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Gavin s himself and Emily onto the chenille sofa "She’d put you on restriction froet me to play hooky"

"She’d do worse than that, but I’d rather not go into details" S, he clapped once and looked at Emily "I know you can’t have any liquor, but can I offer you so else? We have raspberry iced tea, water, and a few juices"

"I’ll take a water, Mr Blake Thank you"

With a loving gleam in his eyes, he smiled "You’re part of our fahter-in-law You’re no different Good?"

His acceptance of her and the situation spread warh Emily’s chest In that moment, she understood where Gavin had acquired the charm and charisma he was born with "Good I’ll take a water, Pop" The word felt foreign leaving her lips

He shot her a wink and started for the kitchen "Very good I’et the appetizers started Son, a cold bottle of Sam Adams?"

"Yeah That’ll work," Gavin answered as his father disappeared around the corner Sliding Emily’s hand over his lap, Gavin pushed her hair away from her neck and leaned into her ear "You look beautiful"

Turning to face him, she lifted a slow, suspicious brow "Oh do I? I wouldn’t have thought so considering you didn’t want to fool around earlier" She watched hi more than they should For a second, her heart took a nosedive, her words falling from her mouth faster than she could coynant woht"

Gavin reared back "You think it has to do with your weight?"

"I’ve gained a few pounds What else am I supposed to think? You’ve never turned down sex with ht now, and yours… well, yours are usually no better than a teenage boy You said you were sick last night, and then before, you just… didn’t want to Ad "Oh, and nice try with the whole having to be here early excuse"

Gavin took her face in his hands, gazing into her worried eyes "My God, I could never be turned off by you, E in ht over this couch, and plant myself so deep inside you, neither of us would knohere the other begins or ends Sex with you is a drug, and I’ addict But hell if you aren’t the sweetest addiction there is to have"

"Then what is it?" she breathed, trying to shoo away the vision of being bent over the couch She was about to hike up her skirt and let hi her face so close to his wasn’t helping the hormone situation at all Not One Bit

Gavin hesitated, his voice low "I’ you and the baby"

E sex for the last couple of weeks You weren’t worried then"

"I know But seeing the baby yesterday on the , he leaned back "I’ll wind up hurting you It’s i sex We’re anier under his chin, bringing his gaze back to hers "First of all, I like when you hurt me," she whispered, her brow arched "Second: Do you expect me to believe aa wonant or not? Third: You can’t hurtsex for billions of years while wo a hand through his hair "First: When given per you Second: Yes, yes you can expect nant body The key word’s pregnant Third"--he grinned and leaned into her ear--"never in a billion years have couples fucked the e do We break records So with that, yes, I’hed deeply, thenGavin’s lower abdomen "Gavin--"