Page 96 of Taming the Boss

“Just you being here helps so much.” I swiveled on the stool to face her, bringing her closer so I could tip my forehead to hers. “I love you, Maddie. I know I took forever to say it, but I love you.”

“I love you too. You show me all the time. The words are nice, more than nice, but you show me over and over. Just like you show your little boy, who is sleeping, by the way. Sound asleep,” she added meaningfully.

I shut my eyes, hurting for my sister even as joy hovered so close. I had so much now, but I very much feared that Sydney was in pain in a way I didn’t know how to fix.

I didn’t have any idea what could help.

“All you can do is love her through it.” Maddie’s soft voice clued me into what I’d voiced even without realizing it. “She’ll realize in time that you aren’t going anywhere, and she’ll have new family to boot. But she has to see that for herself for it to sink in.”

“Yeah. Can you take the tests now? Before everyone starts arriving. It’s probably selfish, but I just want to know for sure. Though these, so swollen and full, are a pretty good sign.”

I tweaked her hard nipple and leaned in to kiss her, just for the pleasure of savoring her whimper as I twisted it lightly. Then I gave in to my urge to nudge down her top to do the same with my mouth, using my tongue to scoop the tip up over the material of her bra. The edge of my teeth made her shudder as she cupped my head against her.

“You know, maybe we have enough time to enjoy ourselves before our family gets here too. Gotta practice our quickie style since our family is expanding.”

“More like I’m expanding,” she said breathlessly with a laugh as I whipped off her top and her bra. After I tossed them aside, I sculpted my hands over the slight rise of her belly. I bent my head to kiss her there, as I’d already taken to doing just about every time we were intimate.

Our baby was already very loved. No question there.

I got down on my knees to roll her skirt up her thighs so I could inhale deeply and nudge aside her bikini panties to find her already wet and needy. A quick flick of my tongue against her clit had her winding her fingers into my hair to hold me right where I was, taking my time to drive her up slowly. I wouldn’t ever skimp on this. Especially when she held me to her as her body shook and she flooded my tongue.

Then I rose up to my full height and lifted her onto the counter. “Probably we should take advantage of doing things like this while we can too.”

“You mean before I’m the size of a house?”

“Every inch of you is perfect.” I shushed her by slanting my mouth over hers, sucking lightly on her tongue so she could taste herself since I knew how that turned her on. And I parted her wet thighs to sink into her with a thankful sound I couldn’t have smothered if I’d tried. “You feel so fucking good.”

She scraped her nails over my lower belly, tracing my happy trail before she circled one of my nipples with the tip of her tongue. Then she leaned back, giving me an even better view of her growing breasts and belly, reaching up to toy with them. She must’ve wanted me to finish in record time.

I changed the angle, lifting her hips a fraction higher so I could thrust even deeper, bottoming out inside her with a groan that burst against her neck before I buried my face in her hair. She tightened her legs around me, panting as she arched up so I could grind into her just right to have her coming again, hard and fast. Within a few strokes, I couldn’t hold out any longer and my shout spilled out against her lips.

“Love that feeling,” she murmured, “when I’m full of you.”

Still breathing hard, I slid out of her then bent to give her one final lick. She was still trembling and she held me against her so I could give her one more for the road, since I was already there and she was so wet and pink. Even still.

My girl came easily and often. Especially now.

I slipped my fingers into her, bending them to touch her just right to have her bowing up and begging. While pumping them into her, I leaned up to suck on her nipples again, twisting in and out until she was panting my name. “Come for me, beautiful. One more time.”

It took her a moment to oblige me and then she was quaking around my fingers. I drew them out and sucked them between my lips, relishing the taste as she dragged in air and looked around for her bra. It was hanging off the corner of the counter, and she snatched it with a giggle. “Thank God I found this. Don’t think our guests would enjoy seeing that with dinner. And now I will go take my three tests.”

“I’ll be right in,” I promised as I shoved myself back in my boxer-briefs and yanked up my trousers.

She was talking to herself as she walked a little ways down the hall to the bathroom, and then she continued her conversation inside, loudly enough I could hear her as I approached. It was so amusing I paused to listen. “Shit, I didn’t drink enough. I need more to drink. I didn’t plan for this properly.”

“Hang on, I’ll give you some water.” I rushed to get some of the filtered water, pouring her a full glass. I didn’t know how much she’d need to take the tests. When I knocked on the door, she stuck her hand out for the glass, laughing as some splashed her bare feet.

“How much did you think I needed to pee?” She gulped half the glass before I had a chance to answer and then banged the door shut. “Just give me a second first then I’ll let you in.”

I stepped back and inhaled deeply before letting the air out in a hiss. “Now? Now?” A couple minutes later, I heard the tap running and then a flush. “Now?”

Then she came to the door, clutching three sticks in one hand. “Set a timer for a couple minutes.”

I’d just managed to do it on my phone when she called out, “Jude,” in a frantic voice and rushed into the hall to shove the tests in my face. One had the word pregnant and the other ones had two lines, which even I knew what that meant.

I picked her up and swung her around as she clung to my shoulders. We were both laughing so loudly that neither of us were surprised when Owen came down, rubbing his eyes sleepily and clutching both his unicorn throw and his stuffed fish. “What?” He blinked again and again, clearly still half asleep.

Still grinning, I picked up my boy and showed him Maddie’s belly. “Do you know about babies? Maddie’s going to have your sister or brother.”

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