Page 59 of Rude Boss' Secret Baby
His finger fell away from my chin. “I don’t know. It’s a pretty recent development. For a while there, I was content with the silence and the emptiness of my place.”
“But, not so much anymore?”
He puffed his cheeks out with a sigh. “I guess not, no.”
I stroked my hand through his hair. “You know I won’t be able to keep my job if I’m going to be a mother of two children. I can’t possibly ask Suri watch them both, not when she’s got her own career.”
He gripped my chin, causing me to focus on the sincerity of his words. “I don’t want you worrying about that now. We’ll figure it out, even if it means you working from home for a while. All right?”
“I just—I can’t be a single mother of two, Trey. I can’t handle that. I love Rori, but juggling her homework and her school schedule and then having to work and make sure I take off when she’s off, and now this dust-mite thing which is going to resort in a great deal more cleaning that I’ll have to take on, it’s all going to be too—”
He placed his finger against my lips, stopping my words in my tracks. “I want you to listen to me closely, Leslie. Are you paying attention?”
I nodded but didn’t say anything. So, Trey proceeded. “Good. Because I need you to hear me when I say that you won’t ever—beyond any stretch of any imagination—ever do this alone. Not anymore. Not as long as I’m around. Understood?”
Tears of relief rushed to my eyes. “Do you mean that?”
He cupped my cheek and brought my lips in for a soft kiss. “With all my heart.”
I cried tears of relief as our lips kept connecting. I rolled him over, straddling his strong body as his hands slid up my back. Our tongues collided in a familiar tango of passion and lust, the same passion and lust that had put us in this position in the first place.
But it felt different with Trey.
I wasn’t sure how to explain it, but the way he touched me sent shivers throughout my body. The way he kissed me seemed to have the calmest intent behind it, even if his hands quickly ripped my shirt over my head. He rolled me back over, and I didn’t feel used or whipped around. On the contrary, as he gazed into my eyes, there was something behind them.
Something that triggered a word to run through my head.
Love.
My God, I had fallen in love with this man.
“Trey,” I whispered.
He kissed the tip of my nose. “Am I being too rough?”
I smiled softly and snickered. “Not at all. I just—”
His eyes danced between mine. “You just what, beautiful?”
I love you.“I…”
He captured my lips softly. “Whatever it is, you can say it. You’re safe with me. Always.”
I love you, Trey.“I… would like you to stay over tonight. If that’s okay with you, of course.”
I could’ve sworn I saw disappointment behind his eyes, but it quickly turned into deviousness as a cheeky grin spread across his face. “I’d love nothing more, beautiful. I just need to go home and get a change of clothes.”
I cupped his cheeks in my hands. “I’ll let you go in a few minutes. But, not right now.”
He chuckled. “Might take us more than a few minutes if we continue.”
I kissed both of his cheeks. “You think a nice, hot shower might cover things up?”
He growled. “I think seeing you naked with water running over those curves might drive me wild.”
“Then, why are we still in bed?”
After we both smiled at each other, Trey helped me stand up before making our way into the bathroom. I closed the door and locked it for good measure while he got the water running, and soon steam filled the air. I stripped off my clothes and turned around, already finding that Trey was naked behind me.
