Page 59 of The Run Home
My back arched off the couch and my world exploded into so much pleasure it bordered on pain. I rode it out, Boon’s face still trapped between my thighs and his tongue egging me on. The orgasm was so intense and went on for so long, I felt boneless when I finally went limp. Boon gently took my legs off his shoulders and arranged me on the couch. He pulled my shirt down, my pants up, and covered me with a blanket.
“Take a nap, lovebug. I’ll go clear out your old room for you.”
When I woke up an hour later, he’d done exactly what he said he’d do, a stack of items for my review. He’d even used some spackle—that I was pretty sure I didn’t own—to fix the holes in the wall, making the room ready for paint.
I turned in a full circle, back to being amazed and discombobulated. Boon grabbed his supplies and stepped over to my side to glance around the room.
“How did we go from hate-fucking to you cleaning out the nursery?” I mused.
Boon leaned down, kissed me quickly and then shot me that stupid wink I loved so much. “Because it was never hate-fucking for me, silly.”
And then he left me in a cloud ofwhat the fuck?
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
Boon
Shae came racingout of her house, glasses sliding down her nose, auburn curls bouncing, and sweater only on one arm. She was an adorable mess. The tote bag she was never without slid down her arm as she finally lifted her head at the bottom of the porch stairs and realized my truck was waiting for her. Kinsley slid out of the front and waved.
“Good morning, Ms. Fletcher. You can take the front.”
Shae blinked twice, then looked over at her own perfectly good car. I wanted to drive into work with her, but I probably wouldn’t fit in that small electric vehicle. So, my truck it was.
“What’s going on?”
I checked my watch, getting out of the truck to grab the loaded-down tote bag off her arm and guide her to the truck. “We’re going to school. Come on or we’ll be late.”
She slid into my truck and I made sure she had all arms and legs in the vehicle before I shut the door. Kinsley grinned as she got in the back of the cab, like Shae was just too cute, which I agreed with.
I zoomed down her driveway and got on the road before Shae found her voice. “Okay, but why are you picking me up?”
“You’re carrying my baby, lovebug. I want you to relax while I get us safely to and from work.”
Shae’s head snapped to the back, her eyes wide as they locked with Kinsley’s.
“He told me.” Shae sat forward, arms on the back of Shae’s chair. “I’m really excited to be a big sister. Do you think he or she will be born before I go to college so I can babysit?”
My heart swelled, hearing how much Kinsley accepted this new sibling. Shae reached up and squeezed Kinsley’s hand. “I’m sure you will.” She looked over at me. “Um, just so I know, how many other people know about this?”
I stopped at a four-way stop sign and then accelerated. “Just my family, whom I all swore to secrecy. Who knows on your end?”
“Lydia, obviously. And my HAGS group.”
I shot her a confused look. “Hags?”
Shae cracked her first smile of the day. Kinsley handed Shae a sleeve of crackers which made her smile even more. “It was kind of a joke. All the kids writehave a good summerin their yearbooks, but we gave it a different meaning.” Shae lifted an eyebrow. “Which I will not say in front of little ears.”
“Hey! I’m almost an adult!”
“Still not old enough for what that group of women would say,” I shot back. “Is this the group I met that first night when the goats were trying to kill me?”
Shae nodded. “That’s them. They were with me when I took the pregnancy tests. They’re my ride or die.”
“I want ride-or-die friends,” Kinsley said wistfully.
“You will, kiddo. You’re a good human and you’ll find other good humans, just you wait.”
I looked over to see Shae giving Kinsley a reassuring smile that seemed to satisfy the surly teen. How did Shae know exactly what to say to her? And why was it so hard for me? I pulled into the school parking lot and found my normal parking space in the teacher’s section. Kinsley slid out with her backpack before I shut the engine off.
