Adrian was waiting anxiously for me in my chair. “Well?”
“Not here.” I grabbed my jacket and headed toward the door, knowing he would follow me. “Adrian, we have a serious problem.”
“What is it, man?” he asked once we stepped outside the station.
“Colonel Sanders was spotted strolling down Main Street. Better guard your chickens.”
“Fuck you, asshole,” he said then burst into laughter. “Seriously, partner, what’s going on?”
My phone rang, and I saw it was Maegan calling. My heart sped up knowing she most likely had the results from the blood tests from the previous day. “Hey, Freckles. Miss me already?” I tried for a casual tone, but the odd look on Adrian’s face said I’d missed the mark.
“Always,” she said excitedly. “I have some news. Do you want it over the phone or would you like to hear it in person?”
“I’ll be there in five minutes.” I hung up without saying goodbye and headed for my beat-up truck instead of Adrian’s car. “To be continued, Adrian,” I shouted over my shoulder.
Maegan was waiting for me in her office at Curious Things. She tried so hard to keep her face neutral but couldn’t pull it off. My Freckles burst into delirious giggles and leapt into my arms. “I have great news, Elijah. Dr. Lovett called and said the estradiol levels in my body are in the normal range. You’re going to need to keep using those condoms until I can get in to see my gynecologist. I don’t know if birth control is something I should be taking, and I don’t want to do anything to ruin our chances of getting pregnant after we get married.”
“Freckles, I’m so happy.” I held her tight and rested my chin on top of her head.
Maegan pulled back and looked into my eyes. “It’s important we don’t get our hopes up too high. Just because I’m producing estrogen doesn’t mean I have viable eggs. There are still many factors to consider, and I might need assistance conceiving.”
“Freckles, I’m up for the challenge all day, any day.”
“Oh, I know how willing you are to do your part, but it could involve a sterile cup.”
“It doesn’t sound as sexy as pinning you down to our mattress and fucking you until you scream in pleasure as I pump your pussy full of—” She covered my mouth with her hand to cut me off. “Too much?” I asked behind her hand.
Maegan nodded. “Having you show up and get me horny wasn’t part of my plan when I called you.” I loved knowing my dirty talk fired her up, but I respected it wasn’t the time or place to act on it. “Are you going to be good now?” I nodded.
By good, I hope she meant a long, toe-curling kiss because it was what the situation called for and what I gave her. When I pulled back, she blinked up at me looking dazed and more desirable than ever before, but I somehow resisted the urge to slide my hand up her skirt.
“I will do whatever it takes to make your dreams come true,” I whispered in her ear. “They’ll just need to know I won’t be entering the little sterile room by myself to jerk off in a cup. I don’t want some tacky porn magazine filled with fake tits and tans when I could be looking at you.”
“I’ll even hold the cup for you.” Maegan stood on her tiptoes. “Between my tits as I kneel at your feet.”
I groaned pitifully. “Is that the kind of thing you tell a man after you said we can’t get up to any naughty business in your office?”
“I’m sorry,” Maegan said, but her crafty smile said otherwise. “I do like knowing you’ll be thinking about me all day long.”
“I think we need to practice the cup holding stunt just in case I am called to action. I’ll need to make sure I have excellent aim.”
“There’s no better time than tonight to start practicing.”
I loved the way my Freckles thought. “How soon can you get in to see your doctor?” I asked, trying to steer us back to a safer subject.
“They’re booked solid until January, but they’ve put me on the list to call if there are any cancellations. In the meantime, we…”
“Bag it up,” I finished for her.
She patted my chest. “You got it.”
It was a very small sacrifice to make when the reward was the joyful gleam in her eyes and hopeful smile on her face.
“I hate to interrupt whatever is going on in there,” Jackie Miracle said on the other side of the door, but I had an urgent-sounding message from my daughter. “Is everything okay?”
“This is my cue to leave,” I said before I opened the door for Jackie to enter. “Everything is great, Jackie.” I kissed her cheek then gave my Freckles a quick peck on the lips. “See you tonight.”
I’d almost made it to the door when I heard Jackie’s delighted squeal coming from the office followed by her promptly bursting into happy tears. I imagined they were both hugging and crying over the opportunity they never thought they’d have. I looked up to the sky when I walked onto the sidewalk.If it’s not too much to ask, I want a little girl with green eyes, curly blonde hair, and a ton of freckles,I said to whoever might be listening.
