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“I think so, but it was very light. Not sure if that might be a twinge I am feeling or my own gas.”
Ambra looked up at her with wide eyes and then burst out laughing, and Zahara joined her. When they wound down, they both turned and saw everyone had paused what they were doing to watch them.
Carter wore a curious look on his face, and she smiled at him. She began to get lost in his dark eyes as his gaze trapped hers, and she licked her suddenly dry lips. She felt Carter’s full focus on her, and he looked like he wanted to snatch her off the couch and take her upstairs.
They had not really had a private moment since coming here and had slept in separate bedrooms, but Zahara’s body was missing him. She missed touching him.
He straightened up and looked like he was about to come over when his mother approached him. He bent down to hear what she had to say, and Zahara had her own distraction when she heard Ambra mutter, “Why is he staring at me like that?”
“Who?” Zahara asked, glancing up at the pool table to see both brothers now engaged in continuing their game.
“Never mind, it must have been a trick of the light because—”
“Hi everyone. I have asked Carter to get Monopoly ready for all of us to play before myself and Carter Sr. turn in for the night. Michael and Ben, is your game almost done? Can you go to the kitchen and get the platter of cold cuts and cheeses I prepared? Also the crackers and beverages I pulled out—it’s all chilling on the counter.”
“Oooh, I love Monopoly and taking other people’s property and money,” Diamond finally decided to join the festivities. She moved off the couch and sauntered over to the table where Carter had just placed the board.
Ambra rolled her eyes and got up. “I can go to the kitchen and get the food.”
Both Michael and Ben paused in playing. “Oh no you don’t, if you go in there, by the time you come out, half the food will be gone.” Ben placed the cue down on the pool table and rushed to the kitchen with Ambra hot on his heels.
Zahara chuckled and glanced down as she planted both hands on the couch to raise herself off when she noticed a firm hand in her line of sight.
She smiled and placed her small hand in his. Carter was so strong that he only needed the one hand to pull her off the couch. She had not been light when they had first met, and she was heavier now that they were expecting.
He wrapped his arm around her and pulled her close. She gasped in surprise when she felt a light kiss on top of her head and glanced up to see him staring down at her, his expression closed and his eyes dark.
He leaned down and gave her a kiss on her lips, a light peck, causing her to grip his black sweater and murmur a protest that he was teasing her. He finally gave her what she wanted and deepened the kiss, opening his mouth slightly.
“I have wanted to do this all day. Suck your plump folds into my mouth and hear you moan. But everyone seemed to always be around.” He cursed for only her to hear and bent down to nibble on her lips again before raising his head.
“I cannot seem to stop wanting to touch, kiss, and fuck you. Tonight—”
“Carter and Zahara, are you ready to play?”
He scowled, his eyes saying, see what I mean?
Zahara giggled and then reached up and gave him a quick kiss. “Tonight,” she promised because she had missed him too and wanted him to fill the need she had for him.
That night, Carter carried her to bed and tucked her in. She had fallen asleep watching Diamond and Carter try to win Monopoly after taking everyone else for their money and property. She woke up not knowing who had won.
Chapter 8
Carter sat down on the couch and put his arm around Zahara as she ripped into the presents that he and his family had purchased for her. Her eyes lit up like a child in a candy store’s when she received her slippers and housecoat from his parents and a body bath basket plus a one-year spa subscription from his brothers. He almost lost his hearing and his life when she opened her gifts from him.
She screamed in excitement when she opened the first one, a brand-new, state-of-the-art chemistry set with beakers, goggles, burners, and protection gear in a feminine pink. He knew pink was her favourite colour. She had tears in her eyes when she was done squeezing the life out of him. He felt a little bit flushed at the way she was looking at him know. He might not be happy that she was experimenting while pregnant, but he wanted her to know that she had his support, and he was proud of her.
He then handed her an envelope, and she stared at it with surprise and curiosity on her delicate features. She pushed her glasses up her button nose and then took the paper from him. She shook it, and they could all hear a clinking sound, like keys.
She opened it up and turned it over to empty the contents. A folded piece of paper fell into her hands. She stared at it for a minute, and then her eyes met his. “What is this for?”
“This is a Christmas and early graduation gift.” He watched as she frowned, confused, and he could feel the rest of them wondering what he was up to. But he ignored them and concentrated on her and her expression. He could not wait to see the look of happiness she’d have when she found out what the paper was for.
“Open it Zahara.”
She stared at him for a couple of moments and shook her head. “I already know that it’s going to be too much. The chemistry set was enough. All my gifts are wonderful, I do not need anything more.” She went to give the paper back to him.
“What are you doing? Do not be silly and open the gift. We are all waiting to see what he gave you,” Diamond interrupted.
