Page 70 of Instant Bond

“I understand,” I assured him. “You missed a pill and now you’re pregnant.”

He stared at me, unblinking for several seconds before speaking again. “And you don’t have a reaction to that?”

“I do,” I said. “Sorry, I’m just processing everything.”

“Are you upset? Mad? Hate me?” He asked, sounding desperate. “I need something, I can’t just sit here waiting for you to yell at me.”

The pleading in his soft voice broke me out of my self-imposed bubble of disorientation. He was expecting me to yell at him?

“Oh, baby boy.” He’d pulled away from me before, but he looked so pitiful and alone now I couldn’t help but move closer to him, pulling him to my chest again. This time he didn’t wriggle away. “I’m not mad at you. I couldn’t be mad at you for something like this.”

“But it’s completely my fault, and you’re the one who wanted me on it so thiswouldn’thappen,” he insisted, his voice muffled against my shoulder. “I mean, I’m not an idiot. Just because you’re great with Ty doesn’t mean you want a baby.”

“You love making assumptions about me, don’t you?” I mused. He sniffled, raising his face from my skin to gaze up at me.

“You really aren’t upset?”

“I’m not,” I promised him. But it suddenly occurred to me how incredibly upsethewas. I gently cupped him under his chin so I could watch his eyes as he answered. “But is it so terrible to you, having my baby?”

He looked utterly confused for a moment, before violently shaking his head. “No! Of course I want to, but… I didn’t expect it to be right now, and… I was so afraid of how you’d react.”

“I’m surprised,” I admitted. “I didn’t expect this to happen, but… I can’t stop thinking about how amazing you are with Ty, and how much I love coming home to you guys.”

“So… You’re happy?”

“I’m happy,” I said, realizing now that it was true. “Very happy. I know it’s fast, but… We’ve done everything fast, so this feels par for the course.”

He laughed a little, though it still sounded a bit watery. “Yeah, I guess that’s true.” He paused, hesitant. “You’re really, seriously happy?”

I chuckled. “It’s a good surprise, sweet boy. I promise.”

He shifted, moving from my side to sit in my lap, facing me. With his hands hooked behind my neck, his eyes were intense on mine.

“And you won’t get tired of taking care of us?”

“You have no idea how much you contribute to my life, do you?” I asked. “I was so miserable before you, and I didn’t even know it. I would be miserable again if you weren’t here.”

He sniffled again, hugging me tightly, burying his face in my neck. “I feel the same way. You’re everything to me. You and Ty.”

“Listen,” I said, squeezing him as tightly as I could. “I know how terrified you must have been the first time you got pregnant. And I know how difficult it was, how uncertain you felt. But this time is going to be completely different,” I swore. “You don’t have to lift a finger, or worry about anything. All you need to do is focus on nurturing our baby.”

“Our baby,” he repeated, finally sounding relaxed enough to actually consider that we’d created a life together. He sighed, nuzzling into me. “I love you so, so much.”

The words that both of us had been holding back for who knew how long finally poured from his mouth, like a crystal vial of spilled ambrosia.

“I love you, too,” I said. It was such a relief to let them free.

He kissed me, his lips moving against mine sweetly and slowly, for so long that we were both panting as he pulled away. His pretty eyes were dry now, and clouded with lust andinfatuation. My cock stirred, an intense longing for him welling up in me.

“Hey, Karter?” His mouth was close to my ear, his breath sending a strong shiver down my form. His hips were moving sinuously against mine, like he was trying to seduce me.

“Yes?”

“You know how when we’re together, you want to bite me but you always hold yourself back?”

I huffed out a little laugh. “You could tell?”

“Yeah,” he giggled lightly, pecking light kisses over my cheek and jaw and ear. His soft lips made me want to melt into the couch. His little body writhing in my lap was heavenly. “I could tell.”

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