I hadn’t heard my name since I was eight. I began to tremble, a sob bubbling in my throat.
“I’ve got so many things I want to say to you, sweetheart. So many firsts I want to give you. Fuck. Where do I start?” He pressed his forehead to mine. I felt a different tension in the air now, another one I was all too familiar with, and it was making my core ache.
“I love you, little treasure.”
Max
“I love you, little treasure.”
Delaney’s eyes closed, absorbing the words I’d said a million times since she’d become mine, but this was the first time she actually got to hear them. Her breath left her in a little puff as she swallowed hard once, then again, letting the words wash over her.
It was hard to sit still with my beautiful wife on my lap. I’d been terrified this wouldn’t work, but I’d kept that to myself. If I were scared, then she would be too, and she’d already doubted it too much. I couldn’t give her another reason not to take this chance.
The past few months had been dark and full of tragic heartbreak, but as my treasure lifted her lashes and she gave me that smile that always wrecked me, the world lit up once again.
“Give me more,” she breathed, confident that I would give her whatever she asked for without hesitation.
Taking her hand, I guided it to my throat, wanting her to feel the words that were about to leave my mouth as she’d always done. That wasn’t going to stop now that she had the option ofhearing me. Nothing about how I loved this amazing creature was going to change now—it was simply enhanced.
“You’re the best thing to ever happen to me, Delaney. Finding you was the moment I found my reason for existing. I’m going to spend the rest of my life proving that there isn’t a man in this world who loves his wife more than I love mine.”
Her tears sparkled as they left her pretty eyes, her smile wobbly, but in the good kind of way, not the mind-shattering way that caused anyone responsible for her unhappiness to be sent straight to the morgue. Cupping the back of her head, I kissed her. I tried to be gentle, not wanting to risk her being more uncomfortable. Those damned headaches had been bad for a while, sending her into hiding in a blacked-out room with ice packs and migraine meds. They were just starting to ease after weeks of her suffering.
She kissed me back, hungrily demanding more as she shifted on my lap, straddling me in one of her tiny skirts that never failed to leave me fighting a hard-on all fucking day. My treasure was such a little cocktease, all too aware of what those itty-bitty skirts and dresses did to me.
She scratched her nails across the back of my scalp as she turned more demanding, her hips grinding against me. Grabbing her ass beneath the skirt, I gave her cheeks a hard squeeze and jumped to my feet. There was a desk only a few steps away, and I sat her down, already working on the belt to my jeans as I refused to break our kiss.
I hadn’t planned on fucking my wife when I’d ordered the doctors out. All I’d wanted was a few minutes alone with her so we could both absorb the success of her implants. Urgency clawed at me as I freed my cock and ripped away her damp panties. Ah hell, my woman was soaked, her sweet pussy already dripping for me as I slammed into her tight heat.
“Perfect,” I growled, burying my face in her neck, biting just hard enough to leave a small mark. Her pussy clenched, clamping down once, twice, turning my legs to jelly from the mind-bending pleasure.
“Fuck. You’re killing me, treasure. That little pussy is always so greedy. So goddamn ready to unman me as soon as I get inside this tight hole.” Her breath started coming in tiny gasps, and it wasn’t lost on me that this was the first time she could actually hear all the filthy things I said when I was inside her. Sometimes, when she wasn’t so lost in her own pleasure, she could read my lips. But obviously, it wasn’t the same.
She hadn’t known the full extent of her power over me. Now, she could see, feel, and hear the control she possessed. I felt her gush, that new knowledge making her so damn wet for me.
Increasing my pace, I fucked her hard against the desk, sending the heavy wood sliding several inches. The noise was loud, especially when one side of the furniture slammed into the wall.
“Yes, yes, yes,” she whined, wrapping her legs around my hips. She tilted her pelvis at that angle that ensured each thrust hit her special spot hidden from the world.
“That’s it, baby. Get loud for me. Hear how your voice breaks when you’re on the edge, begging for me to push you over.” My fingers bit into her hips. They were a little fuller these days, thanks to our son. Her body had filled out, and it made me insane when anyone looked at her for even a second too long.
That damn prick, Portmann, always looked too long. I bet he was on the other side of that door, listening to my wife riding my cock. I smacked my hand down on the desk, the sharp sound causing Delaney’s pussy to flutter in warning that she was about to crash into release.
I crushed my mouth to hers, kissing her until her lips were swollen and just shy of bruised. Her hair was a sexy mess,covering the white disks attached to either side of her head. “Fuck, you’re beautiful. I’m gonna take you home and keep you full of my come for the rest of the night, treasure.”
“Max,” she whimpered, her pussy clamping hard enough to make my vision go dark around the edges. “Love you. Love you. Love you.”
My hand went to her throat, tipping her head back so that she had to look into my eyes. Her pupils were blown, her body already bending as the release started to build. “I love you, Delaney Reid. My treasure. My motherfucking life.”
Delaney
YEARS LATER
I wantedthis crap to be over already. Somehow, I’d forgotten how painful labor was. But that had been more than thirteen years ago, so it was reasonable that my memory was shoddy. Ronan was a freaking teenager now, and there I was, about to push another baby into the world.
But it was different this time, on so many levels.
No one was having to stand behind the midwife, my dear friend Vey, to sign me instructions on what I needed to do. It was just Max and me with Vey and a few other nurses. Aunt Kelli was in the waiting room with Raven and Lexa and the rest of our family. Their support had been so amazing the last time—but also overwhelming.
