Page 59 of Justice for the SEAL
“Oh, please. Please, getoffme.”
Jax walked over and hugged Gemma. “You’re lookinggood,kid.”
Gemma burst outcrying.
Logan’s eyes went wide. Jax patted him on the shoulder. “Any daynow,Doc.”
“I’m sorry,” Gemma wailed. “I didn’t want to ruin your party. But I wasn’t feeling well and the doctor had me come in, and my blood pressure’s a little high and they’re going toinduceme…”
“When?” askedCharlotte.
“Now. Right now.” She gestured down the hall with her thumb. “They made me come in awheelchair.”
“Oh my God!” Logan panicked. “Stay here. I’ll get he wheelchair andwe’llgo.”
“It’s just next door, Logan. They let me borrow anorderly.”
“No, I’m going to push you. I’m going to push. That’s the least I can do. Are we ready? Should we go? Are weready?”
Gemma started to cryagain.
He grabbed her shoulders. “What’s the matter,honey?”
She sniveled. “I really wantedsomecake.”
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Gemma gotup from the rocker and put baby Ian into his crib. He was sound asleep, his mouth open in a perfectcupid’sbow.
She tiptoed from the room, closing the door quietly behind her and walking through the apartment to Logan’s chair in his solitary circle oflight.
He looked up when she got there. “Is hesleeping?”
Shenodded.
“I thought you said you weretired.”
“I am.” She took a deep breath. “But I want you to sleepwithme.”
“Are you sure? I mean, can we…isittime?”
She nodded. She walked to the bed with him right behind her, more nervous than a virgin on her wedding night. She pulled back the covers and slipped inside. He crawled in beside her, opening his arms for her to curl againsthisside.
She rested her head on his chest and his arm came around her back, gently stroking. Her knee slipped between his legs, as naturally as if it belongedthere.
He felt so good in her arms after so much time, and the natural distance that came with new parenthood. Her hand explored his muscled chest, then up to his shoulder, her nails lightly scraping their way down his arm. He moaned deep in his throat and grabbed herwrist.
“You don’t have to do this,” he said. “We can just cuddle ifyouwant.”
She lifted her face to his. “I want to.” She looked at his lips. “I never stopped wanting to.” They kissed, his arm tightening around her back, and she moved on top of him. She took control of their kiss, gently tasting him and sucking on his bottom lip. She could feel his growing erection beneath her, and her hips moved against himsuggestively.
In the six weeks since they’d become a family, every one of her defenses had fallen away. Where she once thought Logan was too young, he was now simply her baby’s father, and she knew Ian was lucky to have such a wonderful rolemodel.
His mouth moved to the column of her neck, lightly sucking, teasing her skin, and her breath caught in her throat. She sat up, sliding her hands and beneath his shirt and pushing the fabric up until he pulled it overhishead.
She lifted her own shirt and threw it to the floor. His hands came up and squeezed her breasts before unhooking her bra and pulling it downherarms.
“You’re so fucking beautiful,” he said, sitting up tokissher.
