Page 81 of Wild Side
It was the weirdest encounter I think I’ve ever had with him in my life. I get it now. I completely understand why he was acting funny.
Twins.
That’s why he was behaving the way he was.
I blink. I’m not sure how to react to this news. This was definitely not something I was prepared to hear. However, I’m not sure why. I am a twin myself. It should not be a shock that I’m having twins.
“The doctor said you being a twin doesn’t play into the whole thing,” she says, almost as if she can read my mind. “He said that’s just happenstance.”
Her words come out in a rush, as if she’s trying to quickly save the situation. There is no saving anything, because we are not a ship going down. I close the distance between us, reaching out.
Wrapping my arms around my woman, I pull her body to mine. I need to feel her pressed against me. Dipping my chin slightly, I brush my lips across hers. Her breath hitches, but I don’t pull away. I need to feel her softness against me. Her perfect softness.
“Say something, Chase.”
I got nothing to say. Instead of speaking, I decide that this is the perfect opportunity to show her how I feel. My mouth findshers again, and my tongue slips inside her, swirling around her own as I taste her.
She tastes like the sweetest perfection.
Reluctantly, I break the kiss, nibbling on her bottom lip when I do. Shifting slightly, I close my eyes, rest my forehead against hers, and suck in a deep breath, then let it out slowly. I cannot believe this is real life.
Sliding one of my hands from her waist, I gently rest my palm against the side of her neck, curling my fingers there as I firmly yet loosely hold her. Lifting my head, I open my eyes to find hers and hold them for a moment.
I can tell she’s confused. She doesn’t know how I feel because she can’t read my expressions, and I haven’t told her yet. My lips curve up into a smile as I slide my thumb along her bottom lip, feeling her soft flesh there.
“This is scary as fuck,” I state.
Her eyes widen, and she presses her lips together in a firm line as her nostrils flare. I can see the wetness gathering in her eyes.
“That being said,” I continue, “I’m happy as fuck, too.”
“You are?” she whispers.
“Beyond happy, honey. We’re having two babies. Two. Double everything, including love.”
The tears building in her eyes roll down her cheeks, but I don’t bother wiping them away. I’m too transfixed on her smile. That’s what she needed from me. She needed to hear me tell her that I’m happy.
“Don’t be scared, honey. This is beautiful. And it is so goddamn gorgeous and right that we were given two lives to raise.”
And that is that.
My lips find hers again, and the world around us dissolves. Nothing exists but this—her and me.
Our future.
Our children.
Our world.
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
ZADIE
When his mouth touches mine,my entire body melts. Gone is every anxious thought I had earlier. There is only him and me. Nothing else exists in this world but us. His hand on my throat gently falls away, and I feel his fingers twist in my shirt. Slowly, he slides it over my body, breaking the kiss only to remove my top.
He tosses it somewhere on the floor, then his fingers are behind my back, unhooking my bra, throwing it to meet my shirt. I don’t wait for him to strip me out of my leggings. Since those are such a bitch to take off on a good day, I decide to shimmy them down myself.
While I’m peeling my skintight leggings off, thankfully, Chase uses the opportunity to take his own clothes off. I’m not sure how he does it so fast, but his clothes are gone before mine.
