“Fuck, Dylan! I’m coming!”

Her pussy contracts around me, squeezing my cock in just the right way. I fall over the edge right behind her.

With one final slap to her ass, I pull out, and we collapse on the bed.

“Damn,” I say with my chest heaving.

“Yeah. Sorry I’m like a whale and can’t do all the usual stuff.”

“No need to apologize. I don’t care how we do it. I’m just grateful you let me on the ride.”

She gets comfortable on her side, and I cuddle up behind her. “If this is too much, just tell me to get off.”

“I kind of like it,” she says. “But give me a few minutes, and I’ll get hot and push you off me.”

I laugh. “Understood.”

I kiss her shoulder. “Do you know how happy you make me?”

“Dyl, I need to warn you that I may not be very good at this relationship thing. The only serious relationships I’ve been in have been highly dysfunctional, so I’ll probably fuck this up.”

“You and I will be fine,” I assure her as I hold her close.

And I mean it.

I’m in love with Leah. I’m not going to say that to her because she’s already taken one huge step tonight. I don’t want to freak her out.

For now, I’ll enjoy this moment with the woman I love sleeping next to me. Six months ago, I knew I was ready to settle down. Never did I fathom that I’d be lying here with the mother of my baby.

I couldn’t be happier.

forty-four

Baby Whisperer

Leah

Two weeks later…

32 weeks pregnant.

“What do you mean you have to go to work?” I whine. “What the hell am I supposed to do with a baby?”

Dylan and I volunteered to watch Beth so that Liz and Jack could have a date night. Well, Dylan is the one who volunteered us. I just went along with it, but now that he’s leaving, I’m freaking out.

“Baby, I’m going right down the street to change out a flat tire. I’m on call tonight. I shouldn’t be more than half an hour. And Beth is sleeping. Everything will be fine.”

“What if she wakes up?”

“Well, she’s a baby. Feed her, change her diaper, and put her back to sleep. The list of what they do is pretty short.” He walks over to me and takes my hands in his. “You’ll be great. And it’ll be good practice for both of us since ours will be here soon.”

I take a couple deep breaths and try to calm myself down.

I can do this. I can do this.

He gives me a quick kiss. “I’ll be right back.”

When he’s out the door, I walk into the future nursery where we have Beth’s travel bed set up. Peeking into her crib, I see her sleeping so peacefully. I swear she’s gotten even cuter in her first two months of life. Her cute pudgy pink cheeks puff out as she lightly snores.