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“Emma Tucker, I am madly in love with you. And I’m not just saying it because you’re having my baby. I mean, I’m all in. I will forever be there when you need me, and I want to have you by my side through all of this.” He holds his arms out wide.

“Me too, Arch. I love you too. I know this is all happening in a timeline we didn’t plan, but I sure do love coming home at the end of the day, knowing I’m going to see you. And I find I sleep a whole lot better when you’re with me too, so I’d better keep you so I can sleep because doctors need sleep.” I smile, lean forward, and kiss him.

“Goddamn, how did I get so lucky? Thank you for coming, baby. It means more to me than you know.”

“I want to be there for you, like you’ve been for me.”

“I am really glad you got to spend time with my family too. They probably wouldn’t have let us leave when we did if they didn’t have an early flight tomorrow. And Aiden has to get on a red-eye back up north. He had to get permission to leave for the weekend to come down, but his team only gave him, like, twenty-four hours so he could be here for the game. But he made it and got to see it all, so he didn’t mind the late-night flight.”

“I would like to be able to spend some more time with them before the baby is born too. Might be a little tough with my golf schedule.” I sigh.

“I say this with all the love, okay?”

I nod.

“Darlin’, this baby ain’t gonna get smaller. You won’t be able to hide this bump, I would say, even in another month. You’ve gotten away with wearing baggy clothes, but you’ll have to wear your uniform.”

“I know. I know I can’t avoid telling my coach much longer. I guess it’s just hard for me to imagine not playing golf if I lose my scholarship. Like even though I never planned to play pastcollege, other than for fun, it’s just always been a part of my life, you know?”

He nods, then leans forward and kisses me. “I do know. But whatever happens and whatever you find out about your scholarship, it will work out. And maybe—and hear me out—maybe it’s time to stop golfing for now. Once I get drafted, I want you with me.”

“I know. I’ve thought about it a lot too. I think I just want to be able to let it go on my terms. Does that make sense?”

“It does. Let’s see how things go in the next few weeks. That will give you some time to make some decisions, and I’ll have a better idea on the direction I’ll be going as far as where I’ll end up after the combine. I mean, I won’t know until draft day, but I’ll start to get some feelers.”

“Come here. Right now, I want to feel my guy.”

I put my arms over his shoulders and pull him into me. He buries his face into my neck, and we just sit there for a second. Archie truly does give me peace. And in just this short time we’ve been together, I can’t imagine my life without him, and now, I don’t want to.

“You feeling good, or are you tired?”

I feel him start to kiss my neck.

My hands drift from his shoulders into his hair. “A little tired, but not on the verge of falling asleep yet.”

“Okay, good. Because I need to taste you. I feel like it’s been days since I’ve been inside you and had a taste of what’s mine.”

He starts kissing his way down my chest and pulls my sports bra down. His tongue trails a path across my nipple and back until he sucks it into his mouth, making me moan.

He makes his way further down, stopping again to kiss my belly. When he reaches the waistband of my shorts, I lift my hips, and he takes the sides and pulls them off, along with my panties.

“Oh, baby. You’re so ready for me, aren’t you? Your pussy is already soaked, and I’ve barely touched you.” He runs a finger from my clit to my opening, sliding it inside just a tease.

Leaning in, he flattens his tongue and runs it up and down my pussy. “I need more,” he says as he lifts my legs and puts them over his shoulders.

I lie back on the bed and relax into his touch, his tongue. He’s devouring me like he’s never done before. I brace myself on my elbows so I can watch him. I mean … this giant man is between my legs, having himself a feast. And I’m here for every second of it. Watching him watching me is pushing me over too. It’s so fucking hot.

My hips rock against his face, and I try to reach down to hold his head in place, but grip the sheets of the bed instead, feeling my body tingle and a flush runs up my body.

Just as soon as I start to come, Archie pulls away. “Turn around, Em.”

He holds his hand out to me and helps me to sit. Then he lets go of my hand, and I turn on the bed, my back to him.

I look over my shoulder to see him undressing. “Do you want me on all fours?”

He shakes his head and climbs back on the bed behind me, his chest to my back. “I’m gonna fuck you just like this, but spread your legs wider.”

One of his hands is resting on my shoulder while the other runs up my inner thigh. Then he cups my pussy and rubs me, and I feel his hand getting wetter as I start to move with him. His dick is resting on my ass between my cheeks, and I can feel it sliding up and down, which just turns me on even more.

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