Page 54 of Our Unexpected Beginning
Melody bumped her shoulder gently. “You can still be nervous. I’ve got excitement for both of us.”
Julia placed her hand on Melody’s and squeezed. “You’re going to make an amazing auntie.”
Graham
Julia:
Daily check in.
Graham:
So how’s the little avocado?
Julia:
That will always stay weird when yousay it that way.
Graham:
I’ve been around the guys too long. This could get crude.
Julia:
No thanks! I’m okay besides the daily cruise ship tour my stomach takes me on from lunch til it’s socially acceptable for the 4th dinner.
Graham:
I’m rotating out next week, I’ll be home for a bit before the next haul.
Graham:
I wish I could help.
Julia:
Well, there is this other craving you can help me with…
Julia:
[Incoming image]
Fuckhe loved that beautiful body of hers. Her breasts were fuller with her pregnancy and he couldn’t wait to put his hands on her. He missed the way she felt beneath him.
The ache of being away grew. But financial opportunities like what he had going with Alex wasn’t something to pass up. He’d been able to get a condo closer to the rest of the family, and get rid of his bachelor apartment.
With him and Julia expecting he wanted to get as many ducks in a row as he could. He wasn’t working to sustain himself anymore, he had a whole future waiting on him if he wanted it. If she wanted it.
Julia had offered him an out, giving him the opportunity to have no ties. But he meant what he said that he wasn’t running.
Whether she knew it or not, she irrevocably had him under her thrall. Bending and breaking her body for his baby. She was the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen.
Graham hopped out of his truck, pulling his jacket in tighter as he ran in toward the back workshop at Club Surrender.
He scanned his card at the back entrance and headed straight for Wes’ office. “Hello, yo?”
“If it’s not the Golden Boy who’s returned!” Wes chuckled, moving from his workstation to greet Graham.
“Hey, we haven’t hit paydirt yet.” He grabbed a beer from the corner fridge and sat in the chair next to Wes’ desk. “So what’s this mysterious mission you have me on?”
