Page 77 of Hidden Vows
JUDE
“You’re gonna make me late,”Abbey moans out, the sound echoing off the shower walls around us. Her body arches and she presses her ass into my aching cock.
“We have time.” My hands on her hips separate, one moving up her body to toy with a pebbled nipple while the other slips between her legs, finding her already soaked clit.
Three days since she told me about the baby growing inside her, and we can’t keep our hands off each other. She may have been nervous to tell me about the baby, but I’ve spent every moment I’m with her making it clear how happy and excited I am to be taking this next step.
Nothing about this baby changes any of my wants when it comes to Abbey. I was desperate to keep her in my life before we found out, and I’m just as desperate to keep her in my life now.
“Babe,” she gasps as I slide my finger down to her entrance and back up. “I don’t have time for your teasing.” She turns her head to catch my eye as she reaches between us, her grip on my cock tight, teasing me like I’m teasing her. “Fuck me, or I’ll take care of it myself.”
I groan at her words, but do as she says—I wanther just as much as she wants me. “Hands on the wall, love.”
Her hands land on the wall and she bends at the waist, arching her back and presenting her ass to me in the most delectable way. I can’t stop myself from smoothing my hands over her cheeks first. “There it is.”
I line myself up at her entrance and bury myself to the hilt in one thrust. I don’t give her time to adjust, I keep one hand on her hip, holding her in place and slip my other around to play with her clit. If she wants this hard and fast, that’s exactly what she’ll get.
“Yesss,” she hisses as my fingers circle her clit, her ass grinding against me when I have yet to move.
“Stop trying to control it, love. You know I’ll take care of you.” I nip at her neck, careful not to leave a mark—not today anyway.
I start to rock my hips, my pace picking up speed as her body starts to go taut, her orgasm building more and more. “That’s it. Let go, mo ghrá.”
“Jude,” she moans, pushing off the wall, forcing my cock to slip free, but it’s clear what she wants when she spins around to face me. “I need to see you.”
I don’t wait for more from her before my hands are on the backs of her thighs and I’m lifting her, pressing her back into the wall for more leverage. I easily slide back in, finding the rhythm she needs.
With her eyes on mine and our bodies wound around each other, we both find our release quickly, everything about the moment exactly what we need.
Those three little words almost slip past my lips, but I don’t want to say it quite yet. I don’t want the first time I say those words after seventeen years to be right after sex. I never want her to think I didn’t mean it when I say those words again.
“Everything looks amazing,”Ava gushes as she bounces up to Gage and me an hour before closing. “Abbey did amazing!”
“She knocked it out of the park.” I smile at her before searching for the woman of the day. Everything’s been perfect since she opened the doors at noon this afternoon.
Just before the clock struck twelve, I pressed a kiss to her lips, wished her luck, and the two of us tore the paper off the windows and door. The crowd Abbey saw outside brought tears to her eyes. I wasn’t surprised in the slightest at either sight. This town loves Abbey and was always going to come out in droves to support her. And Abbey, while strong, isn’t afraid to let those beautiful emotions shine.
She had every right to be emotional about today. This was a dream come true and a long time coming. The pride I had coursing through me was unlike any I’d felt before.
The only thing that was dragging her down was the lack of acknowledgement from her dad. She hasn’t talked to him since that conversation I walked in on. I know she’s reached out a few times, but he hasn’t returned any of her calls. She was both panicked about the fact George had yet to be paid—though he wasn’t pressing her about it—and hurt that he was treating her like this.
Honestly, even I was surprised he was ignoring her. He may be an asshole, and I might hate him, but when it comes to his family, he’s normally a decent guy. When he said he’d show up for her, he always did. The fact that he hadn’t shown up today was pissing me off more than normal.
“This place is going to be so freaking popular.” I don’t eventry to fight the laugh that breaks free at the way she pulls at Gage’s arm. He doesn’t even care when her bouncing makes him spill his drink. The love he has for her pours off him in waves, and if I didn’t have the same feeling for the woman striding toward me right now, I might be a little jealous of him.
“Hey.” She leans up to press a kiss to my cheek, her eyes shining bright with happiness.
“How you feeling?” I ask, wrapping an arm around her waist and pulling her front to my side. I’m so proud of her, but I also miss her. Even if I’ve spent the whole day in the same room as her, she’s been moving nonstop talking to people and being a proper business owner.
“I’m great. Everything has been perfect.” She beams.
“I was just thinking the same thing, mo ghrá.” The smile that breaks out across her lips is one I know is meant for only me. It speaks of love and comfort, and the dreams of our future. Of the secrets and hopes we share.
“You two are so cute,” Ava practically shouts, breaking the moment, but nothing could ruin the happiness coursing through me, not when Abbey keeps looking at me like that.
“I told you to stay away from my daughter,” a voice seethes quietly behind me.
I understand why Abbey removed the bell from above the door today—with people coming in and out all day it would’ve been ringing nonstop—but in this moment I’m wishing I had the heads up.
