs softly. “Both, but since I can’t figure out life immediately, for today.”

“Hang with Dakota or Lainey. They might even be together,” I say. “Or don’t do anything but veg here. I won’t be back home until after court adjourns for the day, so I won’t be around, but there’s food in the fridge.”

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