Page 9 of His Everything

“Luce…”

“Maybe we can look into what we’d need to go to the courthouse for both us and Liam,” she suggests and shit, my heart is beating out of my damn chest with awe for her. “I think we’d both like to share your last name.”

“As soon as we’re done moving apartments, you bet your sweet little ass we are,” I whisper to her, claiming her mouthwith a long, hot kiss that leaves my body shaking when Liam finally lets out a shout for attention from his stroller.

“Why don’t you slip down to the pharmacy while we pick up the laundry,” Lucy says as I try to get my rebel body under control.

“Why?” I muse looking over her then Liam. Neither of them look like they’re not feeling well.

“Because while I want another baby, I’d like to wait until Liam’s completely out of diapers and pull-ups, and I’m not supposed to start the pill I was prescribed until I start my next cycle, which is a little over two weeks away,” she answers me and holy shit, I was not ready for that. “It was too late to start them this cycle and now would be an extremely bad time for us to do something without protection if we want to avoid making a baby.”

“I fucking love you, baby,” I groan, kissing her again before letting her head into the laundromat while I slip down to the drug store to pick up what we need. I also place an order for takeout, so we don’t have to worry about cooking, while I look over the options in the store.

It’s a bit daunting considering I’ve never shopped for condoms before. I didn’t need to after Lucy left and what happened with her wasn’t planned. I swear I didn’t know this many types existed, and I’ve got no clue what would be best, so I grab a couple variety packs that are on a buy one get one half-off sale. Before I head to the check out, I toss a bottle of lube in the basket as well that says it’s safe to use with condoms. We didn’t have any issues without them, but the one thing I do recall is a couple of the guys talking about how they their girlfriends seemed to ‘dry out’ while wearing them. I don’t know if it’s true, but I’m not about to risk hurting Lucy or a condom breaking and causing her to worry.

There’s a pimply faced teenager at the register when I reach it and his smirk as I check out is one of the reasons I never mentioned to anyone that I wasn’t the virgin they assumed I was. What Lucy and I do is our business. They don’t need to know.

I pop into the Thai place, picking up our order, then head home, finding Liam and Lucy in the lobby waiting for the elevator. A smile forms as I drop a kiss onto her lips when she sighs drinking in the smell of our food.

“You’re the best, you know that? I was just thinking how much I didn’t want to cook after the moving and we still have to make the beds at least tonight. Add in all of the unpacking we’ll have to do, plus bringing the rest of your stuff over, and cleaning my old place I was dreading dealing with dinner,” she tells me as we take the elevator up.

“I’ve got you, baby. I’ll always have you,” I promise, eager for everything that’s to come for us, especially if it happens tonight.

Chapter 7

Lucy

Ahappy sigh escapes as I close Liam’s door. He’s out like a light after getting tucked in by both of us, excited that he now has his own room. He bounced between the toddler bed and the twin bed that was mine until he decided he wanted to sleep in his bed because Beary might get scared sleeping in the new one. Jayden was amazingly patient with it, and it warms my heart to know my baby boy is safe with him.

“Think he’ll stay asleep?” Jayden asks, pulling me back into his hold, his lips pressing a soft kiss to my temple.

“Yeah, he’s used to going down and sleeping by himself. He does it at Mrs. Holmes’, daycare, and even when I put him down in the old place. It’ll be okay,” I assure us both, tilting my head so his lips can glide over my neck. His chest is pressed tight against my back, letting me feel his arousal snug against my ass, and I love it. I love him more than I ever realized.

“It’s been a long day so how about an early night? I can hold you until morning, and then I’ll get up with Liam, let you sleep a bit longer,” he suggests and god that sounds amazing, but there’s still a lot to do before Monday. “The rest of my stuff is alreadypacked, and Brad said he’d drop it off tomorrow afternoon, so I don’t have anything else to do there other than turning in my keys on Monday. I’ll handle cleaning your old apartment tomorrow while you spend time with Liam and then it’ll be ready to hand over the keys. We can take our time unpacking. I can always come home and do some of it when I’m done with classes before you and Liam get home.”

“How did you know what I was going to say?” I ask, amazed at how easily he could read me.

“Because I checked out what all needs to be done when you move out of an apartment and since you’ve been the responsible adult the last few years, I knew that you’d put it on yourself to do it all. You’re not alone in this anymore, Luce. I may not be as responsible as you’ve been, but I’m not about to put more shit on your shoulders by making you handle my crap or take care of me too, baby,” he adds, turning me in his hold and the look in his eyes tells me it’s true. “Working instead of just going out and partying taught me a lot and the rest came because I had goals which required dedication to reach. I knew I’d need certain grades and test scores and things to put on my application to make me stand out so I could even get in here, so that’s where my head’s been the last three years. Doing everything in my power to find a way back to you. I promise, I’m not going to create more work for you, baby. I’m not some idiot kid just playing around until I get bored, or it gets to be too hard. I grew up the past few years in a different way than you, but also in a different way than others my age have.

“Some of the guys I was friends with just got older, but I wasn’t going to risk you laughing in my face if I found you and told you I wanted to be your man. You had a three-year head start here, I needed to catch up if I had any chance at proving to you that I wasn’t talking out my ass or just wanting to live out some fantasy. That night at the party, even though I was drunk—that was the fantasy. The night at your house, us in your bed—that was real. It became completely real when you said I was too young to actually feel what I did for you. That it was just in my head. With that and then losing you entirely when you left town…that was the catalyst. I wasn’t about to walk back into your life acting like a kid still because you deserved to have someone be your man—no matter how old I’m not.”

“Jayden…” His name comes out on a sigh, warmth flooding me, and I don’t want to wait another minute to be his, for him to be mine. “Where did you put that bag from the pharmacy?”

“In the nightstand, but that’s not…”

I don’t let him get the words out. I know he wasn’t just trying to get me to sleep with him with his word, and that’s exactly why I want this—and him. I reach up on my tiptoes, pulling his head down to mine, capturing his lips with a deep kiss until he picks me up, moving us down the tiny little hall and into our room.

He remembers to shut the door and I’m thankful for that when he whips my t-shirt over my head, his hands sliding up to the back of my bra and has it out of the way before I can suck in a breath. My hands aren’t nearly as slow as my breathing and they push his shirt up his chest, until he lets go of me and lets me pull it off him as his hands push my leggings down, tossing them aside as he lays me back onto our new bed.

“Fuck baby,” he groans, his eyes roaming all over me, seeing the tiny little silvery marks on my stomach from carrying Liam. He leans down, kissing each one before moving up my body, capturing my nipple with his mouth making me arch fully into him. His teeth nibble on the tight bud, his hands sliding down me, touching and teasing until I almost scream from the need he arouses inside me.

“Jayden…” I moan when his lips travel down my belly again, going lower until he parts my thighs and settles in between them, his tongue lapping at my dripping pussy.

“I never got to taste you here,” he states, his eyes meeting mine, a smile on his lips that sends more heat through me. “I’m not about to make that mistake again.”

“Oh fuck,” falls when he lowers his face again, his hands sliding under me, lifting me up to his mouth, devouring me it feels like. It brings me right to the edge of an orgasm and I fall right over when his thumb teases my clit, his tongue deep inside me. “Jayden!”

“That’s it, baby, give me all of your sweetness,” he urges me, still licking and nibbling and teasing my pussy with his amazing mouth. The traces of his five o’clock shadow is rough against my thighs, but I don’t care, can’t care one little bit that it chafes. Especially not when his fingers move from my clit to my pussy, his mouth sucking on my clit, while he strokes me even deeper with his long digits.

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