“So you, who thought of everything,” she finally spoke into the quiet truck.“Have you thought of a name for this beauty?”I glanced over and watched as Emily lightly stroked the puppy’s fur.
“Nope.I thought you would like a say in that.”
“Hmm,” Emily replied through a closed lipped smile.She looked incredibly relaxed and happy, and it had little to do with her customary leggings and oversized shirt.She even wore those fuzzy boots that girls seemed to like, but looked like she was walking with an animal on either foot, but hey—if she liked it…
“Well, she kind of looks like a teddy bear, don’t you think?”I gave a noncommittal grunt but could do nothing to stop the slight grin on my face.“But Teddy is too masculine,” she continued.
I squeezed her hand.“So what are you thinking?”
With a big wide smile aimed at me, she announced.“Theodora.Teddy for short.”
I let out a short laugh.“A nameanda nickname?She’s a dog, Emy girl.Not a kid.”
“Hey, I could go and give her a pedigree name.You gave me naming powers,” she jested, squeezing my hand back.“Theodora, Golden light of the Arizonan sun, the Goldendoodle.”Her voice was thick with laughter.Letting go of my hand to scoop the sleeping puppy up under her forearms, she went nose to nose with the quickly excitable puppy.“You think that works for you, Teddy girl?”
I shook my head, still grinning, albeit much wider now that she addressed the puppy.“You’re nuts, Emily.Absolutely certifiable.”
“Yeah well, you love me,” she snuck in there, still looking and talking to the puppy now dubbed Teddy.
Long-assed pedigree-type name or not, I could be game with a dog named Teddy.
13
Emily
I woke witha happy sigh.Stretching my arms over my head, I looked over, seeing Rory’s sleeping form beside me.He was on his side, one hand resting on my stomach and the other arm wrapped around the pillow under his head.
Quietly, I rolled to my side to put a hand on his cheek.The man lived in scruff these days, but if he didn’t trim it up sometime soon, he’d start to look like Conor with his full beard.
I trailed the tip of my finger down the slope of Rory’s nose then over his cheekbone.I wasn’t sure what time he joined me in bed.Yesterday when we arrived to my parents’ house, I was surprised to find puppy toys and food.Apparently Rory had thought of just about everything where our Teddy girl was concerned, managing to keep her a secret with the help of my own parents.
So while I helped mom finish our middle of the day dinner, Rory and dad played with Teddy in the living room with her new toys.
We left my parents’ house after dessert and drinks, arriving to Conor and Mia’s after the kids had already gone to bed.Tired, I said my own goodnights while Rory stayed up with his brother and sister-in-law.
Checking over my shoulder, I saw Teddy still snoozing in her puppy crate, curled up with a blanket under her chin.My eyes sought out the clock behind Rory; it was only six.The sun was starting its morning struggle but it was still fairly dark beyond the window.I held my breath, trying to hear if anything was going on beyond the guest bedroom door but the house seemed quiet.
Satisfied that it appeared to be, I leaned forward to press my lips to Rory’s parted, sleeping ones.I kept my lips light on his while trailing my hand over his waist, his hip, then dropping my hand to cup his still soft cock.Over his boxer shorts, I squeezed and pulled just as lightly, keeping my hand gentle and teasing.Quickly though his cock began to harden, waking up to my ministration.Rory groaned under my mouth and I kept my eyes on his lids, waiting for them to open.
When they did, Rory rolled over and pulled me with him.My hand left him to brace on the mattress beside him.I smiled against his lips, kissing him once more.
“Mmm,” he mumbled against my lips.“Good morning.”His big hands found their way under my sleep shirt and rested on my lower back.“You’re being sassy this morning,” he said sleepily, pushing his hips up into mine.
His sleep voice was so damned sexy.Low and rough, his voice paired with the hardness against the apex of my thighs had me wet and wanting.
With my hands on his chest, I pushed myself up, grinding myself against his hard cock.“I think everyone’s still sleeping.”
Rory’s fingers flexed against my hips.“Yeah?”
I nodded, smiling crookedly down at him.“Mmhm.Yeah.”Moving from my straddle of his hips, my hands quickly went to work, pulling his boxers down, over his erection and off his legs.I tossed them to the floor before pressing a kiss to Rory’s muscular thigh.However, when I moved my hand to squeeze his hard, straining cock, Rory’s hand quickly wrapped around my wrist.
“Naked,” he demanded.His voice still held that sleepy quality but he was all sorts of awake now.I climbed off the bed to pull off my clothes while Rory scooted back in the bed, peeling his own shirt off and resting back against the pillows.
Laying there, his once again getting-too-long wavy hair a mess around his head, his body toned and his cock standing at attention, he was the most beautiful man I had ever seen.He’d always been a good looking guy but his cocky attitude always overpowered that in my eyes.That’s not to say he wasn’t cocky any more—he just channeled it differently.
“Condom?”I wanted to feel his release in me.No more pulling out nonsense.“I’m on the pill,” I confessed.I moved back onto the bed, sitting on my knees beside him.
Rory seemed to think about that.Finally, he reached out to cup my face, pulling me close to kiss me once.“But if we use both, the risk of pregnancy is smaller, Em.”
