Page 50 of The Light to My Darkness (The Light to My Darkness 1)

Didn't we need to? "Today Scarlett said she thought a snake was going to take me away. It was like she could feel our fear. We're scaring her, and I don't think it's just the movie choices she's making."

"She's just a kid. Kid's say weird things. She doesn't understand what's going on."

"She has your eyes. And she also has your intelligence, James. I'm almost positive I wasn't as smart as she is when I was three and a half. She gets that from you. And she can tell something is off."

He lowered his eyebrows slightly but didn't say a word.

I was tempted to tell him what Scarlett had said about him. But I stayed silent too. It just reinforced the fact that he might not be the best father if something happened to me. I didn't want fear in Scarlett's heart and I didn't want it in James' either. "Do you think maybe there's a snake in her bedroom?"

James' smile returned. "The way Ellen cleans, she would have found it by now."

"That's true." My eyes drifted down to his smile. "I need you to stop doing things like recording my laughter on camera. You're putting bad vibes out into the world, and I don't want any part in it."

He laughed. "Bad vibes?"

"Remember, I'm a believer in fate. I'm a believer in vibes too. You knew what you were getting into when you married me." I lightly tapped on his chest.

"Yes. I certainly did." He leaned forward and placed a kiss against my lips. His hand slowly wandered down my back. "Why did you stop sleeping in my old t-shirts?" He kissed the side of my jaw.

I was wearing one of my silk nightgowns that matched my robe. "We stopped having sex in the middle of the night. I was worried it was because you thought I wasn't trying anymore."

He kissed the top of my shoulder. "We stopped having sex in the middle of the night because that little monster you created downstairs wears us out."

"That I created?" I laughed. "She's all you."

"I beg to differ. And, baby, I've always thought you looked better in my clothes than I did." He kissed between my breasts.

"Yeah, when I wasn't the size of a whale."

"I've said it before and I'll say it again. I think you're beautiful when you're pregnant." He kissed my stomach. "If it was up to me, you'd be pregnant all the time."

"You want me to have a huge stomach all the time?"

"It's just more of you to kiss."

I couldn't repress my smile. God, he was the sweetest man I had ever met. The feeling of his hands pushing the silk up my thighs made my smile grow.

"Being pregnant also makes you so fucking horny."

He was the sweetest, but he was also the sexiest and had the dirtiest mouth.

Oh God. And his mouth was currently devouring me. The feeling of his tongue inside of me made my back arch. His fingers against my clit made me stifle a moan. I closed my eyes as I let the sensation of his love start to overtake me. But suddenly his lips were gone.

"See," he whispered, his hot breath still close enough to make me even wetter. "So fucking horny," he said.

"Yes, okay? I'm horny." Damn it, why was he torturing me? "So how about you stop teasing me and give me your cock."

He raised his left eyebrow. "I do like when you tell me what you want. However, the answer is...no." He climbed off the bed.

What was he doing? He isn't seriously going to leave me like this? "Why do you always say no to me recently?"

"By saying no to you right now," he cupped his hands beneath my thighs and pulled me to the edge of the bed, "I'm going to have you screaming a whole lot of yes."

He knelt down in front of me. I closed my eyes, waiting to feel him once again, but instead I heard a soft knock on our bedroom door.

"You've got to be kidding me," James groaned.

I slid away from his hands, pulling my nightgown back in place. "I'll take care of it. Just, hold that thought, okay?" I quickly climbed out of bed. "And get under the covers to hide...that." I pointed to his erection that was extremely evident through his boxers.

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