Page 46 of Mitch

Chapter Seventeen

Her feet ached from dancing,her jaw from smiling but Autumn was happier than she’d been—ever—not including the day she’d given birth to her beautiful Roo who she’d checked on twice and found sleeping as the older couples played cards.

Mitch had come with her the first time she checked, but the second, he’d lifted his head for a kiss first, and she’d willingly given it to him. After her reservations the other day, it had come naturally to show him affection, her true nature kicking in. Seeing the other couples who were all openly tactile and loving had helped her relax.

They were sitting at a table with Daniel, Meg, Reid, Callie, Kanan, and Roz, the latter slightly terrifying in her opinion. Mitch had his arm around the back of her chair, his thumb stroking over the skin just above the lace of her dress, making her pulse quicken.

“You ready to call it a night or do you want to dance some more?” Mitch’s eyes were swimming with erotic promise, but he was giving her a choice.

Autumn felt the ache of desire pool between her legs. “Bed.” It was the only word she got out before he was standing, and they were saying goodnight to the others at the table.

“Give me a call if you ever want to get back into science,” Meg said before hugging her tight.

“I will, thank you.”

Mitch laid his hand at the base of her spine as he walked out with her. “Do you want to get Maggie and get her settled or have you decided to take Mimi up on her offer?”

Autumn twisted her fingers nervously. “I just don’t think I can leave her. They’re lovely but…”

His fingers against her lips stopped her words. “You don’t have to explain why you don’t want to leave your baby overnight. If you want her, we’ll get her, and she sleeps in our suite.”

Autumn felt her body relax but still wanted to ask. “Are you mad?”

Mitch frowned as they walked to the other side of the enormous house. “Why would I be mad?”

“Well, you planned to, you know.”

Mitch chuckled and bent close to her ear. “Oh, I still plan to, we just have to be more creative.”

His lips brushed her pulse as they reached the door and she had no time to respond or get her own body under control before he was thanking Mimi and David and lifting a sleeping Maggie from her crib.

Autumn thanked the older couples and promised to visit again soon, all while her mind on the sensual promise Mitch had made.

Once back in the suite, her eyes flew to the large bed, and her body trembled with anticipation. “Do you want me to settle Maggie while you do whatever it is women do before bed?”

Autumn laughed her shoulders relaxing. “It’s fine. I can just give her a dream feed and then she won’t wake.”

Mitch looked perplexed. “A dream feed?”

“Yeah, it’s a feed where the baby pretty much stays asleep through it.”

Mitch nodded and followed her into the bedroom where the crib was set up. It was a smaller room than the one they shared and had the bathroom in between. Autumn felt happy with that though because she was still close to Maggie and had the monitor set up by the bed. Mitch handed Maggie over and kissed her head before leaving them.

Autumn quickly got Maggie settled in the bed, taking a moment to stroke her cheek before taking a steadying breath and walking into the bedroom. Her nerves had made another appearance, all the self-doubt about her body rearing its ugly head. The last man she’d slept with, in fact, the only man, had been her husband and she’d changed a lot physically since then.

Mitch was sitting on the edge of the bed watching her. He’d removed his shoes and socks, and something about seeing his bare feet felt intimate to her.

Tilting his head to the side, he held out a hand to her. “Come here, honey.”

Autumn walked towards him. His eyes were liquid with desire as she took his hand and he drew her between his muscular thighs, the tease of his rough hands on her hips burning with heat through the fabric of the dress.

“Nervous?” he asked as he placed delicate kisses on her wrist to her elbow.

“A little.” Autumn’s pulse danced in her neck as her breasts heaved with need.

“We can stop whenever you want, okay.”

Autumn shook her head. “No, I want this. You. But it’s been a while.”