Page 45 of Contract Of Shame

“You’ve got to be careful in my delicate state,” she said and chuckled, which sound quickly turned into a gasp and a moan of pleasure.

“Is that the case? Then I guess you’d better lie back and think of good thoughts because tonight I’m going to make love to you all night.” He nibbled her neck, and his fingers teased her swollen nipples.

“You’ve got to stop.”

“I don’t want to. God, I love you so much,” he said. Richard took her hand and led her out into the back garden before she had time to know what he was doing. “We’re having a baby,” he shouted at the top of his lungs.

“I hate you,” she cried, but with a smile on her face.

He watched the woman he loved being absorbed into the crowd of his friends. Richard had never been happier in his life. The diamond engagement ring graced her finger, and he raised his glass to Wayne and Tony.

Richard made his way to his two friends.

“So, you’re getting married and having a child. However will you cope?” Tony asked.

“With Scarlet in my life, I can handle anything.”

Lily and Opal were each in turn hugging Scarlet. Harry was playing with some of the children as the barbeque was being fired up.

“Only one of us left,” Wayne said, and both men turned to Tony.

“You can keep that shit between you two. I’m really happy being a single guy.”

“Funny. I believe Wayne and I once said that.”

Richard sipped his beer and stared at his soon-to-be wife. As much as he hated the contract he’d forced her into, it sure had brought around what he wanted most. The love of his life. Who would have thought he’d ever get love.

Unlikely, he’d thought once.

Scarlet was his unlikely love.

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