“Now, Theodore.” Teddy’s smirk disappeared when my mom used his whole name; I think she was really the only one ever to do it. I knew his own mother, who could give two shits about him, didn’t. I think that’s one reason he acted the way he did, he was just looking for the attention his mom had never given him. “You should always be respectful to women. Don’t go messing around with every girl throwing herself at you while you’re out on the road. It will just lead to trouble.”
Teddy’s eyes cast downward and he answered with a quiet, “Yes, ma’am.” I knew Teddy had barely any relationship with his own mother, so he looked up to mine as his own. Maybe her words would actually stick in that thick head of his. Yeah, probably not.
We dropped Teddy off on our way home. Leah had been quiet since we left my mom’s house, but she slid her body across the seat, latching the middle belt across her lap and laying her head on my shoulder. Apparently, she had forgiven me a little for opening my big mouth. I just couldn’t help myself.
“I think I want a girl,” she said quietly right before we pulled into the driveway. I didn’t say anything back, but inside I was jumping up and down like a little kid jacked up on sugar. Maybe she was finally starting to accept this whole pregnancy thing. “I mean, I would be happy either way, but I want to do all the girly stuff that I get to do with Belle. Do her hair, buy pink clothes, and play with baby dolls. I think that sounds like fun.”
“I’m glad, baby.” I opened up the door and scooped her out of the truck, carrying her to the front door. “Whatever that little baby is, it will get spoiled like crazy.” She giggled when I set her down to slide the key into the lock and before I scooped her up again to carry her inside, I leaned down to place a kiss on her stomach.
I deposited her onto our bed and slowly removed each piece of clothing. I gazed down at her beautiful naked body before quickly removing my own, while the whole time she looked up at me with that look that was solely meant for me. I kissed every inch of her body, hovering over her flat stomach, imagining how it would look in a few months.
Her hands moved to the back of my head and she pulled me down to her, pressing her lips against my jaw and working her way to my mouth. I slid inside of her slowly, taking my time, making love to my wife like I always should. We both found our release and lay there together in each other’s arms for what felt like hours.
She fell asleep, lightly snoring and I kissed her belly one last time. “I love you, babies.” I slipped into the shower and when I came back out, wrapped in a towel, she was awake propped up on her elbow. “What are you doing awake? You looked like you were passed out for the rest of the night.”
“Yeah, I thought so too but I’m starving.” I smirked when she flopped back onto her pillow and rubbed her stomach.
“I’ll get you something, I’ll be right back.” I grabbed a million different snacks before heading back to the bedroom and setting the tray down on the bed. “So, I needed to talk to you about something.”
“Okay, I’m listening,” she mumbled in between chews of a cookie. I blew out a breath, hoping her nonchalant attitude wouldn’t change, but I knew that wasn’t going to happen.
“So, you know how I told you about that one student, Brittany, who is always staying after class and flirting with me?”
She nodded her head at me, so I just continued. “Well on Friday, I got called into the office by the principal and a few of the school board members. Apparently, Brittany is claiming I made a few inappropriate remarks and made the moves on her.”
I stopped to take in her reaction and she burst out laughing. Tears were streaming down her cheeks, that was how hard she was laughing. Not what I was expecting.
“Oh my god, I knew your sexiness would come back and bite you in that fine ass of yours someday. I told you how you have that whole bad boy vibe, and then you wear those black rimmed glasses on top of that. Who couldn’t resist you? I just don’t understand why she would try and get in you in trouble. Doesn’t that kind of throw her whole game off?”
“Leah, I don’t think this is something to laugh about. This is serious, I could lose my job over it. I’m not suspended right now, but I’m under investigation by the school board.”
She took a deep breath and grabbed onto my wrists, the laughter finally disappeared and her face grew serious. “Chase, you didn’t do anything wrong, you and I both know that. She probably just got mad that you weren’t returning the flirting, even though you’re her teacher and it’s highly inappropriate. The truth will come out in the end. We just have to believe that.” She leaned up and kissed each corner of my mouth before pulling back and placing a hand on my cheek.
“For now, maybe you should start wearing a paper bag to school, with your sexy face covered up they won’t want to flirt as much.” A laugh escaped between her lips before I gently tackled her down to the bed and pinned her arms above her head. “I’m glad you find this so funny.”