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My skin prickles. I feel vaguely empty, my body sore in places I don’t want to think about. And as she slowly kisses her way up my stomach, I’m still babbling. “Give it to me on Christmas. Birthdays.” Her tongue flicks in my belly button. I grunt, my hips twitching. “My days off. Major holidays. Midnight surprises...” Mac licks my nipple, and I shiver, my voice going raspy. “Twice on Tuesdays.”
Her dark eyes gleam brightly. “Just Tuesdays?”
“Twice on Tuesdays. Maybe once every day?” I crane my head, give her a hopeful look, and she utters a husky laugh that is so fucking sexy my thighs clench and my words come out strangled. “Just, you know, let’s keep this particular fun on the down-low...”
A flush of heat washes over my cheeks. Jesus, I can’t believe she did that. And how fucking good it felt. I’ve underestimated my girl.
Mac’s lips twitch but her expression is solemn as she rises over me and bends to kiss me softly. “Your secret’s safe with me, big guy.”
She tastes like me, her mouth all swollen and red and plush. I want more. My hand slides over her neck, holding her there so I can kiss her deeper, a languid glide of tongue and lips. Little pulses of heat ripple through my dick like aftershocks. Holy hell.
“Definitely twice on Tuesdays, Mac.”
Ivy
Gray flops on the bed with me, making the massive mattress bounce. He’s wearing a pair of sweats that ride low on his lean hips and nothing else. “Checking out the swag?”
Swag being the large duffel bag I’m picking through filled with goodies that various sponsors have gifted Gray and his teammates.
“Dad used to bring home travel soaps and T-shirts.” I pull out an elegant plastic box that holds a certain watch people have been dying to get their hands on. “Nothing like this haul.”
Gray waggles his brows. “Pretty sweet, huh? I think there’s a voucher for a year’s worth of steaks.”
“I’m surprised you didn’t cry.”
“I might have shed a tear or two.” Gray pushes up the hem of the T-shirt I’m wearing and rests his head on my bare thigh. With a little hum of pleasure, he strokes my leg, his expression content, his body loose-limbed and lazy. Give the man a blow job and a little unexpected ass play and he’s practically purring. There’s probably a lesson in that, only I’m equally susceptible. Gray merely has to look at me a certain way, and I’m ready to offer him anything.
“Ivy?”
“Yeah? Ooh, look, soundproof headphones. I’ve been wanting a pair of these.”
“They’re yours.” His hand moves along my calf, the touch soft, steady. “When I told Drew about you being pregnant, I realized that I wasn’t afraid. That the idea of having a baby with you was kind of great.”
My heart seizes.
Clearly, he feels me stiffen because his grip tightens on my shin. “I’m not trying to push you,” he says. “But you asked me once what I wanted.”
The bed creaks as he rises up on his elbow. Gray’s expression is earnest yet almost shy. “I want it all with you.”
Warmth flutters through my chest as I look down at him. Gently, I brush back a lock of his hair. “I thought you might.”
His gaze moves over my face as though he’s trying to read my mind. “But do you?”
Running my fingers through his hair, I stare off. “When I think of this baby as you and me, I want to protect it with all that I am.”
Gray gives my leg a gentle squeeze, but I keep talking.
“But when I think of trying to be a mother right now...” I trail off with a strangled breath. “I mean, a baby—a child—needs constant care. I can’t do that on my own. I don’t want to do that.”
Gray’s brows snap together. “Who said anything about being on your own? We’re in this together. One hundred percent.”
“Gray, you’re going to be starting the NFL. July through January, they’ll basically own your ass.”
“Okay, yeah, that will suck.” Gray sighs and rests his forehead on my thigh again. “But we can work it out. And never think for a second that I won’t be all in when I am there.” His big body flops back onto the bed, and he blinks up at the ceiling. “Shit, I don’t know. Maybe we should wait.”
I lie back too, my head next to his. “Only I’m pregnant now. When I think of ending it, I just can’t.”
With a muttered curse, I press my forearm over my eyes. “Why is it so hard, Gray?”
