Page 24 of A Baby for Christmas
I glanced at the boxes by the door, but couldn't focus on them long enough to form a coherent thought. No way was I going to be folding paper now. "We can do more cranes later," I said. Then I put my mouth to his ear. "After we've done some other things." I made sure that my tone was suggestive enough he didn't have to think twice about what I meant. "C'mon," I continued, running a hand up under his shirt. "I can take your mind off things in otherways."
Shameless, yes, but I needed him rightnow.
A shuddering breath came out of Ben, and he surrendered to me without another word. I put my mouth to his neck, and proceeded to take off his shirt. Oh, so much glorious skin. I loved Ben's skin. I especially loved how it felt against mine. I only realized that I was licking my lips when Ben startedlaughing.
"What?" Iasked.
"You look like you want to eatme."
I wriggled my eyebrows at him. "Maybe I do. Would you stopme?"
"No, I don't think I would." He pressed his lips to mine for a short moment before he took off my shirt in return. And then he stopped and stared at my belly. Now it was my turn to laugh. At this point, you could totally tell I was pregnant when I wasn't wearing clothes, and the sight seemed to fascinate my friend to noend.
"Damn, you've really got a baby in there, don'tyou?"
"Of course I do, silly. You've heard his heartbeat, haven't you? You've felt himmove."
"He? It's aboy?"
"I don't know what it is yet, remember?" But Ben looked so excited I couldn't fault him for forgetting. "We're gonna find out, though, at the next appointment. You'll come with me, won'tyou?"
"Yeah." My silly alpha was still staring at mybelly.
"You can touch it, you know?"Please touchme.
"I'm sorry. I just... seeing you like this... I think something in my brain justexploded."
"In a goodway?"
In response, Ben gave me the sweetest, most genuine smile. "In thebestway. I mean, I'm still worried sick about my dog and this whole parenting thing, but..." He trailed off, struggling for words, but the look in his eyes told me all I needed to know. I knew what he was trying to say because we both felt the same way. In my heart I knew, as long as we stuck together, we could overcome anyobstacle.
I took Ben's hand and placed it on my belly, and then I kissed him again, long and good. Ben took charge halfway through, pulling me closer until our skin touched, shivers running down my spine. God, I'd missed being this close to him. The sex we'd had on Christmas Eve couldn't compare to this gentle touching. We'd both been in a frenzy then. And we'd both known it was a one-time thing. This was different. We weren't trying to pick up on something that was over. We were building somethingnew.
I slid my arms around his neck, and he popped the bottom on my pants. Within another second, his hand was inside. A high pitched noise escaped my throat as his fingers wrapped around my cock like they were old friends who hadn't seen me in too long—but who still knew exactly how I liked to be touched. Not too rough, not too soft. I rocked into Ben's hand as need surged through me. It wasn't as sharp as the night I was in heat, but just as powerful, just as all-encompassing.
Because I was with Ben, and I'd always neededBen.
Impatient to return the favor, I fumbled with Ben's belt until that came loose as well and I could stick my hand in Ben's underpants the same as he was doing to me. Ben groaned, and I smiled. I'd missed drawing these kinds of noises from him. Getting an alpha to lose his mind over me always made me feelsexy.
GettingBento lose his mind over me? That was better thananything.
Our lips found each other's again as we pressed ever closer together. In this position, we could barely move our hands but it was like neither of us wanted to separate for even the short amount of time it would take us to rearrange ourselves on the bed. Both of us rocking our hips, we lost coordination, started fumbling. Kissing Ben's mouth became difficult, so I settled on any bit of skin my lips could reach. After all this time dating the wrong guys, all I wanted was to shower Ben with love in any waypossible.
And if Ben kept moving his hand on my cock like that, I might shower him with something else too. As if reading my mind, he chose that moment to tighten his grip. I hadn't planned to come from a handjob like a horny teenager, but I guess a horny teenager was exactly what I was around Ben. I lasted another minute, but not a secondlonger.
It felt too good for me to be mad at myself. I came with a small cry, burying my face in Ben's shoulder. To my relief, that seemed to send him over the edge as well. He grunted, and something warm hit my hand. I exhaled. This hadn't exactly gone to plan, but I figured we had the rest of the night to make up forthat.
Ben let himself fall back on the bed, and I went down with him, cuddling into his side. He still smelled so good. I never wanted to let him go again. He turned his head to kiss my hair. "I'm so glad I've gotyou."
"I'm gladtoo."
I caught Ben glancing at the cranesagain.
"Guess we didn't need those after all," I found myselfsaying.
Ben shot me a questioninglook.
"For our happy ending," I explained. I kissed his nose. "I'm sure Cooper will be finetoo."
