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Alex lowers himself to gently kiss my neck, but he’s still savagely fucking me. I wrap my arms around him and let myself enjoy his touch for now. I can face it all tomorrow.
“Fuck, Nora,” Alex groans, his rhythm faltering. When my orgasm breaks, my body tightens around him as we fall together.
He drops his head to rest on my shoulder, and we are both breathless. “Dear God,” I pant.
“Not too bad for a one-night stand, huh?” Alex asks, lifting his head to grin at me.
“You are so fucking weird,” I laugh. Alex kisses me gently before rolling to lie beside me. I glance up, and my heart nearly leaps out of my chest. “Uh… Alex.”
“Hmm?” he asks.
“It broke,” I say, real fear surfacing in my voice. “Alex, it broke. I’m not on… I can’t get…”
“Hey, hey, hey,” he says. “It’s okay. I promise. Whatever happens, I’ll be there to help you figure it out. Okay?”
“This isn’t what I wanted,” I say. “I’m not ruining two fucking lives because…”
“Everything is going to be okay, Nora,” he says, rolling and cupping my face. “Abortion, adoption, or co-parenting, I’ll be here. Okay?”
“Okay,” I sigh.
“Let’s hope not because I was an ugly-ass baby,” he says, making me choke out a tearful laugh. “You think I’m joking? I looked like Dumbo, Nora. Do you want our baby to have big ass ears?”
“Eh. You kinda grew into yours,” I say.
“Kinda?!” Alex gasps, making me laugh.
“I should get up.”
“No. You stay. I’m spoiling you. Remember?"
“Who knew spoiling me included filling me with your come?” I say, making him grin at me again.
Alex gets up and disappears into my bathroom. I drape my arm over my face and just breathe for a second. I can’t let myself get overwhelmed when I don’t even know if he just got me pregnant. I can handle it. I know I can. I just need to take it a step at a time.
When Alex returns, he cleans me before lying back in bed. “Alex,” I groan.
“Shh. I’ll be gone before you wake,” he says. “I’m not fucking you and immediately leaving. That’s rude as hell.”
“Fine,” I say. “Only because I'm too tired to argue.”
“Good. Go to sleep,” he says, pulling my blankets over me. I roll to my belly as he rolls to his side to look at me. His smile is so sweet as he tucks my hair behind my head and moves his hand to rub my back. “You can’t go to sleep if you are looking at me, Nora.”
“Maybe I just don’t wanna go to sleep yet, Alex,” I reply, matching his smile.
“Don’t look at me like that, girl. I’ll want to break your rule and stay,” he says. “I won’t leave until you fall asleep.”
“Promise?” I ask so quietly that I’m surprised he hears me.
“I promise,” he says, leaning down to kiss my forehead. I look at him for a second longer, wanting to soak this in before I have to make myself stay away from him. When I close my eyes, he continues to rub my back as I slowly drift away.
Chapter Fifteen
Alex
Eventually, Nora’s breathing evens out, and she falls asleep. I can’t bring myself to get up yet because she’s just so damn sweet. I wish she could see how amazing she is. I know Liam is crazy about her, so maybe it was a little shitty to fuck his ex, but this seems to be about way more than just Nora wanting to get laid now that she’s single. She’s hurting, and she’s coping.
After a while, I have to. She was serious when she said she wanted to wake up alone, and I can’t go against that. She never lets her walls down, so the fact she even let me in here says a lot about how much she needed this tonight.
