Page 80 of No Turning Back
“Yeah.”
I grab the new box from the drawer. She tears it open, then freezes. Something in her face changes.
“What’s wrong?” I tilt her chin up.
Her eyes well with tears. I’m off her in a heartbeat, sitting beside her, hand on her shoulder.
“We don’t have to, not if you’re not ready,” I say.
She shakes her head, wiping her eyes. “No, I want this. I want you.”
“Then what is it?”
She clutches the sheet to her chest, voice quiet. “Sam, I can’t have children.”
The words hang heavy.
“Oh,” I say, soft.
She explains. Turner syndrome. Hormones. Ovaries gone. Nineteen years old. My chest aches hearing it. She says being with her means no biological kids.
I lace our fingers together. “This why you wanted to adopt.”
She nods, eyes searching mine.
“Quinn, the folks I call family? None of them are blood. If adopting’s how we build ours, then that’s fine by me.”
She blinks, surprised. “Just like that? Don’t you need time to think?”
I touch her cheek, brush her hair back. “I love you. That’s it. That’s the whole thought.”
Her tears shine, but she smiles. “I love you too.” She kisses me, pulling me back over her.
I laugh against her mouth. “So we’re doing this.”
She rolls her hips against me, hungry again. “Oh yeah.”
She yelps suddenly, pulls the condom box out from under her back, and we both freeze, staring. Then she shrugs and tosses it across the room.
“You sure?” I rasp.
“I’m sure. I’m clean.”
“Me too. Been a while.”
Her smile turns sly. “How long’s a while?”
I feel my ears heat. “Let’s just say it’s been long enough to buy that box brand new.”
Her eyebrow lifts. “Since I moved in?”
“Way before,” I admit.
And hell yeah, I watched plenty of porn since then.
A lot.
Quinn pulls me down for another kiss, softer this time. It deepens quickly and I’m lost in her again. My hands slide down her sides, memorizing every curve, every dip of her body. She arches against me, breasts pressing into my chest, and suddenly the talking is done. Her hands tangle in my hair, tugging just hard enough to make me groan into her mouth.
