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“I’m calling the doctor and asking if it’s okay for me to have sex. It was the one question that I didn’t ask because I didn’t know that it was an option.”

“Sex?” he asked. She held her finger to her lips as if silently telling him to shut up and he nodded. Ranger felt as though he was holding his damn breath waiting for her to get her answer.

“Hello, I need to talk to Dr. Holloway,” she said. “Um, sure, I can speak to his nurse. Oh, this is Millie Jenkins.” She smiled over at him when the receptionist put her on hold, and he rolled his eyes. He loved how sassy she was and right now, Millie was giving him full-on sass.

“Hi,” Millie said when the nurse answered. “This is Millie Jenkins. I’m a patient of Dr. Holloway’s. I have a quick question—can I have sex?” she asked. Ranger could hear the nurse giggling on the other end of the call while Millie patiently waited her out. When the sound of laughter finally ended, Millie made a few humming noises and nodded her head, thanking the nurse for her help before ending the call. She tossed her cell phone back to the kitchen counter and looked over at Ranger.

“Well?” he almost shouted.

“Well, she said that my blood pressure was good at the last visit. She told me to take my pressure before and after sex but having a few orgasms might help to relax me and would be good for the baby.”

“So, that’s a yes,” Ranger breathed.

“Yep,” she said. “Want to take my blood pressure for me?” she asked. He nodded and walked back to the bedroom to grab the machine. He found her sitting on the sofa when he got back to the tiny family room, and he sat down next to her.

“I never thought of taking someone’s blood pressure as foreplay,” he teased, “but, this is hot.” Millie giggle and held out her arm.

“I think so too,” she agreed. He put the cuff on her arm and kissed her. God, it felt good to put his lips on her again. She still tasted like heaven. He asked if the cuff was too tight and she shook her head, leaning into him. He turned on the machine and listened to it hum to life as the cuff inflated. As the numbers appeared on the machine and the cuff deflated, he felt as though he was holding his damn breath again. Millie had her eyes closed, relaxing and breathing, and he couldn’t help but kiss her again.

“Stop,” she whispered against his lips. “Every time you kiss me, I can feel my pressure go up.” He chuckled and sat back, waiting for the machine to beep that it was finished. As soon as it did, he looked down to find that her blood pressure was nearly perfect.

“It’s good,” he whispered into her ear, “you can open your eyes again.” Millie opened her eyes and looked at the machine as if she needed to see for herself that everything he was telling her was true.

“It is,” she breathed. Millie climbed on top of his lap, straddling him, and when she asked if it was okay, all Ranger could do was groan and pull her down for a kiss. Having her on top of him was more than okay, but he just couldn’t seem to get the words out.

He halted her from rubbing herself against him, putting his hands on either side of her curvy hips. “Before we do this, Millie,” he whispered. “I need to know that you forgive me for ghosting you.”

“I do,” she said. “As long as you’ll forgive me for not trying harder to tell you about the baby. I should have found a way,” she said.

“Forgiven,” he said. She smiled and leaned in to kiss him, her belly rubbing against him. “One more thing, honey,” he said, “if we’re doing this, I want to keep doing it.”

“You want to keep having sex with me?” she asked.

“I do,” he admitted. “I want you in my bed, and in my life. I don’t want you to find another place to live, Millie. I want you both to live with me. I want you to be with me—permanently,” he said.

“Permanently?” she breathed. “As in, committed in a relationship together?”

“Yes,” he said. “Do you want that too, Millie?” he asked. She smiled up at him again and nodded.

“I want that with you, Ranger,” she said. “I wanted that since our first night together, but when I asked you to stay because you wanted to and not because you felt the need to keep me safe, you bolted and shut me out. Do you want that with me, Ranger?”

“I do,” he said. “I was an idiot before. I ran because I was a chicken shit and I almost lost you—lost both of you,” he said, running his hands over her belly. “I was confused, but I’m not anymore.”

“I’m happy to hear that,” she said. “Are we finished negotiating?” she asked.

“I think so unless you have something to add,” he said.

“To recap, we’ve both forgiven each other, I’ve agreed to live with you, permanently, and we’ve both agreed to be in a committed relationship. Did I get all of that right?” she asked.

“I believe that you did,” he agreed.

“Then, I think that we’ve done enough negotiating and compromising for one day. Let’s get to the sex part.” She giggled and rubbed herself on him and he had to agree with her—it was time to get to the sex part.

“I think that I should be on top,” she said, “my belly’s getting bigger. And, just keep in mind, my body looks different than it did last time.”

“Got it,” he assured. “And you need to remember that I’ve already told you that you look sexy as hell,” he reminded.

“Got it,” she teased. He pulled her shirt up over her head and ran his hands down her body, cupping her breasts.

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