When at last they stilled, him inside her, her wrapped around him, he rested his forehead against hers.
“That must have been some board meeting,” she murmured at last, a smile in her voice.
“You know it doesn’t take anything but breathing to make me want you this much.”
“I know. But I think you seeing what you saw tonight, and me thinking about what you were seeing, gave it a nice twist. And made it very quick.” There was laughter in her voice. “Which isn’t always a bad thing. Not when it’s like this.”
He couldn’t argue with that. He brushed his lips against her temple, her hair. “How was your night with Cass?”
She hesitated, something odd in her voice, but her words were what he expected. “We watched Hallmark movies, ate cookies, and did Christmas cards. It was lovely. But I missed you.”
He always missed her, too, whenever they were apart. He’d tried to talk her into moving her offices into the K&A building to have her that much closer. She’d of course refused, suggesting he give up his building and move into hers. He smiled inwardly, thinking of the tart response.
But they made the walk to meet halfway for lunch several times a week, unless work demands made that unfeasible. They tried to ensure that happened as little as possible.
“I was surprised I fell asleep before you got here,” she said, making a sexy little noise as he eased out of her and then adjusted so he was spooning up behind her, her lovely backside nestled against his groin, his chest against her shoulder blades. She pillowed her head on his biceps as he wrapped his arms around her.
“You’ve been working hard lately,” he noted. “That new contract has you burning the candle at both ends.”
“No more than usual.” She ran her fingertips along his forearm, back and forth. Back and forth. He stilled, sensing something coiling up inside her. Not exactly tension, but certainly not the post-coital lassitude he’d expect.
“Everything okay?”
She nodded, but then he heard it, a muffled sob. In a flash, he’d cupped her face to turn it up toward him. He saw she was smiling. He might have been reassured, but her eyes were brimming, and her tears were never okay to him.
“What is it, Savannah? Tell me. I’ll fix it.”
She chuckled then, and the tears fell free. He caught them on his thumb as she spoke, her lips brushing his flesh.
“You did, Matthew.” She lifted her hand, gripping his wrist, and then she lowered it, until his palm rested on her abdomen. “We’re going to have a baby.”
The End
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About the Author
Joey W. Hill writes about vampires, mermaids, boardroom executives, cops, witches, angels, housemaids...pretty much wherever her inspiration takes her. She's penned over forty acclaimed titles and six award-winning series, and been awarded the RT Book Reviews Career Achievement Award for Erotica. But she's especially proud and humbled to have the support and enthusiasm of a wonderful, widely diverse readership.
So why erotic romance? “Writing great erotic romance is all about exploring the true face of who we are – the best and worst - which typically comes out in the most vulnerable moments of sexual intimacy.” She has earned a reputation for writing BDSM romance that not only wins her fans of that genre, but readers who would “never” read BDSM romance. She believes that's because strong, compelling characters are the most important part of her books.
“Whatever genre you’re writing, if the characters are captivating and sympathetic, the readers are going to want to see what happens to them. That was the defining element of the romances I loved most and which shaped my own writing. Bringing characters together who have numerous emotional obstacles standing in their way, watching them reach a soul-deep understanding of one another through the expression of their darkest sexual needs, and then growing from that understanding into love - that's the kind of story I love to write."
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