Page 43 of Misery In Me

SEVENTEEN

GAGE

The soft sounds of Ale singing Zoe to sleep come through the baby monitor on my nightstand. My laptop is in front of me as I search the internet for what Ale would need to do to bring her sister to the U.S. It seems pretty straightforward and if I can convince her that getting married will only help, she might be all for it. I’ve already bookmarked a few immigration lawyers in the area to call because I don’t want this all going sideways if we can pull it off.

“Estrellita, ¿dónde estás? Quiero verte cintilar en el cielo, sobre el mar. Un diamante de verdad.”

The sound of Ale singing, like our own personal angel, and Zoe’s soft coos made my heart yearn for her even more. Being able to overhear this little intimate moment between them makes me smile. I know I’m going to miss so much when I’m deployed, so I try to soak up what I can. Which reminds me, I need to take a few pictures of Zoe and Ale so I can have some with me.

“Te amo, niña. Tu papá te ama. Te prometo que nunca habrá un dia que no seas amada.”

Her words sink deep and all I want now is to pull her into this bed with me, make love to her, and fall asleep in her arms.

Maybe while still inside her.The night’s still young.

“She’s finally asleep-asleep,”Ale says, heading toward the bed after putting Zoe in her crib for the night. “It took me patting her bottom forever to make sure she stayed asleep.”

She flops onto the bed next to me and I roll over and grab her by the waist, rolling her on top of me. “So you’re all mine now, right?” Ale looks down at me with hunger in her eyes and I know that as much as we want each other, she needs to be taken care of. “Actually, how about a shower together? Then I’ll give you a massage.”

“That actually sounds really nice.” leaning down to kiss me. “I’ll go grab clean clothes. I’m sure there is spit up on these somewhere.”

“Tomorrow we’ll get all your stuff brought in here. There’s no point in having your stuff in the spare room if you're just going to be ‘warming my bed’.” Ale shoots me a glare and I hold up my hands in surrender because she looks like she’d throw something at me. “I’m kidding, baby.”

She smirks and as soon as she turns out the door to head to the spare room...

Don’t say it.

“Because it’s my cock you’ll be warming.”You are an idiot. Sometimes I wonder how we have made it this far in life with how stupid we can be sometimes.

“¿Qué dijiste?” She steps back and leans into the doorframe, a confused look on her face.

The adorable five-foot-five future mother of my children is giving me the terrifying Latina death stare. The one I’ve heard all about from Morales.

Christ, she’s hot when she’s pissed off.

Clearing my throat, praying to God that it doesn’t squeak, I repeat. “I said,”There’s the fucking squeak.“Because you’ll be warming my cock.”

“You want to try again,Cariño?” Ale walks toward the bed, climbs onto it, and crawls toward me.

Don’t be scared, Gage.

Fuck that…Dominance, Gage.

I pounce on her before she can get the move on me. With her pinned to the mattress underneath me, I take her arms and bring them above her head. “Now,mi alma, let's try this again. I said, because you’ll be warming my cock, and that’s exactly what you’ll be doing. You’re going to be a good girl because you’re mine and I’ll use you however I want.”

Ale draws in a breath, holding it. I can see the fight in her eyes; she’s a feisty one. I’ll bet under her bratty demeanor is a woman who has never felt safe in a relationship so all she does is put her defenses up.Not with me.I have to prove to her that she’s safe and that she can give up that control.

“Do you want to pause?” I ask, staring into her gorgeous brown eyes, waiting for her to try to buck me off.

“No,” her voice so quiet that if I weren’t so close, I wouldn’t have heard it.

“You’re safe with me,Hermosa.You can let that feisty brat out, but just know that I’ll always put her in her place. And that’s not saying you’re not my equal in all of this, if anything, I value you more than myself.” I push her thighs open with my knees and situate myself between them. “I’m only going to be home for short periods of time, so if we want a baby, we are going to have to get creative.”

“This is going to be hard, isn’t it? You always being gone. Now that you're mine, I want you here all the time.” I keep her arms above her head but lean down and brush my lips over hers.

“Yes, it will. But we can do it. We’ll just be pros at communicating with each other.” I kiss her again. “I think we can skip the shower.” Ale wraps her legs around my waist, hooking her ankles behind my back and pulls me into her.

“I agree,” she mumbles into my mouth.

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