Page 34 of Falling for Lucifer
He refused to bring her house up. Whenever she needed something, he bought it brand new and had it to her within anhour. He wasn’t about to play that game because he damn sure was not ready to let her go.
A smile graced his face as he wondered how Ellodie’s checkup went. It wasn’t just any checkup. It wastheecheckup. The one where Harley would clear Ellodie to have sex, something he and Ellodie had been dancing around and dangerously close to over the past several weeks.
Ever since they talked about making things official, they’d been on each other real bad, but Lucifer wanted to make sure she was cleared before they took it there, because he didn’t want to cause any complications. In the back of his mind, he knew there were some things they needed to clarify, too, because once he tapped into her physically, he knew it would be a wrap.
Regardless of whether she was cleared or not, he had a special night planned for them. He might have to call Harley and have a word with her if she didn’t clear Ellodie though. If she did that, in his head, Harley wasn’t being nothing but a cock-blocking hater.
Finally, he pulled into his garage before getting out of the car and taking long strides toward the door. As soon as he entered his home, the first thing he heard was Etta fussing. He grinned. Antoinetta Glover had no idea how she’d stolen his heart.
“Where my baby at?” Lucifer asked as he stepped into his living room.
A throw blanket and a baby blanket were crumped on the couch where he knew Ellodie had been lying. Now, she sat on the floor and bounced Etta in her bouncer as she quietly spoke to her in a pleading tone.
Ellodie looked up at him with tired eyes. Last night had been rough for them all. Etta was going through a phase where she didn’t like sleeping much. Still, Ellodie smiled up at him.
“Which one?”
He smiled before leaning down to kiss her forehead and then scooping Etta up. He sat on the couch with her, and she fussed for a second longer before she quieted down.
“Both y’all.”
“Lu, you know I’m trying to teach her some self-soothing. You can’t go picking her up every time she cries.”
“Yeah, and that self-soothing shit is probably why you look like a zombie now,” he teased. Ellodie slapped his knee and then leaned her head against this thigh, still bouncing the empty bouncer. That was how he knew she was tired. “Come here.” Ellodie stopped bouncing the bouncer and scooted up onto the couch. He pulled her into his side and asked, “How was your appointment?”
He felt her smile on his side before she pulled away and blessed him with that pretty curve of her lips. “Ask me what you really want to know.”
He loved when she demanded things of him. No woman had ever been bold enough to be that way with him. It felt especially special because of everything Ellodie had been through. She had every reason to be afraid of him—of any man, but from the moment he met her, she enjoyed challenging him. Not in a way that told him she couldn’t be submissive when he needed her to be, but in a way that told him she wasn’t afraid of him, even though he looked like a big ass scary nigga.
Lucifer lowered his face so he was all up in hers before he spoke. “Can I dig up in that pussy yet?”
Ellodie made a sound that sounded half like a yelp and half like a gasp. “Lu?—”
“I ain’t tryna hear none of that, love. All I need is a yes or no. You been sleeping in my bed every night, pressing that juicy ass up against me like you tryna feel somethin’. You don’t have no idea how you been torturing me. My sister-in-law done seen more of your pussy than me. Answer the question.”
Ellodie’s mouth hung open slightly, but she quickly closed it and cleared her throat as she squirmed in her seat.
When she responded, a smile danced on her lips as she looked down at her lap. “You’re good to go, sir.”
Lucifer didn’t think he’d ever smiled so big. He was ready to come together physically with Ellodie at that moment, but he refrained and gave himself an internal pep talk that he only needed to be patient for a few more hours.
“Bet. Here’s what I need you to do?—”
Ellodie’s eyes grew wide as she looked at Etta. “Baby, we can’t right now. She isn’t fussing anymore, but look at her. She’s wide awake.”
Lucifer’s brows drew together. “I ain’t say nothing about doing nothin’ right now, woman. What I was going to say is, what I need you to do is go pump and then take a nap.”
Her brows rose. “A nap?”
He nodded. “A nap. When you wake up, we’re going to have a date night in.”
A smile graced her face, and Lucifer’s heart felt like it melted. He chuckled when she hopped up excitedly. “You don’t have to tell me twice to take a nap. You sure you’re okay with her?”
This time, he looked at her like she was crazy. “If you don’t go on with that shit. You know this my baby.”
“What about me?” She pouted. “Do I get to be your baby too?”
“Come here.” She leaned down so she was in his face. “You my baby. Now go rest up for tonight.”
