Page 69 of Part of Me (The Seaside Chronicles 2)

Brody

Sutton traced a circular pattern on my chest with her finger as I held her close to me.

“I don’t want to get up,” she said. “I want to stay like this for as long as we can.”

Glancing over at the clock on her side table, I sighed. “Unfortunately, you have a store to open in four hours.”

She lifted her head and rested her chin on her hand, which was flat on my chest. With a waggle of her brows, she said, “There’s a lot we could do in four hours.”

I laughed and pinched her ass.

“Ouch! That hurt.”

“Should I kiss it?”

Her cheeks turned a beautiful shade of pink. “That was amazing, Brody. I never thought I could actually experience an orgasm like that.”

“Which one? The vibrator, or me, inside you?”

She kissed my chest. “Both. But I have to be honest, the vibrator nearly sent me to an early grave in the most amazing way.”

I laughed and held her closer to me. “How’s your headache?”

“It disappeared the moment you kissed me.”

“Wow, so I have some kind of magical power, huh?”

She laid her head on my chest and went back to tracing circles. “I guess so. I’m glad we talked last night.”

“I’m glad you weren’t too drunk to remember it.”

Sutton let out a long sigh. “We should probably talk about something else, though…”

“The next position you want to try, or the next toy you want to sample?”

She gently slapped my chest. I swore I had never been so damn happy in my entire life.

Pulling up the sheet to cover herself, she sat up and faced me. Oh shit. Her face looked serious.

“I obviously never wanted kids with Jack, so I was on the pill the entire time we were married. I stopped taking them when we separated. Earlier…I wasn’t really thinking when I told you not to use a condom. I swear it wasn’t a trap or anything like that—I was just so caught up in the idea of being with you, and I just wanted to feel you. I’m so sorry, Brody. If you’re upset with me, I completely understand.”

I sat up, yanked the sheet away from her, and pulled her close enough to straddle me. “If you’re asking if I want kids, the answer is yes. I want them with you, Sutton, and I’m not the least bit angry. If you’d told me you weren’t on the pill but were still okay with me coming inside you, I would have died of happiness right there.”

Her face erupted into a brilliant smile. I swore she could light up an entire room with that smile. She dug her teeth down into her kiss-swollen lip. It looked like she wanted to say something else but was clearly holding back.

“Stop biting your lip,” I said, “that’s my job now. Now tell me what’s going on in that pretty little head of yours.”

“Well, now that we’re both clear on where we stand with kids…I’m wondering about those other positions you mentioned.”

My heart slammed against my chest. I tilted my head and pushed a lock of hair behind her ear. “Sutton, I don’t really want to ask this because the thought of you with Jack makes me physically sick…but what was sex like with him?”

She shrugged. “Pretty plain and simple. We honestly hardly ever slept together after our first few months of marriage. And when we did sleep together, it was nothing like how it is with you.”

“You haven’t been with any other guys?”

Her cheeks turned bright red. “No, I haven’t.”

Smiling, I kissed her forehead. “I cannot wait until Sunday.”

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