Page 44 of Strip for Me

“What a load of shit!” Annie says before I can say anything, and I feel my baby kick in response, which makes me chuckle. Jude just knocks her shoulder, and we pay for the clothes before going for some lunch. Despite the fact I lost a lot to get to where I am now, I know I have everything now.

I have family.

Thirty-Six

ELLIE

“You’re thirty weeks?I can’t believe it,” Todd says as I show him what the baby looks like on my phone, using a cool app. The baby should be the size of a large cabbage, and is about three pounds, according to the app. Other than my growing obsession with eating chocolate and stealing Todd’s Nutella, I’m actually feeling better than I have in a long time.

“Give that here,” Dom says as he leans over the sofa and snatches the phone out of Todd’s hands. I chuckle as Todd glares at him.

“How can you not believe it? Look at me,” I chuckle, gesturing to the huge bump. It’s grown even bigger overnight, and the baby kicks me all the time now. I love it.

“I can’t wait to meet her, have you thought of any names yet?” Todd asks, sliding his hands over the bump. The baby must be sleeping as she kicked up a storm in the bath earlier.

“No, not yet, I can’t decide.” I say as Dom sits next to us. He hands the phone back and leans over, kissing me lightly before pulling away. It’s still strange to have one of them kiss me when another one is in the room.

“I just set up the changing table in your room, and I made some of the cheese pasta you like and left it in the fridge,” Dom says.

“Thank you,” I say sliding my hand into his.

“I have to go to work, Kaiden needs me to pick him up from Mel’s as his car broke down when he went over to help fix her laptop,” Dom says and gets up. I chuckle when he leans down and kisses my stomach, over my top.

“Bye, my little girl, be good for your mum until I’m back,” he says, talking directly to my stomach. It’s the first time he has done that.

“Never seen you do that before,” I say, a little breathlessly, it’s so sweet.

“The app says the baby can hear voices now. I want her to know me,” he shrugs.

“My turn,” Todd says, pushing him out of the way, and he chuckles before walking out. I wave goodbye as Todd starts talking.

“Hey, princess. I can’t wait to meet you and see if you’re as beautiful as your mum. I know I’m not your biological daddy, but I hope you see me as one. I want to be one, if your mum and you want that,” he says.

“Mum is on board,” I say quietly, and Todd looks up at me, his eyes searching mine, and a slow smile appears.

“Kiss me Ellie, I want you to show me you mean that,” he says, his tone dropping deeper, and it’s very seductive. Holy ducks, it makes me want to throw myself at him. I lean my face close to his, gently swiping my lips across his, then moving my lips down his jaw and press a long kiss on his neck. I place my hand on his chest, feeling his heart beating loudly as I kiss up his neck, then back across his jaw and touch my lips to his. Todd takes control of the kiss quickly and pulls me onto his lap, my dress pushing up around my thighs. He holds his hand firmlyin place on the back of my neck as he kisses me, our tongues mixing, and as I press down on his lap, I can feel how turned on he is. Todd breaks away from the kiss, pressing our foreheads together as he speaks.

“I want you Ellie. I’ve wanted you from the moment I first saw you. The moment your brown eyes met mine across that kitchen, it’s been you. I’ve always been waiting for someone, and I never knew what I was looking for. I’m yours, Ellie,always yours,” he says, and I kiss him, expressing how I feel the same way without words. Todd pulls my dress over my head, before taking his own shirt off. I undo his trousers and step back off the sofa, slowly pushing my lacy underwear down. Todd watches me, every moment seems slow as all I can hear is our deep breathing.This moment seems more.Todd pushes his trousers down, showing me his lack of boxers and the impressive erection he’s sporting.Holy ducks, how is that going to fit?

“Come here,” he says, holding out a hand. I slide my hand into his and kneel over his lap. Todd kisses me, his hands drifting all over my body and making me moan. Todd slides a finger inside me, just as I wrap a hand around his cock. Every drawn-out movement of Todd’s finger is getting me close, and he suddenly pulls his finger out and wraps his hand around mine on him. He moves my hand away, and then guides himself into me.Holy ducks, he feels amazing. I slowly move, up and down as he kisses me, each kiss deep and yet, soft in a caring way.He’s making love to me.Todd moves his hand, running circles around my clit in a way that makes me moan loudly and have to throw my head back as I come. Todd grabs hold of my hips and starts thrusting harder into me, the feeling is overwhelming in the best way.

“Todd,” I moan as he finishes, and he makes a sexy, groaning noise as he rests his damp head on my chest.

“Ellie,” he says, and he doesn’t need to say anything else as he looks up at me.

“I know,” I say, knowing how he’s feeling and how much that meant to him because it meant the same to me.

Thirty-Seven

ANDRE

“Anythingelse you need help with while I’m here?” I ask Wendy as she hands me a hot cup of tea. I glance around the café kitchen, not seeing any other issues now that I’ve fixed her dishwasher.

“No, hunny, but do give these to Ellie for the baby,” she says, handing me a bag. I finish my cup of tea and walk out of the café kitchen after saying goodbye. I wave at the young girl that Wendy has hired to help her, and stop when I see Ellie’s parents sitting at a table. Her dad sees me first and stands up, I watch as her mum nods her head, inviting me over.

“Hello,” I say, holding out my hand to Ellie’s dad, and to my surprise, he accepts it. It’s been a month since they turned up at our house, and Ellie hasn’t talked about them much.

“Please sit down. We all need to talk,” Ellie’s dad says. I nod and slide into the seat he offers next to Ellie’s mum.

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