“In that case…” I roll her onto her back, and lie between her legs, parting them with my own. She gazes up at me, smiling, like the cat that got the cream, and I take her hands, holding them above her head, pinning her to the mattress, my lips just an inch from hers. “We’ll have to make the most of it, won’t we?”

She nods her head, and moving both her hands into one of mine, I capture her chin, holding her still so I can kiss her. Hard.She brings up her legs, wrapping them around me, and although it would be easy to enter her – to take her – I can’t.

I release her hands, and her chin, breaking the kiss as I lean up on my arms, gazing down at her.

“I need to be inside you.” I’m surprised by how deep my voice is, and judging by the sparkle in Everly’s eyes, so is she.

“I’m not stopping you.”

“I know, but I need a condom.”

“Do you?”

“Yeah. I may have already come once tonight, but I need to come inside you.”

She moans softly, as though she likes the sound of that, closing her eyes for a second. When she opens them, the sparkle is even more intense. “I wish you didn’t have to use a condom.”

I lower myself to my elbows. “Are you saying what I think you’re saying?”

She shrugs her shoulders. “That depends on what you think I’m saying.”

“That you don’t wanna wait to make a brother or sister for River?” I ask, a little unsure of myself.

She raises her hands, resting them on my biceps, and lets out a sigh. “My heart is saying yes. It’s screaming yes. We love each other, and we love our baby girl, so why wait a moment longer?” She gazes up at me, her eyes locked with mine. “I so want to be pregnant with your baby again, and to go through it all with you by my side this time.”

“So do I.”

“But my head keeps telling me to wait. I know my body hasn’t recovered from giving birth to River. It would be…”

“We’ll wait,” I say, closing the gap between us and kissing her gently. “We’ll wait until your body catches up with your heart.”

“I wish we didn’t have to,” she says, sounding sad, and I hold her in my arms.

“I know, but it won’t be long.”

“No,” she says. “No, it won’t.”

I lean back, looking down at her. “Would you rather forget it for tonight? We can just hug, if you want?”

“No. I want you to make love to me. I wanna feel you inside me.”

I smile and reach over to the nightstand. The drawer is still open and I feel around for the box of condoms, pulling one out, and kneeling up as I roll it over my cock, staring down at her, my eyes never leaving hers. I lower myself over her, palming my cock and rubbing it along her folds, before I enter her, taking it slow.

She lets out a long sigh, closing her eyes, and I wait until she’s opened them again before I start to move.

“Is this what you want?”

“Yes. All the time.”

“You’ve got it.”

She raises her hips, matching my rhythm, even when I speed it up, taking her harder, because I know that’s what she likes.

“Oh, God… that’s so good,” she whispers through gritted teeth. “Take me, Seth… please take me.”

I love the sound of her words, and do as she asks, taking her body with mine, giving her what she wants.

Out of the corner of my eye, I spot her vibrator lying on the mattress, and I reach over and grab it, kneeling up between her parted legs.