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She tensed up for a second, but she quickly recovered and tried her hardest to appear like she wasn’t affected by my touch. I saw right through her.

“You ignoring me?” I rested my head on her shoulder to whisper in her ear. She flinched but she still didn’t say anything or take her eyes off my phone. She was selecting which pictures to post and I’m sure it was a welcomed distraction for her.

“I like those two,” I said when she settled on two pictures. In the first one she was pushing the carriage and I was standing behind her holding her belly. The second picture was a close up of me kissing her belly. Her mom had suggested that pose and although Lourdes protested, she ended up loving it.

“Good song choice,” I commented when she added “Glory” by Jay-Z. I had that song on a loop lately, so either she had taken notice or it was a sheer coincidence.

“That’s a good caption, too.” I said as she typed out some slightly remixed lyrics from the song and she added something of her own. I smiled because she finally agreed to the name I loved. I knew that was going to be our baby’s name, I was just waiting on her to say it outloud. This was close enough. “Our greatest creation was you. We can’t wait to meet you, Alouri Rose Pierre.”

After hitting the post button, she finally locked eyes with me and she exploded into giggles. “I wish you would shut up.”

“That’s not nice,” I replied before planting a kiss on the side of her neck. My right hand was still rubbing her lower back and I smoothly slid my left hand onto her thigh.

“Armias, let me up,” she uttered while I continued kissing her neck. Her mouth was saying one thing but her face and body was saying another. She tilted her neck to the side to give me more access and her eyes were closed.

“You’re free to get up whenever you want. I’m not holding you down.” I really wasn’t. Her legs were completely free, so if she wanted to get up and walk away she could. I’d be devastated, but at the end of the day it was her choice. The more I felt her up and kissed on her neck it was clear that she was right where she wanted to be, but I still decided to call her bluff. It was also time to address the elephant in the room.

“What are you doing?” She asked, on the brink of panic when I pulled away from her completely.

“I’m letting you get up.”

She went from confused to mad in seconds.

“I knew you were playing with me.”

“I’m the last person to play. Especially about you. It’s you who’s playing.”

“What the hell are you talking about?”

“Come on, Lo…I heard you and your friends talking last night and I’m sure you saw the last text I sent you. That’s why you in here with the lights dim, music playing, and no clothes on. You even put Zee in your room. So yea, you playing. Playing clueless.”

“You’re so full of yourself. Ain’t nobody trying to seduce you. I been had this music o-”

“I’m not full of myself. I know exactly how you feel and what you want because I heard it come from your mouth.”

“So that’s the only reason you’re all over me right now? Because you heard me say that I needed some dick?”

“I’m doing what I’ve been wanting to do.” My hands had found their way back to her body. I was trying to have this conversation without being physical with her, but that was hard. Her skin was so soft, she smelled so sweet, and she looked too pretty. With her practically being on top of me I guess my hands had a mind of their own.

She silently stared at me like she was scared to answer. Her mind was probably running amuck with different thoughts. I’d been thinking a whole lot over the past few months. There were so many days I wanted to lay up with her and bury my dick deep inside of her, but I controlled myself because of the circumstances we reunited under. Our baby had brought us back into each other's lives and forced us to deal with one another. We had too much shit to work through to be jumping back in bed together and I was aware of that. I also understood that Lourdes wasn’t the type of woman to be juggled, and through my experience with her I’d learned that I didn’t care to have a roster. One solid woman who made me happy and my days better was all I needed. I thought Lourdes was my person, but she made me question if she was truly solid. Meanwhile, I didn’t even look at or think about fucking with another woman while I was dating her. I guess that was another big reason why I wasn’t quick to stick my dick in her again. I was still harboring resentment towards her over the shit with her ex, but as time went by and I learned more information I was able to gradually get over it. She’d already done her part by laying everything out and apologizing to me. My biggest issue had always been that she lied to my face, but after going over everything a million times in my head I could understand why she wasn’t forthcoming at first. I basically told her that I wasn’t planning on seriously dating her, so she probably didn’t think it was necessary to lay out her complicated situation to someone who only had the potential to be a fuck buddy. Things changed quickly between us so she could’ve told the truth once they did, but my dad used to always say “if you lie one time then you gotta keep lying.” I guess that was the place Lourdes had found herself in and she got in too deep.

“If you’ve been wanting to do it then what was holding you back?”

I stopped kissing her neck to give her a blank stare.

“Still playing dumb, huh?” I questioned before I went back in on her neck tongue first.

“I’m asking an honest question, Armias,” her voice got shaky as she tried to conceal a moan.

“We’ll talk later.” I was already massaging her inner thigh, so it made spreading her legs easy.

She clamped her thighs together. My hand was trapped but she still grabbed my wrist. “I wanna talk now, Armias.”

“Move that hand.”

She moved that hand.

“Now open your legs.”