Page 62 of Empowered
Lucas squeezed her until she whimpered. Sometimes the man didn’t understand the full extent of his strength. “It’s not that simple, is it?”
“No. Because you’re going through shit and so am I.” Sarah repositioned herself until her head rested on his shoulder and they both stared up at the ceiling. “Plus I’m not keen on my boss knowing. He might throw a fit behind the scenes.”
“At me, you mean.”
“He’s afraid to say anything to me. Whether because he pities me or because his wife has already chewed him out regarding me… don’t really care. It’s kinda funny.”
“Point taken. I wouldn’t want to make work any more uncomfortable for you.”
“Says the man who kept sending me flowers and flirting with me on my phone.”
“I can dial it back if you like.”
“What’s the fun in that?”
“Sending flowers is a bit suspicious.”
“Now you’re making me think this is going to be a clandestine affair.”
“I’ll have to tellsomeone.It’ll be hard enough as it is not telling Damon until I have a better idea of where we’re going.”
Sarah blew out a large breath. “I have to tell my brother.”
“Maybe I should officially meet him. Outside of awkward café run-ins, that is.”
“You could. He might be at our apartment tomorrow when you drop me off.”
“Drop you off? What makes you think I’m not taking you out and spoiling you all day?”
“You’ve already mentioned twice that you’re spending the day with your son.”
“Not the evening. I have to take him back to his mother’s by dinner.”
“And then?”
He smothered her again, this time eliciting a giggle out of her smaller, more feminine frame. “Then I’m doing all of this with you. Again. My job isn’t done until you’re walking bowlegged into the office Monday morning.”
“You’d love to be responsible for that, I’m sure.”
“I’d take great pride in it. Might even send you a bouquet to make sure you know I feel bad about it.”
“Make it yellow roses. Red is too obvious.”
“Yellow would mean that I’m sorry.” He blew against her ear. “I’m not sorry about anything I do to you in bed.”
They tousled beneath the covers until Sarah ran out of laughter and Lucas had his fill of touching her in places he had already been only minutes before. When they finally settled again, the muscular man spooning the woman he had asked to be his girlfriend, the mood took yet another downward turn.
“Can I ask you something? I’d understand if you didn’t want to answer.”
Sarah tensed in his hold.
“When you were talking about the child you lost, you kept calling it a he. How did you know, if you weren’t that far enough along when…”
“I just knew.” Sarah wiggled until he finally relented on how tightly he kept her close to him. “The moment they told me I was pregnant, I knew it was a boy. I never considered anything else. When I found out he was gone, that I had lost him, well… I hadn’t picked out a name for him yet, but I still felt like I needed to do something.”
“So what did you do?”
“What would you do if you lostyourson?”
