“You know what that smile does to me, Elle.”
He took my hand and helped me up the stairs. We reached the bedroom, and I immediately lay down on the bed.
“I’ve missed this bed.”
Denny brought Julia up to the room and set the car seat down on the floor. “Welcome home, you three.” He smiled and then walked out of the room.
As Connor climbed on the bed and lay next to me, we both stared at Julia, who was sound asleep.
“She’s perfect, like you,” he whispered as he softly kissed my neck.
I smiled and closed my eyes as his lips traveled to the edge of my ear.
“I can’t wait to make love to you,” I whispered. “Especially now that I’m not pregnant anymore.”
“I loved making love to you while you were pregnant.”
Suddenly, Julia started to cry. We looked at each other and smiled. Connor got up and carefully took her from her car seat. I took off my shirt as he gently handed her to me and she latched onto my breast.
“There’s nothing more beautiful than seeing you feed our daughter,” he said as he sat down on the bed next to me and kissed me on the lips.
This was my family—the three of us—and I didn’t want anything more.
Chapter 6
Connor
Six weeks later
Life was getting back to normal, as much as it could, with a baby in the house. Ellery had trouble breast-feeding after the first week, so we ended up bottle-feeding Julia, which made it easier for me to help out with the feedings. I tried to hire a nanny, but Ellery wanted nothing to do with it and said that she didn’t want a stranger raising our child. I worked from home as much as I could, but I had reached a point when I had to start going into the office.
I was sitting at my desk, going over some paperwork, when a text message came through from Ellery.
“You better be home early tonight. I just left the doctor’s office, and I’ve been cleared to have sex! You better be ready, Mr. Black, because tonight’s the night!”
Just reading that made me hard. I’d been craving her, and I couldn’t wait to be inside her again.
“I’ll be home, don’t you worry about it. By the way, I’m already hard.” I quickly replied.
“Good. You better make sure you stay that way.”
As I looked over at my computer, I saw that it was six o’clock. I needed to hurry up and finish going over some papers so I could get home to my wife and daughter. I called the florist and had them deliver two dozen roses to the office so I could bring them home to Ellery. Once the flowers arrived, I was finished for the day. I grabbed my things and headed out the door. Denny was waiting for me like usual in the front. When I opened the door, I threw my briefcase on the seat and climbed in.
“Beautiful flowers, Connor. You shouldn’t have.” He smiled.
“Tonight’s the night, Denny. I get to have sex with my wife again!”
“Congratulations, Connor. Is someone looking after Julia while the two of you celebrate?”
“No, I don’t think so. Why?” I asked.
“Good luck with that.” He smirked.
I sighed because I honestly didn’t know what he meant. As I got out of the limo, I told Denny I’d see him tomorrow. The elevator doors opened and all I could smell was Chinese food. I walked into the kitchen and saw Ellery taking the cartons out of the bag while Julia was awake and sitting in her bouncy seat. When I walked over to Ellery and handed her the flowers, I kissed her firmly on the lips. Julia started to whine.
“They’re beautiful, Connor. Thank you.”
“You’re welcome, baby.” I smiled.
“She’s probably hungry again,” Ellery said as she looked over at Julia.
“I’ll feed her.” I smiled. I walked over and took her out of her bouncy seat. The minute I held her, she stopped.
“I think she missed her daddy today.” Ellery smiled as she set the food on the table.
I sat down at the table with her and attempted to eat. The minute I picked up my fork, Julia started to scream. Ellery got up and warmed a bottle for her. She went to take her from me, but I wouldn’t give her up.
“Let me feed her, Elle. You go and eat. You’ve been with her all day.”
“But you worked all day. I can feed her so you can eat your dinner.”
“No, now give me the bottle, and let me feed my daughter.” I smiled at her.
“Okay.” She smiled back as she handed me the bottle.
When I put the bottle in Julia’s mouth, she instantly started to drink it. As I looked over at Ellery, she glanced at me and ran the tip of her tongue across her lips. She was so beautiful, but she looked so tired.
“Baby, you’re getting me hard, and I’m holding our daughter.”
“Oops. Sorry.” She smiled. “Don’t forget to burp her.”
I took the bottle from Julia’s mouth and set it on the table. When I put her over my shoulder and patted her back, she let out a big burp and then started crying for more. Ellery got up from her chair and took her from me.