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Before Now Cheryl McIntyre 29400K 2023-09-01

"You are so sexy when you first wake up" He shakes his head, licking his lips "You’re sexy all the ti over me "But when your hair’s messy and your cheeks have that deep sleep pink to them, I just want to consume you, inch by beautiful inch"

Park’s reedily He pulls his hands over lides overthere for aon He slips inside er slides inside in to breathe heavy I love the way he touches me The way he knows exactly how to s farther and move into his hand Park makes a low murmur of approval before he severs the kiss He works his way downover my chest, and places a kiss onister his next er just vacated I grab a handful of his hair, gripping it tightly

Park growls, pulling back slightly "You taste sweeter after sleep, too"

Holy hell I bite intoflawlessly His hands holdfor relief from the intense pleasure

I think I say his na into aClinging I’

"Jesus, Lucy," Park chokes My eyes fly open andturned on before That was, hands down, the best thing I’ve ever witnessed"

I’, and all I can think about is hoanthi his hips forward

"I need to see that again," he breathes "Daily"

I think I should be eht now, all I can think about is hio see Guy There’s been so ed a lot in the past fewso fast, I can’t help thinking about what’s really ih on that list

He opens the door and I can see the surprise on his face before he steps aside, invitingto get you acquainted with the ters of a sandwich are set out on the counter He pulls out a second plate, handing it toa snack

"So what’s up? You haven’t sought ht you took off How’d you even knohere I live now?"

"Chase," I say, answering his last question first I scratch my chin with the tip of my thumb, my eyes on the counter "I wanted…" I drop the bread in my hand and face him "I’m sorry"

He stares hard at me for several seconds and then puts the back of his hand to ?"

I duck out under his hand and push his arize for--well, for every shitty thing I’ve ever done to you You’reworthless in this relationship You’ve stuck it out and I have no clue why, but I…I’ his throat "We’re good,h, tossing the cheese onto the bread "This co from the dude that rents chick-flicks twice a week"

"This co from the dude that used to watch those chick-flicks with me twice a week"

Damn Good point

"Maybe I’ht because I hated those movies I only did that so you wouldn’t have to watch them alone"

Guy cocks his head to the side and raises his brows "Don’t uarantee I’ll find Titanic"

I drop my sandwich "Hey," I say defensively, "that is a classic And Kate Winslet is hot"

He smirks at me "I knew it"

"Shut up"

He takes his plate to the table and I join hi a little baby bu the first signs of rounding, groith life "I fucking love it" I sit back, tapping ers on the table "I’m in love with her"

He has no reaction and it throws me off I expected hiain

"I know I’ hiht I was in love with Hope All those years, I really thought she ho I wanted" I pick at the bread and shake my head "But that was… Hope just wasn’t the one Lucy is--everything She’s everything I want and everything I need I didn’t think I’d ever find this"

"And now you have a baby on the way"

I nod "A baby Can you believe that? I’ to save money I knoe need shit, but I don’t even knohat yet I bought books Read everything I can, but I still don’t kno to prepare But, Guy, when I heard the beating of his little heart…" I rub the sting from my eyes "Best da to be responsible for a person A person who I’le aspect of their life"

"I think you’ll be all right The fact that you can sit still and talk about this with rown up"

Is that what I’ve been doing? Growing up? Hell Lucy’s dad had it right Where have I been while this was happening?

Jessie and Bree co dinner before we head ho later this week Lucy likes to cook and thought it’d be fun to have our own thing And it was, but the second we’re alone, I pull her to the bedroo her scent to compose myself

"I decided what I want to call you," I say and my voice is thick with nerves

"Oh yeah?" she replies "What?"

"I was thinking it’d be really nice to call you Mrs Reed" I watch her carefully, trying to figure out what she’s thinking

The muscles in her throat work as she ss and ht you wanted a na everyone will say" Her voice quivers over the last sentence and I don’t kno to take that