Page 48 of The Rebirth
“I like her too,” Jo added. “She and Dr. Vieira have hit it off. Oh, and Dr. Vieira is spoiling your children.”
It seemed the resident vampire doctor would make a great godfather to the quadruplets. Actually, Ellie, Rorie, Luna, and Orion would probably have an entire team of godfathers and godmothers.
“Thank you, Jo, for watching them while I napped.”
Jo clutched Abbey’s shoulders. “Whatever help you need, I’m here. Abbey and I are meeting Alia. She needs us more than ever now. But we came in because Abbey wanted to see Layla.”
Sam crouched down to Abbey’s level. “I’m proud of you.”
She hugged her uncle, then after we agreed to meet for dinner, Jo and Abbey left.
My husband closed the distance between us, exuding an aura of danger and menace, causing those butterflies in my stomach to take flight.
I inched away from him, my heart fluttering. The idea that I was trying to escape my husband had me laughing.
“Something funny?” he asked, not even grinning.
As he was about to back me into a wall, I scurried away and giggled. “Want to play hide-and-seek?”
Finally, the vampire cracked and let out a belly laugh. “We’re in a medical facility. Not the woods.”
I smirked as I stood in the doorway. “The wing is empty.”
We both needed to lighten up. There had been too much heartache and destruction.
He stalked up to me. “How about another time? Right now, baby doll, if I don’t feel you against me and just hold you, I’m going to explode.”
“I’m sorry about the visions Abbey and I had.”
His hands shaped my hips. His mouth was on my ear, and strands of his hair tickled my neck. “I don’t want to talk about it. I’m tired of bad news after bad news.”
Goose bumps blanketed my entire body. “I know what you need.” I pushed him—or rather, he let me.
After I closed the door, I felt along his groin and squealed and squirmed over discovering that he was hard and ready.
He moaned, nibbling on my ear as I unbuckled his belt. I loved his cock in my mouth. I loved hearing the sexy sounds coming from him and seeing the pain and pleasure wash over him as I took him deep.
He grabbed my wrists, lifted my arms over my head, and pinned me to the door. “As much as I’m dying for you to suck me off, I think we need to wait until we’re home.”
He was probably right. “Then kiss me, vampire.”
He shoved his tongue into my mouth, took, tasted, and teased, kissing me like he was starving for something more, and I had no doubt he was. I knew I was hungry for him—to roll around in our own bed, naked and sweaty. We hadn’t done that in forever. The last several times we had any type of sex was in a tent, in the woods, and in a motel.
He dragged his lips down my neck.
“I need you, Sam. I need us in our own place with our children in their nursery. I want to take bubble baths with you and long, hot showers. I want to lounge on our couch and watch our kids play.”
He rubbed his nose over mine. “I know you don’t want to leave Jordyn, but soon I can head home and freshen up our apartment. I won’t be able to do that quite yet. I have to accompany my dad to a TV interview tonight.”
“Seriously?” Shock rode my tone. “Why? I mean, I’m excited for you, but what is the interview about?”
He buckled his belt. “My dad is going to announce how we can help those who’d been affected by Adam’s genetic-altering program. He wants me there because he thinks it’s a good opportunity to change the perception humans have of me.”
“Make sense. That means we can control the narrative.”
“And my dad is going to ask you to be his liaison between us and the humans.”
I squealed. “I would love that role.”
