Page 59 of Noah's Reckoning
Fuck, that would be so hot!
I could almost imagine it now. The soft knock. The turn of the door handle. A sliver of light inside my room. Then the feel of her clad in something silky sliding into my bed, along my body.
“Noah,” she would whisper into my ear.
I closed my eyes and groaned. Knowing she couldn’t stay away. Knowing she wanted me as much as I wanted her. All of that would shoot straight to my cock.
“Noah. Hello, Noah!”
I blinked away the fantasy and opened my eyes. Olivia was standing in front of me with an overnight bag over her shoulder. Doogie had already closed the plane up and was heading to his car.
That had been some fantasy. And I hadn’t even gotten to the good stuff.
“Hey.”
“Hey,” she said tucking a long, dark piece of hair behind her ear. She wore a wool cap that was pressed down a little over those ears in deference to the cold. I thought she looked adorable in those caps.
“Did you take a test yet?”
Shit. Wrong question. I could see it when it took her a second to process what I was saying then I watched her face shut down.
“I told you. It’s too soon.”
I had looked it up. There were some tests that could be done as soon as five days after unprotected sex. I was about to mention it, when she cut me off.
“Look, Noah, it either is or it isn’t. But reminder, it’s still my body. I’ll take the test when I’m ready and I will let you know the results, but you can’t keep…pressuring me about this. I’m not trying to leave you in suspense. I promise. I just need to do this on my own terms.”
“Fair enough. I didn’t mean… It’s not about me… I just…”
I wanted to know if she was carrying my kid. I wasn’t wrong to think that was profoundly important.
“I get it,” she said with soft smile.
“Come on,” I said gruffly, pissed at myself for messing this up. The point of brining her up here was to…what? I didn’t really have an answer for that. I only knew I wanted her here. She was here. That was good enough for now. “I figured we could stop and get something to eat at Bud’s before we head to camp.”
“Sounds good. I’m starving.”
I looked at her as she got into the passenger side of the truck. Did that mean something? Increased appetite? Wasn’t that a thing with pregnant women?
She rolled her eyes at me as I continued to study her. “Noah, it means I didn’t have lunch. That’s all. Can you stop overthinking?”
I scowled. “You didn’t know what I was thinking.”
“Sure, I did. All I had to do was read the little bubble over your head. If we’re going to play this your way and keep this a secret from the guys at camp, you’re going to need to be cooler.”
I started the truck and we pulled away from the runway. “I’m cool. And what do you meanmy way? You have another way you would play this with the guys?”
She fidgeted in her seat. “I guess not. Tell me why you brought me here again.”
“I’m looking for suggestions. I know you’re Miss Corporate Big Wig at the office, but you’re still an engineer under all that, right?”
“I’m an engineer first, Noah.” I heard the defensiveness in her voice.
I glanced at her quickly and could see that, once again, I’d pissed her off. I sighed. “That wasn’t an accusation. You’ve got to stop thinking everything I say to you is an attack.”
She tilted her wool-capped head. “Now, how am I supposed to do that when practically everything you say to me is an attack?”
“Because I’m fucking you now, Olivia!” I fired back. “Let’s face it. The reason we were swiping at each other like angry cats is because we were in heat. I was into you the first day I saw you and I’m pretty sure it went both ways.”
